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If you're staying for 5 weeks I would say wait till you figure out your diving style once you're down and go from there. Unless you need 10 tanks a day, most dive shops could accommodate you with a day or 2 notice in my experience even for multiple tanks, and never had a problem getting 1-2 on a...

Thanks for all the rapid replies guys, very much appreciated!

Hi guys, going back to curacao for a quick trip this December and wondering if Discover Diving in Lagun is still open, searched the internet but no definitive answers, and feel free to include any experience with the other dive shops through in the Lagun area, like Bahia Dive. Thanks and I'll...

last time i was down it was a few years ago, we checked out the gear at the one shop in SJDS that did dives, we were not impressed, old and in rough shape, both the gear and the shop. having said that there may be more current information, also not sure what the political situation is in...

never had an issue with overweight luggage regarding puddle jumpers from Belize City to Ambergris. Personally doing the bag drag from Belize airport to ferry dock is more of a hassle to me, plus longer. pricewise, honestly have never been able to do Belize for as cheap as I could do PDC and COZ...

have you thought about just catching a bus/taxi to Playa Del Carmen? The hassle is a 40-50 minute ride down, the upside is huge selection of well run dives shops, lots for you to do while he does the pool work/ shallow water dives, you have the option of eating/shopping/cenotes/beach clubs etc...

yeah, it is frequently one of my knock the rust off/ make sure equipment is behaving dives when i get down there, since a lot of shops do there afternoon dives there. I've seen schools of jacks crash the reef, mantis shrimp, octopi, bull sharks and long relaxed dives, not a lot of reef height...

i personally didn't do the discover scuba, just went right to OW, did it in Caye Caulker Belize, another story there lol. but my SO did the discover scuba down in PDC Mexico. spent the morning in the pool one on one with the instructor and afternoon did a 2 tank dive from boat at Jardines I...

Just wanted to extend a quick thank you for the time and effort you put into putting the guide together. going down in late Nov/Dec diving in Playa with Reef Quest and in Coz with 3P

Myself-Mark and buddy Andrew Dec 7-9 staying at Mary Carmen diving with Tres Pelicanos, Ill be doing a few days Dec 4 and 5th in Playa with Reef Quest Divers

my suggestion would be do one of two things... 1 base out of a resort or air b n b rental near Williamstadt and use the dive bus or other group to take you to shore sites/boat dives. I think it would cost substantially more in total and you don't have the freedom of a rental car but still many...

I agree Casa cenote would be great, but i think it is at least an hour drive each way. Another vote for cenote Jardin del Eden but for a different reason, literally right next door are 2 other cenotes that are great for swimmers and timid snorkelers, cenote azul and crystalina. I personally...

We had a few mosquitoes, but never even put on bug spray most nights, I would say at most 4-5 bites at any time that I noticed. No issues with no see ums

I went through booking.com, I confirmed the unit we stayed in, and it was unit 6B, I think it is also listed in Air B&B. Lagun Ocean Resort is the complex, some owners rent out independently and I think a few owners also pooled together to create a website for the resort that you can book...

Part 2 Eating out/day trips Near Lagun Lots of Batidas (fruit shakes) and small snacks at roadside stands. Discovery Diving restaurant did a good pizza, good seafood, not bad burger ($10-20) US for mains. Shelter Rock had an amazing view go there for the sunset, great service reasonable...

i'm usually too cheap to eat out at many nice restaurants when traveling but wanted to give you a for what it is worth from our recent trip. Driving was both easier and much more relaxing than expected, taking a 20 minute drive will not stress you out the way driving in Mexico or say Jamaica...

Hi guys, wanted to say thanks for all the great info and pay it forward. don't want to write a novella so will try and keep it brief. Rental Car-D and D rentals, great guy, decent prices, very close to airport (2 minute ride), waiting right outside terminal in lot to your R on arrival. TIP-get...

i tend to do a lot of backpacking trips and have found the best bet for me is a small packtowel (microfiber) on a dive boat, and for chilling on the beach i just take along a really thin sarong type beach wrap/towel, packs small as 1 t-shirt. if you want to just buy one down there they sell them...

This is just personal preference from limited experience but I try to find out who the DM would be and if possible look for one who is an older, tech oriented DM, or a female DM. The only 2 times I got "burned" in terms of sloppy, arrogant, disinterested or dangerous DM's was when it was a...

LOL people have VERY strong opinions about the worth of split fins :) (hint... generally seem to hate them like poison) having said that I dive apollo splits and have for the last 5 years and am still alive lol. if you get good acceleration, control and power with the fins you have now and you...