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Diving
holidays are usually one week long and generally follow one of
4 formats:- Liveaboard
- You stay the whole week on a boat which will not come into
shore during that time unless water supplies etc have run
too low. If you’re into sleeping on the deck of a boat
staring at the shooting stars in the sky then this is perfect!
If you’re used to town or city life, it is especially
stunning having such clear views of the constellations. The
main advantage is that you don’t have to get up so early
to travel to dive sites, since the boat moves whilst you’re
asleep or having breakfast so you have more time, and also
you reach the sites earlier and therefore avoid the diver
soup (overcrowding underwater) at the popular sites. Some
liveaboard boats are also very luxurious and are more like
floating 5 star hotels than dive boats. Beware of the wobbles
when you return to the shore though – after 1 week at
sea, the brain tends to continue to tell you that you’re
still rocking! Another potential downside is that you need
to be quite friendly since you’ll be stuck on a boat
with the same set of people. There is always your cabin where
you can escape though, and by the nature of your trip you
will all having something in common – diving! Land-based
day boats – You stay in a hotel or resort, which providing
you find good accommodation, is generally the soft option!
If the idea of spending one week on a boat with the same people
all day and all night doesn’t entice you onto a liveaboard
then this is ideal. If you prefer freedom to try out different
restaurants, bars and shops during the evening then staying
in a hotel complex allows you to do that. The downsides are
having to get up early to catch your day boat, and also risking
being in diver soup after the captain has battled to get to
the site early and found that there are 20 boats already there! Half
Liveaboard, half land-based – Here you get the best
of both worlds if you fancy the feeling of escaping from the
world you can get on a boat but then later long for
luxurious comfort and stability of a hotel suite, this is
a great compromise Shore
diving – this is less common than boat diving since the majority
of sites are not right on the shore and boat access is required.
However it does require less commitment than boat diving and
if you’re a first time diver may make you feel more comfortable. To
return to the main diving page click here
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