S is for SCUBA dive on a Live Aboard

I first got certified to SCUBA dive in 2006 in Útila, Honduras.  Since then, I make sure I can dive wherever I go. I’ve dived in Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize, Chile, Colombia, and Cuba.  I even plan to dive in Poland when I go to Eastern Europe in a couple of weeks.  All of these dives were either shore or boat day trips out to sites. The most I’ve ever dived consecutively is when I got certified in Honduras and dived five or so days in a row. It was amazing.

 My bucket list goal is to dive on a live aboard boat.  Live aboards are trips in which you stay on the boat for five to seven days and dive pretty much as much as you want the whole time. You eat, dive, eat, drink, dive, dive, sleep. Then you wake up the next day and do it all over again.  The boat tours around the whole time so you’re diving in different sites.

I’ve never considered myself all that avid of a diver. It is hard to be when you live in land locked Colorado, but of course, I make it a point whenever I can to get a few dives in whenever I go anywhere near water.  I would love to stay on a live aboard and really devote myself to honing my skills underwater, not to mention see more underwater life than I’ve ever seen.

Live aboads are everywhere there is diving. They are not cheap, but I think they are usually worth it if you add up the cost of each dive individually.  I’m thinking about Bali or The Philippines or Thailand. I’ll spend a week on the boat and then travel around a new country.