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BOAT DIVING

Diving from a boat is an adventure in itself. For many dive sites, boats are the only way to get there. Boats come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the number of people it needs to carry, whether or not you will live aboard, and the distance needed to travel. Distance to a dive site can vary considerably so whilst a 10-minute ride in a 12ft Rib may be used in the Dominican, a 5 hour ride in a 40ft Live-Aboard may be used on the Great Barrier Reef. On the boat it's all in.

Wake up, crawl out of bed because somebody is shouting *Dive Briefing*. Half listen and let the water wake you up. Crawl back up the ladder to breakfast. Flop about and top up the tan and then it's *Dive Briefing* time again. Splash. Lunch. If you're lying too at a reef break out the snorkel and finish with an evening or night dive. Normally the only extra is what you drink and that's pretty cheap. The boat moves while you're eating, sleeping and degassing. Once you've done a live aboard you never want to go back to a resort

Although the idea of boarding a boat and setting off to a remote dive site and diving into the unknown is something we all dream about, the reality is that most of us will use the expertise, knowledge and equipment of local dive centers and operators. This shouldn’t however detract from your responsibilities as a diver to think and prepare for the type of diving you are about to embark on.