| Liveaboard scuba diving boats are for divers who | | | | for the beginning scuba hobbyist it can be very |
| just want to dive and nothing more. They don't care | | | | boring. For the dedicated diver, the positive attributes |
| about shopping, watching TV in a hotel room or site | | | | of a liveaboard are: |
| seeing other than beautiful coral reef. | | | | - More pristine dive sites |
| Liveaboards come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. | | | | - More adventure |
| They are built to serve as hotel, restaurant, dive | | | | - Flexibility |
| shop and sometimes even a photo lab all in one | | | | - Ability to make new friends due to close quarters |
| package. | | | | - More dives per day |
| Most liveaboards are power boats, although some | | | | - Lesstravel time |
| motors boats are rigged for sails also. In general | | | | - Less hauling of gear |
| bigger boats are more luxurious than smaller ones; | | | | Like all things in life, there are a couple of negative |
| smaller boats though are more accomodating to | | | | things about liveaboards that scuba divers need to be |
| more intimate group settings. Big boats have more | | | | aware about. They are: |
| room which means larger cabins, more fresh water | | | | - Confined spaces |
| and more deck space. Larger boats also mean more | | | | - Rolling and pitching of boats - sea sickness |
| people on board and that could mean larger groups | | | | - Limited scenery |
| of divers. As a rule, anything under 65 feet is a small | | | | - Limited menu |
| boat; anything over is considered large. | | | | - No shopping and no escape |
| The liveaboard boats travel from site to site usually | | | | Again, if you are an inexperienced diver and just |
| at night when you're sleeping and arrive at the sites | | | | want the thrill of the dive, the pluses far outweigh |
| by morning ready for an intense schedule which can | | | | the negative qualities of liveaboard scuba diving |
| be four or five dives a day. For an experienced and | | | | vacationing. |
| dedicated scuba diver, this is a slice of heaven but | | | | |