This may not really help you out but I prefer my night dive in the early morning hours. Say an hour before sunrise. Many benefits, including not interfering with dinner or happy hour and works up an appetite for breakfast. 
Liveaboard nightdives question.
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agreed, i'm a serial, 4am Bonaire type of diver
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I was on the Cayman Aggressor V last November. We did 4 night dives, Tibbetts, Meadows, Kittiwake, and Oro Verde. The best dive was the one on the Oro Verde. We started in the pitch black at 6 AM and finished during the sunrise. It was a beautiful dive on both endsThis may not really help you out but I prefer my night dive in the early morning hours. Say an hour before sunrise. Many benefits, including not interfering with dinner or happy hour and works up an appetite for breakfast.
I wouldn't want to dive immediately after a meal or feel rushed at dinner (and not get to have a glass of wine or beer). Thankfully, the three liveaboards I have done all scheduled the night dive before dinner. If I were on a boat that scheduled the night dive after dinner, being a cynical person, I might get the impression the boat wouldn't be displeased if fewer people chose to do the night dive. Conversely, a boat that schedules the night dive before dinner gives me the impression the crew enthusiastically supports the night dive.
I prefer to dive first then dine or happy hour,but To look at it from a different perspective, the kitchen staff usually is the same staff making breakfast and are working at 5:30-6:00 am. It makes for a very long day for that staff to serve dinner at 20:00 and then have to clean up the kitchen afterwards.
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I shall be most certainly requesting this....
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HARRO HUNNAYYY
Same. Plus, I like being able to relax at dinner after having showered. When food coma takes over and I can head to bed without feeling guilty. Additionally, I know others like to have wine/beer with dinner and having dinner after the night dive allows for that if you wanted to participate in all the dives each day.
Most of the boats that I've been on have night divers in the water whilst the rest of us eat dinner and after the night dive those divers eat.
+ One for early morning dawn dives. I absolutely love watching the reef come to life and wake up.This may not really help you out but I prefer my night dive in the early morning hours. Say an hour before sunrise. Many benefits, including not interfering with dinner or happy hour and works up an appetite for breakfast.
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