Are You Dive-Ready?

You're finally packed for that dream dive vacation you've been planning all miserable winter. As you slip your C-card in your wallet, you wonder, "Gee, how long has it been since I last dived? Oh well. It'll all come back to me once I'm in the water. Besides, the dive outfit down there is safe and professional." Dive operators appreciate the vote of confidence, but the best hands to be in are your own. Unlike tennis or basketball, the consequences of a long layoff from diving can be more severe than a sore elbow or a lousy jump shot.

Yap Island Dive Operators, Accommodations and Excursions

All dive operations accept divers from any resort, although buying a hotel/dive package with one place may be wise. Yap Divers at the Manta Ray Bay will take you to the mantas in the channels or the southern wall sites. They also invite exploration, offering trips to places even they haven't been to find new sites. Manta Visions, located in the hotel, is a full-service photo and video center. Pathways, Beyond the Reef Charters and Nature's Way dive all the sites, cater to small groups and offer environmentally sensitive dive tours.

Scuba Diving in Palau - Travel Tips

It's either the trip of a lifetime or the flight from hell, depending on how you look at it. I prefer the former, although my butt doesn't seem to agree. Eighteen hours, five snacks, four meals and three moist towelettes later, I find myself in Palau, the first in my five-stop hop across the planet's largest ocean. Let's face it, you've got no choice but to fly forever to get here - even from the West Coast you're looking at 12 hours in a chiropractically incorrect plane seat. To dive here, you've gotta get here, and to get here, you've gotta ride that bird. Want to survive the trip unscathed?

Back-Buoyancy BCs

Back buoyancy - like it or not - has become the most significant trend in BC design of the past decade. Even jacket-style BC designs have continued to move more of their buoyancy to the rear. It's hard to deny the advantages.