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    Question Dream Dive Trip in Feb, 2wks- where to?

    Been many, many times. You’re referring to a zone called Speyside. It is not in the same class as other prior suggestions in thread. A lot to recommend it solidly as a “top 5” Caribbean destination, but.
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    Tipping / Gratuity on LDS Organized Trip

    The local DM and the Boat Captain, too. Your LDS trip leader’s utility ended when you got off the bus at the resort. If you’re lucky, you’ll have one of the sharpest DMs on all of Roatan, Osman Gomez. The stuff he’ll show you! Follow HIM, not your shop DM. Tip well.
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    Tingling fingers 40 hours after last dive

    Maybe, maybe not. Divers often hyper-extend their neck- very common. When floating horizontally to look forward. This causes excessive stimulations in the C3-6 vertebrae. Fingers tingle. Get medical advice.
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    Roatan for Solo Traveler

    It is quite common for Day-Dive ops offered night dives to fall through because of lack of minimum divers. You can shop around down the West End strip on the day of any other dive op’s offered night trip… they’ll gladly take “outsiders”.
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    Traveling on a budget

    You want warm? Go someplace that’s cheap. Your first open water dives will NOT afford lasting memories of beauty and grandeur. Do the dives, get the ticket. You will really “see” nothing. Florida. Nassau, Grand Bahama, Your shop’s offer of a Philippines trip to finish your OW portion is...
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    Question Roatan - Land-based or Liveaboard?

    I just did. The RoAgg dove the exact same dive sites as available from land based options with the one bonus additions of Cayos Cochinos (the Sea Mount only). Is that worth the extra $12oo-15oo?
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    Question Roatan - Land-based or Liveaboard?

    AKR is pricier ($23-2500) than CCV. The AKR “ai” dive package is limited to 20 dives. Comparing AKR to RoAgg is oranges/tangerines. CCV and Aggressor both easily present you with 27 dives as they promise. @Mike_4635 The itinerary of the liveaboard is totally weather dependent. Looking at the...
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    Question Roatan - Land-based or Liveaboard?

    The only comparable to the Roatan Aggressor is Coco View. $3200>3500(+) vs $1900 (inclusive) from a quick search CCV sits on the South side of Roatan, exactly where any liveaboard is forced to stay because of: 1) wind and wave, and 2) high fuel costs. (Do not begin to count on Utila, Seamounts...
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    Help with Best of March/April in Roatan/ Utila / Guanaja

    It doesn’t. It’s a bit of a sham,
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    Roatan? Stick a fork in it.

    How did you decide to go to Utila in 1985? That didn’t “just happen”!
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    Roatan? Stick a fork in it.

    (This is now my 40th year) The “cola wars”, Pepsi vs Coke was my “canary in the coal mine”. It actually happened on Roatan just as it did in the US. Note the mountain in the background is g.o.n.e.
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    Roatan? Stick a fork in it.

    And, as Dixon Cove became “Mahogany Bay”… How will they sanitize “Mud Hole” to better appeal to the parrot headed masses? Mud Hole is the logical choice. The right people own the land, it’s going to need a LOT of shoreline digging (kiss the reef West of there goodbye). it’s real close to the...
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    Roatan? Stick a fork in it.

    It will be built where property is cheaper- because it is simply less desirable due to wind/wave and great distance from reef. Not Roatan’s best diving by a long shot, but it’s Margaritaville… it doesn’t matter. (clue: West end. North side) Buy the t-shirt, sing drunk songs that caused this...
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    Roatan? Stick a fork in it.

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    Roatan for Solo Traveler

    Not a lot in this thread has. The OP wants 32 dives over 8 days, and the original list and follow-on suggestions range from “nope to not really” possible. Only two doable options. But… AKR now limits is AI package to a max of 20 included dives. CCV is the only option on Roatan that this...
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    Jan & Feb- the “Norther” weather patterns begin

    Feb 12 Monday The Norther returns, at least for 36 hours. West End dive ops of substantial character will move again to the South side. Take a cab to meet them, do not ride the boat around!
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    Stumbling over a Whale Shark

    From “Coco View Divers” Face Book page…. It was seen by the CCV guests who made it on the dive boat, 6 mins away from CCV. It was NOT seen by guests who were on the Sloth Tour, Ziplining, or those sitting on CCV’s brand new beach. Wanna see ‘em? They’re in the water.
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    Room mate

    Really? You sure? https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1759941-d483524-Reviews-Fantasy_Island_Beach_Resort_Dive_And_Marina_All_Inclusive-French_Harbour_Roatan_Bay_Is.html
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    Jan & Feb- the “Norther” weather patterns begin

    Meanwhile, on the South side…
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    Jan & Feb- the “Norther” weather patterns begin

    Tues Feb 6 West & Notth getting bashed View to West- check the rollers out at the reef line: Looking South, dead flat calm:
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