Two weeks at beginning of August, where to dive???

[pogiebait]

I'm an AOW diver with 200+ dives. I will have about 2 weeks at the start of August '17 to go anywhere to dive. Preference is for warm waters, pelagics, opportunities for wide angle shooting. Where are the must do locations at this time of the year? Don't even know how to easily search for this. I've been to the Caribbeans, Thailand, Maldives. Getting in all my dives for the year those 2 weeks, so where to go???

 

[simcoediver]

Why not try some cold water diving for a change? come up to Canada and dive Tobermory. Scuba Diving and Snorkeling in Tobermory Bruce Peninsula

 

[Divebooker.com]

August is a also a good time for diving in Indonesia. One of the best area for wide angle shooting is Raja Ampat with mantas, colorful reefs, pygmy seahorses and etc. Komodo or Cendrawasih Bay with whale sharks might be the good option also. If you are interested or need more info you can have a look at some selected liveaboard trips in Indonesia.

Hope this is helpful

 

[Adelaar Cruises]

North Komodo usually has warm clear water in August. Excellent wide angle possibilities with schooling fish, hard and soft corals, rays and reef sharks. The south can be a little chilly at that time, but August is manta season and manta alley can be an incredible. LOB's usually spend 1 to 2 days in the south at this time of year (if you can handle 2 days of chilly water, you'll be glad you did).

Looking at Hopper, EVA's new non-stop from Chicago (Chicago-Tapei-Bali) I see $884 round-trip to Bali and Singapore airline is offering $690 from New York. Not sure where you are coming from, your info suggests Indiana, that's not too far to drive to Chicago?

Wherever you end up have an incredible dive holiday!

Cheers

 

[pogiebait]

Thanks for all the great ideas. Looking into them.

 

[Tippytoes12]

I would second the advice to head to Indonesia. Komodo on a liveaboards if you have the budget would be wonderful. Less costly but also very good would be Bali. The Philippines is also an excellent destination with virtually guaranteed thresher sharks and whale sharks ( fed by the villagets for a few hours per day) .Another option would be two liveaboards in the Red Sea. We have seen hammer heads, mantas and many many sharks in the southern red sea.

 

[Dan]

I did the 10-day roundtrip to Bali-Komodo in August 2014 with Mermaid Liveaboards | Liveaboard Scuba Diving Vacations | Hammerhead Indonesia . Before boarding the boat in Bali, I went diving in Crystal Bay to see the 20' mola-mola (see my avatar). That was a blast.