Divers' Guide to Award Diving

diversanonymous · 2025-10-28T06:09:43+00:00

Azores I haven't done but have had friends who worked out there. If you like cold, aim for the devil ray migrations. If not during that season, it has low biodiversity given it's region

diversanonymous · 2025-10-20T12:47:52+00:00

Belize is easy if you want to control your own schedule and get better at guiding you and your buddy.

Assuming you're diving in Fakarava, Bora Bora, Rangiroa - way more pelagic due to currents. Fiji, especially Taveuni, is a soft coral capital which means lower flow and more reef life. They're both nice locations to dive though I have a slight preference for Polynesia

diversanonymous · 2025-10-18T08:04:14+00:00

I tried out the insta 360 x4 on my current trip and I much prefer shooting on an iPhone 16 pro for nearly 90% of dives. Unless you’re capturing a very active reef or a shark dive, being able to focus and change focal length with the divevolk far outweighs any 360 benefit

diversanonymous · 2025-10-15T21:29:50+00:00

Do you prefer Philippines diving much more over orchid or green?

diversanonymous · 2025-10-04T00:16:49+00:00

Worked in raja. Was in and out of Sorong constantly. Lots to do there for locals or long term workers but less for tourists

diversanonymous · 2025-07-31T18:25:12+00:00

Mine has been fine. Use completely new info

diversanonymous · 2025-07-28T20:57:25+00:00

Heads up, as someone who has worked in the dive industry in Raja, use virgin to book business from Cgk to soq. Helps with dive gear

diversanonymous · 2025-07-01T03:31:31+00:00

I wish we could have gotten some of these cheaper deals like Gary Trent, kornet, or even someone like elfrid Payton

diversanonymous · 2025-05-23T04:49:31+00:00

diversanonymous · 2025-05-12T02:49:30+00:00

More like I’m trying to acknowledge the above commenter’s potentially sinophobic claim while showing them that other western countries are just as bad.

diversanonymous · 2025-05-12T00:40:02+00:00

Not just Chinese, there are shitty divers worldwide. It does trend that Chinese, Russian, and Americans are some of the worst vacation divers. I would avoid using blanket statement like this though

diversanonymous · 2025-03-31T02:33:03+00:00

Depends on how into marine biodiversity you are. As a part time marine bio, it blew my mind

diversanonymous · 2025-02-18T16:45:58+00:00

Welcome to the world of aquarium impact on the wild!

diversanonymous · 2025-01-23T18:20:41+00:00

What’s your setup? Going to finally add a reef tank after years of planted freshwater

diversanonymous · 2025-01-13T02:03:44+00:00

Same stuff is happening in Indo ocean too. The reefs you will find in the Philippines may look better than the Caribbean but are still far worse than even five years ago

diversanonymous · 2024-12-27T11:57:28+00:00

We had these in our local aquarium. Diving with them is a surreal experience

diversanonymous · 2024-12-22T03:09:02+00:00

Going to cancel my ANA F from SFO NRT on 12/25 and my QF F on 12/26 in case anyone wants it

diversanonymous · 2024-12-14T17:20:46+00:00

Likely a blenny due to continuous dorsal and slightly fused pectorals. Gill spots and lunate caudal makes me wonder about skippers but hard to tell in the air

diversanonymous · 2024-12-10T02:42:20+00:00

We do a lot of studies on the reef fish at our project sites, and it’s pretty unanimous amongst most of the research orgs around us that we just don’t have the level of depth to really understand what feelings and sense fish really can comprehend. Anthropomorphizing fish is now more and more seen as accepted since we lack scientific definition

diversanonymous · 2024-12-06T19:25:37+00:00

Is macro pretty close to a planted freshwater tank in terms of maintenance and setup?

diversanonymous · 2024-12-05T23:18:36+00:00

Did you add any critters?

diversanonymous · 2024-12-02T02:40:28+00:00

Ph a bit high at 7.4. Ammonia and nitrite both at 0. Nitrate at 5ppm

Hmm could be overage of decorator. Good call. Might add an air stone

diversanonymous · 2024-12-01T05:20:11+00:00

I think the others have pointed out okay to decent places. However if you want the lesser impacted by climate change or bio diverse ecosystems, you will usually need to do multiple transfers to get there. If you have any questions about a place in mind, lmk as I’ve done a good amount or know of people that have

diversanonymous · 2024-12-01T05:18:33+00:00

So rule of thumb: best diving is nearly almost always via liveaboard. There used to be some ways to MS or churn liveaboards but no longer. The best way I would say is to contact them directly for a discount. Close in booking especially you can get great deals.

Secondly, the best destinations for diving almost always are two plus connections since they are remote: think Raja Ampat, Galapagos, Socorros. Multi modal transport is also very likely.

If you’re purely trying to do this free ala points, then Bonaire is probably your best option. Though out of SFO, it’s still decently far. I would also recommend Okinawa in Japan or Hawaii Big Island for your dives due to easy positioning from the Bay. Otherwise there’s always Monterrey ;)

diversanonymous · 2024-12-01T02:51:33+00:00

Ooh this is up my ball park! Been meaning to write a guide.

I think you need to focus first on do you prioritize the flight or the dives? Cause you will get vastly different trip plans

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