I am preparing to travel to do some diving in Hawaii later this year. Covid has postponed the trip three times now. Hopefully this next one will work. Getting my divers out to see who will travel. Will I take one, two, or perhaps all of them...?

 

Alooooohaaaaaa

 

Trust me the more you worry about which to chose, the less you’ll enjoy having one of them with you. Personally my vote goes to the SM300

 

be careful not to get them wet

I would pick one and wear it the whole time.

 

I would choose the Sicura vacuum (if you have check that is still 200 waterproof). Really nice!!

 

Good advice. I’m the same way with my Speedmasters. Every time that I take a quick spin around the galaxy in my warp ship, I’m careful not to expose them to outer space.

 

For travel rock that Citizen, and if that Sicura happens to be even somewhat water tight I'd throw it in for fun. Whatever you bring will get wet, on purpose or not. (tropical = rain happens)

 

Whichever one you take, just make sure to have it pressure tested before diving with it.

 

Only five look up to the task. Pick one. Me? The Citizen or the SM300

have fun.
kfw

Edit...these are/would be my two.

 

Nice! I wear my SMP300 diving (in my icon). I dove off of big island to see the Manta Rays....which island? Care to share?

 

Kauai

 

Only take what has been pressure tested in the last year.

 

Interesting above folks choosing the SMPc300 and Citizen(the watch I wear working on my car and golfing). I was actually leaning towards the SeaDweller(just back from Rolex in Dallas with 2 yr warranty) or Planet Ocean (1 month old).

 

There are a bunch of nice spots near Port Allen where our boat was harbored. One we particularly enjoyed was "Hale O'Hona" or home of the turtles. Tons of turtles about waiting to get cleaned by the surgeonfish.

If you are willing to spend the time and money on an all-day excursion, I recommend Mana Crack around the western tip of the island along the Na-Pali coast and another to Ni'ihau, a small island to the west of Kauai. Give me a minute and I'll go snaffle a few picks I posted on WUS....

There, a Galapagos Shark at a spot on Ni'ihau called Vertical Awareness:


This is why they call it Vertical Awareness:


Looking up from the same place:


Another dive, this swim-thru aptly named TV Cave:

 

Awesome, thanks. Really like the west side of the island.

 

Other thing to just take note of is your max cover on travel insurance unless you got seperate.

 

On the subject of travel insurance, we had to let our annual policy drop last Sept. because our broker lost coverage. We did a trip to Cozumel for Christmas and had to go through a traditional company (starts with an A) for a single trip policy. After returning from the trip, I was looking to see about another annual policy and discovered something eye-opening.

I was actually trying to see what coverage for Covid interruptions was but I also saw an exclusion in the standard policy that limits diving to sixty feet, i.e. if you record over sixty feet of depth on your computer on any part of any of your dives, the insurance is null and void.

Well, I don't know about you but we are certified for 100 feet and often dive to ninety or more.

The insurance we normally buy is through Diver Alert Network (broker) and is good up to the Recreational Diver limit of 130 feet. It is a bit more expensive than traditional insurance for the similar coverage and the extra risk is why. So keep that in mind when shopping for trip insurance when diving.

 

DAN is a lot more then travel insurance and if you travel and dive you NEED the basic policy. Heck if you dive period you need that policy unless your diving less then a mile from a deco chamber.

Signed,

20 plus year Diver, ex store owner, Rescue Certified diver

 

Take whichever watch has the best Lume and whichever has a current verification to be water resistant.

 

The agony of choice!