Liveaboard Scuba Diving Vacations

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