| One scuba diving vacation option for
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| | up socializing and diving with people
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| divers is with the Club Med resorts that
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| | from Europe as well as North America.
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| offer intensive dive programs. These
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| | The Club Med dive boats are huge. These
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| particular Club Med locations have full
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| | boats have rows along each side and
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| service scuba diving centers staffed by
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| | another row in the center. They are
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| PADI and NAUI certified instructors as
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| | 'cattle' boats for sure as there can be
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| well as full equipment rentals. Club Med
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| | as much as 40 divers for each trip.
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| has locations with dive intensive
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| | However, they are nice 'cattle' boats
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| programs in the Caribbean and the South
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| | with two ladders in the back platform and
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| Pacific. One such resort is the Club Med
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| | a large upper deck for the boat ride. A
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| Turkoise in the Turks and Caicos islands
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| | very nice feature of these boats is that
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| located southeast of the Bahamas. While
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| | there are two safety stop bars below the
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| these islands are not the lushest in the
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| | boat at the 15 feet mark. These bars are
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| Caribbean, they do have excellent coral
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| | excellent for beginner scuba divers who
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| reef systems making it a top scuba diving
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| | still have problems remaining at a level
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| destination in the region.
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| | 15 feet for their safety stops. All they
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| For those scuba divers who do not want to
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| | have to do is hold on to the safety stop
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| be bothered with transit between hotels,
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| | bar and wait for the 3 minutes. On each
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| restaurants and dive boats, Club Meds are
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| | bar, there is also a regulator for those
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| a wonderful option since everything is on
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| | who are low on air. Scuba divers can
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| site. Like other high end all-inclusive
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| | dive in either guided groups led by a
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| resorts, Club Meds have excellent dining,
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| | divemaster or in their own buddy groups.
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| decent rooms plus great facilities for
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| | Either way, there is an adequate briefing
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| water and land sports. A bonus feature
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| | before each dive. The guided groups are
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| of Club Meds is the inclusion of
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| | particularly good for divers who do not
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| instruction for many activities such as
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| | want to worry about navigation.
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| sailing and water skiing as well as the
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| | The diving at Turks and Caicos is
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| nightly entertainment on stage.
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| | wonderful with steep walls during the
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| As for the scuba diving programs which
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| | first part of each dive. The return
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| are offered at additional cost, they
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| | portion of each dive will generally be
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| usually offer standard five day packages
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| | over a reef system with lots of small to
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| which include a two tank trip every
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| | medium size marine life. One resident
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| morning plus a weekly night dive. There
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| | barracuda nicknamed Charlie is often seen
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| are optional single tank dives in the
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| | and likes to hang out between the safety
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| afternoon as well. In my estimation,
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| | stop bars checking out the divers. In
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| the Club Med Turkoise location I went to
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| | general, the diving is similar to that in
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| had 50% divers and 50% non-divers. It
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| | the Bahamas but you won't find crowds of
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| was kind of funny to see that the guests
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| | dive boats out in the water here since
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| who go to bed the earliest in the
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| | Turks and Caicos are not as saturated
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| evenings and show up in the dining room
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| | with dive operators and tourists yet.
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| first thing in the mornings are the scuba
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| | For an extra charge, it is possible for
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| divers. Many divers I met were repeat
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| | the resort to arrange a 3 tank day trip
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| guests. This proves that the Club Med is
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| | with an outside scuba operator to dive
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| able to attract a loyal following among
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| | some sites further out that have larger
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| some scuba divers. The resort is ideal
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| | marine life. Some divers took this
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| for couples where one spouse is a diver
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| | option and returned with very positive
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| and the other is not. There are plenty
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| | reviews of multiple shark sightings.
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| of other activities on site for the
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| | If scuba divers are interested in going
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| non-diving spouse to do while the other
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| | to a Club Med, it is important to verify
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| is out diving. Later in the afternoon,
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| | which locations currently offer the
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| couples or friends could get back
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| | intensive dive programs. Different Club
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| together to do other activities or simply
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| | Meds also have different atmospheres.
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| relax. I went to this Club Med as a
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| | Some are livelier with a party scene and
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| single traveler and had no problems
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| | some are quieter. Consulting a travel
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| fitting in. The dining room staff
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| | agent familiar with Club Meds will be
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| usually asks guests whether they would
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| | useful. Club Med does have a good scuba
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| like to sit with a singles table or one
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| | diving program with very professional
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| with couples. The advantage of this Club
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| | staff and is an option worth checking out
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| Med setup is that it is very easy to meet
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| | if one doesn't mind being on dive trips
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| other guests on a social level. I ended
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| | with relatively large numbers of divers.
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