Where do Socal divers go...

[FishDiver]

... for dive holidays outside California?

 

[Mo2vation]

... for dive holidays outside California?

Over the last 3 years, I've gone on Dive Holidays to:

Belize
Hawaii
Seattle
Mexico
Florida

and in August, Bonaire.

Nearly all my diving is in SoCal. We have it all here, and it takes an act of Congress to pry me out of SoCal to go dive someplace else.

---
Ken

 

[merxlin]

Why would we do that?

I think most of us hit the clear warm waters. I like Cayman and Hawaii, and would like to do Fiji and maybe Wakatobi.

 

[Teamcasa]

Hawaii or Mexico.

 

[Scott Riemer]

Cozumel, of course.

 

[ScooterBlenny]

We went to Hawaii last year and are going to Puerto Rico by the end of the month ... I am very looking forward to it ^o^

 

[drbill]

And what reason would we have to do that? I'm a kelp forest ecologist... not a coral reef one. However, I do enjoy trips to the tropics during the winter. Asia and the South Pacific are my favs, but I've visited the Sea pof Cortez, Florida, Belize and Honduras over the past few years. Hoping to get to South America next winter and the Red Sea next year.

 

[dpbishop]

La Paz, BVI, Antiqua, but I'm willing to go anywhere if someone else will foot the bill. It's a lot cheaper to spend a week on my boat diving Catalina.

 

[Makin Raider]

Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Bahamas, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos and Bonaire in September... haven't ventured west yet... someday...

 

[paradicio]

Well, I've only been certified a year...but last year we went to Hawaii (Maui), this year we're going to Puerto Rico, and barring any unforeseen circumstances we'll be going to the Caymans next year.

So, as you can see I've only dove tropical waters once (Maui)... The whole time I was there, (while I really did find it beautiful, and I really did appreciate the warm water) I kept thinking how much I missed our kelp forests.

Whenever I read on Scubaboard about folks in land locked states making trips out to their local quarry to dive...I can't help but salute their dedication and love for the sport, and I also can't help but feel extremely fortunate that I've got a whole ocean full of beautiful fish and invertebrates right here in my back yard!