I did a Maldives lob on May, I was not vaccinated (not in the priority group) then. We had 13 people on board of which 3 ppl were vaccinated. We were told that the boat was already in 2 weeks of quarantine prior our departure due earlier positive case.
After 12 days, we got a health technician lady doing a pcr test before our flight for which we have paid 100€ each and we all tested negative.
After I got home, I was informed that 2 people got pcr positive prior returning home. 1 of them was my dive buddy and not only we dove the whole time together, during return he sat right in front of me 2 feet separating our heads.
I was told that lob operator had changed the pcr test provider prior our trip. I have a funny feeling about how reliable those tests we did were. At the end, if one tests positive, everyone loses.
My second report is a direct experience of a person close to me. End of May this year, group of divers traveling to Mexico for lob to Socorro. 2 days into the trip, female cook disappears. They are told that the person has migraines. At the end of the trip, couple of divers develop symptoms. Group does antigen tests and found most of them are infected. To be sure they do pcr tests and number of the positive testing divers increase even further.
I do not know how to conclude this post but I guess we just take our chances and roll the dice every time we travel.
