In search of good underwater photos! Help, divers!

Hello fellow divers! I run the Truenomads travel site and am now searching for divers that are interested in submitting their dive photos to the Scuba Diaries section. Get recognized! I am looking for 10-20 good quality photos for a single location to do a photo essay of. You would get full recognition, a short bio, and up to 3 links in the post going to your own website, twitter, FB, etc. If interested please let me know! email me at nomad.justin at yahoo.com Thanks!

Padre Burgos philippines or Bunaken Indonesia

Hi, I am currently hesitating between a trip to Padre Burgos or Bunaken. I am an advanced diver, but my partner does not dive, and we both really enjoy snorkelling, going out and identifying species we have never seen etc. We are looking mostly for a healthy well stocked reef not to far from shore, no boat trips if possible. We really enjoyed Dahab egypt, and were quite disapointed in the andaman islands last year. I would like to hear from some people who have been to one or the other or can suggest a place with awesome snorkelling for a couple to chill out for 2-3 weeks, we don't need much, a hamoc, little bungalow and that's about it.

Thanks in advance
have a nice day

Is Koh Mook and/or Krabi local islands wort the dive for experiance diver?

Hi there,
wife and I (+ kid) consider take a 2 week trip to Thailand (direct flight to Krabi).

As I hold 400+ dives, but haven't really dive since whale shark encounter at Sail Rock north of Koh Phangan in 2009, I know wish to get peoples view on 1 week at Kog Mook and diving of the local islands there?

And, secondly we consider staying north of Ao Nang/Krabi for second week, and hence how is the local islands there for diving?

Dont wanna be away to much from wife and kid, hence, local island!

Else I am considering staying on Koh Lanta and go speed boat to Hin Daeng / Hin Muang for 2 days then!

So Option I guess is:
1). Ao Nang/KRabi, 2 days diving at local islands + 1 week at Koh Mook around 3 days diving,
2). Koh Lanta, 2 days of speed boat to Hin Daeng / Hin Muang + 2-3 days diving at Koh Mook.

Last, is there no good diving close to Koh Lanta for starting o... more »

Snorkeling at Poipu Beach Kauai

I went with my family and my fiancee to Kauai in early April. We got married on shipwreck beach. One of the best things we did was snorkel on Poipu Beach.

Poipu Beach

Liveaboards in the Red Sea

Can anyone recommend a good dive company that does Liveaboards in the Red Sea. Looking for a 6-7 day trip and want to dive where there's not loads of different liveaboards diving the same dive spots at the same time. I would really like to go back to Komodo but its a bit crazy flying from Europe to Komodo for 1 weeks diving. I will return to Komdo when I have got a spare 3 weeks. Feedback appreciated.

Help with great snorkeling vacation!

Hi,
I'm having some trouble in understanding how good is the snorkeling in some areas of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. I have about a month and I wanted to do the best snorkeling possible..., but with a low budget, so locations that are very hard to get and expensive are out of the picture. How would you rank the quality of snorkeling in Bunaken (Sulawesi), west Flores (kanawa, seraya) and Komodo, Perhentians and Tioman (Malaysia), Palawan and Apo Island (Philippines)?
Thanks a lot!

2 Month Diving Courses, Asia

Hi all, couldn't find anything similar to my query so thought id ask (sorry if a post already exists).

Anyway, I am looking at doing the 2 month intensive dive courses to get the Dive Master Qualification. And I was wondering (as cost is the main factor) whether Bali or Koh Phangan would be best.

Also if I complete all the courses in one place would this make my qualifications less impressive to a potential employer?

Thanks guys!!!

Diving the Similan Islands in Thailand at the end of the season (april)

Hi there,

as I wasnt lucky with any posts in the Thailand section, I try my luck in this just discovered diving section...

I fly into Bangkok on april 27th. I know that the Similan Islands National Marine Park closes down officially on may 1st this year. Due to the starting monsoon season.

Still I would love to go diving there for the last couple of days in april. Has anyone dived at that time of year around the Similan Islands? Will the visibility still be good? I know it is always difficult to predict the weather, but generally speaking...?!

And do you have any recommendations for dive operators?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help!

Arne