[Sportsandrec] [No real] Dive site suggestion for Tom

[Kelly Thornbury]

Funny how the rescue divers never seem to get to dive warm weather sites eh? I spent some time doing search and rescue/recovery in Switzerland of all places; some underwater welding in the North Sea; and even a month of hull inspections on river barges in Germany...Did you know smugglers will weld hooks on the hulls of barges to attach contraband? There's a dive job that sucked bad air! My only real warm water vacation diving was the Red Sea, and the damage from the popularity of the locale was so sickening I vowed never to spend money there again. 

Have you looked at, or considered, live aboards? There are also some all-inclusive resorts in Mexico (Cozumel comes to mind), but there are a lot of "less reputable" sites around these resorts, my sister had a really bad experience with one, but she didn't know what to look for in a company. . Sport Diver magazine recently published an article on all inclusive resorts, and I imagine the info could be found online. 

"Nothing like getting your fix of compressed air." 
Hope the trip works out for you. 

Kelly 

On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Tom Evans wrote:

> Kelly,
> Thanks
> I am an old rescue diver from 25 years ago, never did the fun or warm
> weather stuff.
> I have found a few dive places and people that seem to be good, but then
> transportation getting there is prob as many buses do not go to dive site.
> I was looking at accessible in a few ways, good dive partner that
> understands vision loss, comfortable with dive skills and a blind guy, plane
> that goes to a nice reputable place and hotel pick up, since we don't drive.
> Just looking for a brush up, which I can get, but looking more for fun and
> easy.
> Great idea on the line to be connected to another and never thought of
> communication masks.
> That is why we have the list
> Thanks
> Tom