Wow, it was a great trip! I was there with the family for a beach vacation and so I only squeezed in a few dives, but they were good ones.
Shark Dive - it was fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone. I had a great time on this one... the conditions were perfect, warm water, 75 ft vis, and sharks everywhere.
Night Dive - Went to Papa Docs. I'm still pretty new at night diving and I'm still not 100% converted, but this was an interesting dive site and made for a good dive. At one point we turned off our lights and waved our hands to stir up the phosporescence... pretty cool.
My dives with Caribbean Diver got cancelled since I was apparently the only one willing to sign up for any of there 3 trips that day, so I added one more with UNEXSO, which was an afternoon 1-tank trip to...
Ann's Paradise - This was a great site. Lots and lots of places to explore in between various coral formations. A very large site. Saw my first Lionfish too.
Overall the diving on GBI was great. I think this may have this was the least current I've ever experienced while ocean diving. It makes for very easy and flexible diving. Water temps ranged from 79-81 on my three dives.
I was really happy with UNEXSO. They seem to run a first class operation. Their boat crews were excellent. I thought the divemasters did a very good job of managing the dives - from a detailed briefing and all through the dive. They largely let us explore while occasionally steering us back in the right direction when needed. They also managed air-time very well. Making sure that quick consumers got to see the whole site, but letting slower breathers look around a little longer where possible before ascending. The shop, pool, restaurant were all pretty nice too.
