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Splinty

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I don't Spearfish (yet) but I do scuba dive a lot. There's lots of times when going down you look out over the reef below just like this shot.

There's a little chance I would have noticed that bull coming right at me


View: https://youtu.be/pnA5DT3ilQw
 
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Splinty said:
I don't Spearfish (yet) but I do scuba dive a lot. There's lots of times when going down you look out over the reef below just like this shot.

There's a little chance I would have noticed that bull coming right at me


View: https://youtu.be/pnA5DT3ilQw
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Finally got the wife to dive with me. Her furst official dive was the great barrier reef. Looking for our next place to dive. What is the best spot you have ever dove (anywhere in the world). Or where is the best spot you heard of. Thinking Bali but seems to touristy.
 
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Simpleman said:
Finally got the wife to dive with me. Her furst official dive was the great barrier reef. Looking for our next place to dive. What is the best spot you have ever dove (anywhere in the world). Or where is the best spot you heard of. Thinking Bali but seems to touristy.
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I am boring.
I just keep going to Cozumel over and over. I can get to Mexico cheaper than I can get to a lot of domestic US locations.

It's world class and easy.



Indonesia and Egypt consistently ranked as maybe having the largest quantities of world-class dive sites.

But I would say that's not necessary. You mentioned Bali. Indonesia is going to be great. Lots of good sites. The thing about rankings is they look at more sites than the average person can do in a single vacation. So what's the point?

To me I would just throw a dart at the cheapest geography and then find the top level diving in that region.

Southeast Asia? You're looking at Indonesia, A couple sites in Malaysia, Koh tao in Thailand, etc.

If you really want a great diving trip you need to get a live-aboard. You can get 6 tanks a day and see things you will never see doing boat dives from a Resort destination.

As your wife gets better you could do more and more Shore diving together. And in that case there may be no better place than Bonaire.

And these are all the usual pretty Reef warm water diving.

I dive lakes in Texas to keep my skills. There are Springs here and a North Florida there are tons of Springs. Some are naturally cold but cold water makes super clear visibility. So now I want to start diving the Northeast and work on dry suit diving.

It all just depends on what you want.
Doing the Great Barrier Reef of front is really going to spoil her LOL
 
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Splinty said:
I am boring.
I just keep going to Cozumel over and over. I can get to Mexico cheaper than I can get to a lot of domestic US locations.

It's world class and easy.



Indonesia and Egypt consistently ranked as maybe having the largest quantities of world-class dive sites.

But I would say that's not necessary. You mentioned Bali. Indonesia is going to be great. Lots of good sites. The thing about rankings is they look at more sites than the average person can do in a single vacation. So what's the point?

To me I would just throw a dart at the cheapest geography and then find the top level diving in that region.

Southeast Asia? You're looking at Indonesia, A couple sites in Malaysia, Koh tao in Thailand, etc.

If you really want a great diving trip you need to get a live-aboard. You can get 6 tanks a day and see things you will never see doing boat dives from a Resort destination.

As your wife gets better you could do more and more Shore diving together. And in that case there may be no better place than Bonaire.

And these are all the usual pretty Reef warm water diving.

I dive lakes in Texas to keep my skills. There are Springs here and a North Florida there are tons of Springs. Some are naturally cold but cold water makes super clear visibility. So now I want to start diving the Northeast and work on dry suit diving.

It all just depends on what you want.
Doing the Great Barrier Reef of front is really going to spoil her LOL
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Thanks! There are a few wreck dive off FL pan handle, AL and MS that we might try. One guy is trying to talk us into a S Africa safari and then do some dives there or in Seychelles. Need to save up the airline and hotel miles first.
FYI if you are looking to spear fish they have clubs that go out to the oil rigs in LA and limit out on most everything,
 
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Thanks! There are a few wreck dive off FL pan handle, AL and MS that we might try.
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Yep yep. The Panhandle wreck dive Trail would be awesome.
Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail

A lot of them are at 80 to 110 feet and deeper. So some may be a little too advanced for your wife. You also should really be on nitrox for safety for all of this.

A dream would be to go to a bunch of those wrecks. There are charters that will take you to multiple as a sort of ocean safari trek.

Then after the wrecks you're already in Florida and not too far from some of the best spring diving you can do in the world...






Almost infinite visibility. Little to no current. Many areas are only 30 to 40 feet. Super easy for beginner and your air last forever so your Dives or each 90 minutes or longer
 
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