Anyone resuming dive travel yet?

bocabum wrote:

I am going to Bonaire at the end of August. I have been in 2018 & 2019. Could not go last year due to Covid.

Yes, I missed diving all last year too.

Where do you stay on Roaton? I have looked at Cocoview several times but not booked a trip. Where do you stay on Roatan?

Cocoview doesn't appeal to me in terms of diving.  They have a limited site selection.  I've seen their boats at Calvin's Crack every day for a week.   Too much dive site repetion - but then I''ve never stayed there.

I've always stayed at the Reef House Resort, which is tremendous for diving/dive sites, and is somewhat quirky and homespun as a hotel.   For diving, I've now been to at least 37 different sites - 36 in one 2-week trip once.  They tend to go west to the Czech Village area (seahorses), and as far east as Port Royal.   There are dive sites almost continuously along the south side of Roatan, and the divemaster knows them all intimately.  (Over 20,000 dives in those sites now.)

It seems every time I go out, I see something new and unexpected there.  99% of that is because the divemaster (David) finds them and points them out.  He is phenomenal, and legendary among previous divers there.

The resort is NOT one of those luxury places.  No spas, not really a sandy beach, no fancy restaurant, but good food and good people.  Owned by an American who previously ran some restaurants in Georgia, married to a local Roatan girl.  It's on a cay of Oak Ridge, and it's pretty isolated after dark.  A lot of local ex-pats come by the bar in the evening to have a drink or in the afternoon for lunch.