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The departure city I thought I would really not like Cairns, but really enjoyed the two days I spent meandering around the little city in the Sunshine State. Some interesting, if touristy, things like the Night Markets and Rusty’s were super fun to happen upon. The boat I believe Spoilsport...

Any suggestions on a reasonable BCD and reg set for pool/open water teaching? I normally dive a BPW with a long hose and while I love it in the open water, it’s been a real bummer for dive master purposes. I’d like to get both a BC and a reg set that are reasonable quality and that will be...

I appreciate the feedback. I’m under the impression that do complete an instructor course you must first complete DM, no? If that’s true, do you mean find a program that lets you complete everything all in one go?

Do you think it's essential to do your DM with the shop you want to work for?

Really solid point about training in tougher conditions.

I am hoping to complete a divemaster course this year, and am wondering if it makes more sense to do it locally with one of the shops here, or go somewhere known for their divemaster/IDCs, and perhaps how to evaluate a DM course to see if it's offering a good product. I gather that a local shop...

I feel like, in my case, Aggressor offered Bluewater a credit, which I imagine they can use for a future trip. So they can collect the $3100 from another diver, offset it with the Aggressor credit, and still give me my credit elsewhere. Like a very expensive shell game, except hopefully...

The e-mail from Bluewater said, "As of now they are offering credit, but we are going to give you credit that can be used on any boat, not just aggressor, so you can still go to Socorro." Whether that's true or not, I don't know. For me, while I object to not being able to get a refund in...

Paid with a CC. This is the language on the invoices: This is the language on the website: There's not actually language that I can see about what happens if the trip is canceled by the operator. In a separate section it says "All deposits are non-refundable."

I believe they are honoring current prices, not reservations. As in you’d have to pay a whole new wad of cash.

I booked it with Bluewater Dive Travel. They have said that Aggressor is offering trip credits for Aggressor, and that Bluewater is offering a credit to rebook on any other trip. As far as I can tell the Terms don’t really outline what happens if a trip is canceled due to a boat being shut...

That makes some sense given how they’ve framed it in their SB post. That would be more palatable than some safety or condition-related SOP.

Looks like the travel agency will offer a credit, but no full refunds.

I was booked on a Socorro Aggressor trip this winter, and just received an e-mail saying the boat had been shut down and all future trips canceled. Anyone have any additional info or insight into the Socorro Aggressor boat? The message: I see that this thread was also posted today, but with a...

I have not! I will do that.

Heading home from a week in the LA area for GUE Fundamentals with Steve Millington. I always appreciate reading write-ups, especially regarding things that are such an investment of time, money, and ego death. Here's my writeup of the course; may it help someone who's looking into it. The...

I’m heading to the Jupiter area September 1-3 for a couple days of diving and hoping to link with a local diver/guide for an afternoon at BHB, ideally on Friday, September 2. I’ve reached out to a couple shops, one had no guides available, one hasn’t responded. I’ve read elsewhere...

Rock on. I appreciate them for the same reasons.

Indeed! On Duke St. there are three dive operators within a five minute walk from one another: Grand Turk Diving, Blue Water Divers, and Oasis Divers. Then there's Bohio. I believe there are others that cater to the cruise ships - we saw a few unmarked boats loaded with cylinders.