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We had 9 diving days out of the 11 days spent at Paradise Taveuni and had a great time. 25 tanks (including 23 boat dives and 2 shore dives). About half are drift dives. One dive at White Wall. There are currents, but nothing dramatic. On a few dives, I felt the need of using the reef pointer...

We are thinking about booking a late December 2024 trip on Solomon Masters : Florida and Russell Islands (Honiara - Honiara) 7 nights They are one of the two LOBs in Solomon Islands , and the more recognized Bilikiki doesn't work with our schedule. We can not find much information about...

Hello, We are heading to Paradise Taveuni for a 10 day dive trip during the Christmas and New Year holiday. Are there strong currents at Rainbow Reef, esp at the Great White Wall? I heard that the dive there tends to be scheduled only at certain time related to the moon phase. We are...

Hello, I am Asian woman based in United States. I am looking for mask to replace my 10 year old Mares XV Sunrise Liquidskin. "Sunrise" is the Asian face version for Mares masks. So far I tried the following (with recommendations from searching on SB): 1) Mares X-vision Ultra Liquidskin...

Thanks @Philosopher King for your comments about safety in PNG dive resorts. After searching the Pacific Board, we learned about armed robbery at Lissenung Trip Report - Lissenung Island Resort, Kavieng PNG Quote: On 13/1/23 a gang armed with guns and machetes held up Lissenung. They held...

Thanks @paolobl65 ! Tompotika resort and the area look quite inviting. Would love to hear your diving experience. And thanks for your trip reports on Raja Ampat and Triton Bay, and all your wonderful diving video. They provide great resources for diving in Indonesia.

Hello, we are planning our 2024 Dec diving trip during the Christmas/New Year Holiday, for about 2 weeks. We took 2 December dive trips to Indonesia before: South Komodo+ Bali (2019), and Raja Ampat (2022), both LOB+ a few days of land based. We enjoyed them both, esp R4. We also took recent...

Awesome video @Dan ! Was it taken with GoPro? We are heading to Caymen Brac this Sat. Hope we will also have good visibility.

@ppina Thanks so much for your response! It is very helpful to us. What kind of mosquito repellent did you use (and worked there)? DEET? Picaridin? Lemon eucalyptus?

Awesome video, both under water and above. Thanks so much for sharing! Triton Bay is among our candidate destinations for Dec 2024. We are concerned about the lack of AC or 24 hour electricity, unreliable domestic flight and visibility though. Do you mind if we ask a few questions? Was...

Yes @runsongas , we do want a newer boat with cabins with ocean view windows. Ocean Hunter 3 and Solomon Masters look dated from their pictures, but at least on these boats I can find cabins on the upper deck with windows. Black Pearl looks really nice, but their Christmas week is mostly sold...

Thanks @Shasta_man for sharing your experience! So far Palau is our first choice for Dec 2024, but we also want to look into other options.

We are looking for a diving vacation destination for 2024 December, around Christmas/New Year weeks. In the last few years, we have taken diving vacations around late December: South Komodo + Bali in 2019, Maldives in 2021, Raja Ampat in 2022 and will dive at Fiji this December. We have enjoyed...

I am also interested in the manual. The condition is good with me. Thank you!

Hello, Thanks to all the great help received on this board, we booked all our flights to our Dec RA LOB trip. . But recently, I found that I made a mistake on the flight date on the one way Batik flight from Sorong to CGK when I booked it online. So I went back to the website to change it ...

Thank you all for your response! Now I feel more comfortable with the transit time and hopefully will get the new flights sorted out soon.

Thanks @tridacna ! Was there security check point to go through? Did you have checked in luggage or just carry on?

Hello, We have an LOB at Raja Ampat in Dec. After learning a lot from the board on the travel logistics, we booked our flights a couple of months ago: EWR (Newark) - HND (Haneda, Tokyo) -CGK through United and CGK- Sorong with Garuda. We thought we are all set, till we got an email from...

Thanks for all the great info! I am also considering RADL (although their website is down and I have not heard back from them in email). I am glad to hear you picked them. That gives me some confidence that they are still in business. I had the same concern as yours on Yenbbuba homestay, and...