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Old 17th July 2008, 07:58 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Diving for first time in Roatan

On Jul 17, 2:07 am, "chilly" <slar...@shaw.canada> wrote:
> "harvey" <chandler7...m> wrote in message
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> news:58f8d4b8-5705-4d9e-93b6-7353f3823bd8@s50g2000hsb..com...
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> > Roatan can be pretty advanced diving.

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= Really?  Where were you doing all this "pretty advanced diving" off
of
= Roatan?

My Bad, totally forgot;
Roatan is all 22 feet deep,
flat, sandy bottom

no drift diving,
No currents
no overhead environments


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> > - but they do have a chamber there, as well as a medical staff,

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> > and it's doubtless not just for decoration.

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> No, it isn't.  It's for the lobster divers.
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> :^)


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> > It's truly great diving down there, but go down there prepared.

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> > resort courses are great, unless something goes terribly wrong.

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> > Take all the pool  / classroom work up here first.

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> Normally, I recommend taking your diving course at home, and as you said (or
> someone said) taking the time to let it all sink in (no pun intended).
> Scuba is a safe activity if you take your training seriously.
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> That doesn't mean that if you intend to take a vacation to learn to dive,
> that one can't learn to dive on vacation.  Seems to me, that if that is a
> person's intent, then Roatan is an excellent choice.


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