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My group of seven divers is unfortunately booked on the 18-25 Jan 2014 trip with Buddy. Waiting for them to put us on other liveaboards, splitting the group if necessary. No word yet as they only told us about the suspension on Dec 31, when everything shuts down for the holidays. Including the...

Are you saying I should stick to aquariums? Good advice, I tell some divers the same thing :D On a more serious note, I've had really good snorkeling experience with whale sharks in Donsol, Philippines. The local community runs the whale shark experience boats (with whale shark interaction...

3D Diver that sounds dire :shocked2: I just thought I'd do something interesting during a business trip when the airfare, accommodation, and meals are paid for :) My other option is Neptune Island in Australia, LOB with Rodney Fox. They lower the cage to the bottom, about 65ft, so you see...

I've dived Carmel before, but I've always wanted to do cage diving with the great whites. So I guess this is not worth my money then? Any other opinions?

I've dived with the Seven Seas before, excellent boat, and the guide Tommy was awesome. I did Rajah Ampat and Misool with them. If by East of Flores you mean Alor, Maumere, here's my trip report from way back in 2004 (not with Seven Seas though). It's a very long report, sorry. I remember the...

I'll be in the San Francisco Bay area for work in October, and one of my buddies who now lives there suggested this. Sounds like a doable day trip. Has anyone done this type of diving before? Any advice? I'm a bit worried because the operator does not require participants to be...

Hi Bruce, I dived with Aquarius on Oct 10, 2010, Wesley Sawyer took my booking. I still have the email from Wesley dated 9/18/10 acknowledging my booking. The DM I had was excellent. The only problem I had was with the amount of lead I was forced to carry, despite explaining to the shop staff...

Thanks fisheater. I had an unpleasant experience with Aquarius in general, when I went with them for a leisure dive. I think I'm going to try another dive operator this time. Does Bruce freelance, do you know?

Thanks a lot, I've dropped Bamboo Reef an email :) A recommendation for a friendly instructor who still loves diving would be great!

Bumping this up, hoping for some response. Anyone?

I haven't been, but I'm sure it will make my top 10 when I do!

Oh well, silly me then. I didn't want them canceling my dive, so I went along with the excessive lead. My mistake. Thanks all for the input.

Sorry if this is a silly question: Why do you need so much lead to dive in cold water? I'm asking this because the last time I dived in Monterey, the dive shop I rented gear from insisted I strap on 28lbs, AND a steel tank. I bargained it down to 24lbs and I still sank like an anchor. I was...

Let's go by distance from Jakarta: 2 hours flight: Bali has everything you want as a beginner: a wreck in Tulamben, fantastic wall diving in Menjangan, underwater temple in Pemuteran, manta rays and mola-mola in Nusa Penida. Most ofthe sites in Nusa Penida is a bit more advanced, but depending...

I'm going next month, can hardly wait! :banana:

My buddy and I will be in Monterey on the weekend of Sept 7-9, 2012, and we're hoping to get drysuit certified. Does anyone have recommendations for: An experienced local instructor A dive center that rents out drysuits, tanks, weights for the course It would be great if we can get some ideas...

Excellent review, I've been to all those sites except Ambon and I have to agree with your observations. More cubicle daydreaming material for you: I'm going to Cendrawasih Bay (the other side of Papua's bird's head) next month, famous for the whale sharks. I'm hoping to go to Triton Bay (also...

This made me look at my logbook and I was astonished to see that I ranked 93 dives as "The Best". I was probably narced, easily pleased, or lucky. I think I'll go with lucky If I have to pick 10 best dives, they will have to be the following: Most recent: Aug 2011, Crystal Bay, Bali: Saw 12...

I have never seen a small mola-mola, I don't think I'd even realize it's a mola-mola if I see a small one! The smallest I've seen is probably about 5ft fin tip to fin tip. They come very close to divers and the viz is usually a minimum of 60ft so the measurements shouldn't be too far off. They...