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