Bahamas and Cozumel Reports 2021

We wanted to share some details from the last few trips we have run.  In November we took some holdovers from a canceled April trip to the Bahamas.  A negative Covid test was required to get into the Bahamas.  Once there you had to stay on the boat (it was a Blackbeards liveaboard).  Some of...

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Salty Dogs on the Aqua Cat

We did our first week long, warm water, group live-aboard trip this summer. We went back to the Bahamas and took a little cruise on the Aqua Cat. The Aqua Cat is owned by Blackbeard's Cruises, a company that runs 5 different live-aboards in the Bahamas. The boat docks in a marina on Paradise Island...

Baby Whale Shark

Hard to belive this thing will grow into a 30 foot long man-eating beast!! Well... not exactly.

Greetings from Bonaire

The Internet is great. I am posting from my patio at Buddy Dive Resort on Bonaire. I need to all my work from here! We got here last Saturday. We are doing 1-2 boat dives a day and then heading off in our rental trucks for shore dives as well! The shore entries have been...

Roatan Anyone?

For years we had heard that the place to stay on Roatan was Anthony's Key Resort. We finally got their almost 2 years ago and had a great time. For the full details read my review on the Dive Utah page "Dreaming of Dolphins." We had so much fun, we went back the next year...

Horizon Trip – Saturday

THIS IS THE LAST OF A SERIES OF 3 POSTS. TO READ THEM IN ORDER START WITH HORIZON TRIP - THURSDAY, THEN READ FRIDAY THEN THIS ONESaturday-Nov. 15-8:50am-Pyramid Palisades-San Clemente IslandLast night was a good night for bugs. I think all told we bagged about 8 more.The pups hung around the whole time we were...

Horizon Trip – Friday

Friday-Nov. 14-11:45am East of the Sea Lion Rookery-Santa Barbara Island-What a difference a few hours can make. Let me bring you up to speed. We left Catalina last night for Santa Barbara. We awoke to calm seas and a beautiful morning. . The Captain moved the boat around to a site on the west end...

Horizon Trip – Thursday

Wednesday-November 12, 2008-11:00pmSan Diego Harbor-We made it. After an uneventful flight and uneventful cab ride, we made it to H&M Landing to board the boat. Kent and I were the last people to get to there. Guys starting arriving at 3pm, they let you on the boat at 8pm and we showed up at 9:30pm.We...

Camera Bag and California

We just got in another goodie from Akona. They make some great bags and now we have their Deluxe Camera Roller Carry On. This is for the folks who want to take really good care of their underwater housings and cameras. It is also the ultimate carry on bag.Naturally it has wheels and a retractable...

Dreaming of Dolphins

Our big trip for 2007 was Roatan. Roatan is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras off the Caribbean coast of Central America. We had talked to many people about the different resorts on Roatan and while there are many options and plenty of nice places, the word was that if you wanted the best...