Sweet Willie took this to mean your number of dives has gone down over the years; I read it as the quality of diving in Cayman has gone down. Who wins the prize?

My experience has certainly been not only that I dive less - we still have a dive boat, it just gets used every X years now instead of every weekend (it's tough to get in the water in Northern California and certainly other things start to take priority) - but also that the quality of most dive sites has diminished. I was terribly underwhelmed by the Great Barrier Reef this year and have certainly seen the diving in Hawaii deteriorate.

Another Carribean Vote

This sounds really good. I've been to Cozumel twice now and noticed, within just several years time, the deterioration of that reef ... very sad http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

I'm a now infrequent diver (just too busy!) but a couple of years ago when I was loyal to CO, I always used to fly to asia via Guam, and spend a long weekend there to do some diving with Micronesian Diver's Association ( http://www.mdaguam.com/ ). I've also been to Grand Cayman & the Keys. I'll be in Krabi & Phuket in January and I'm looking forward to a PADI Refresher for me & maybe a discover SCUBA for my wife. Anyone have any recommendations for dive shops there?

Just as an FYI for Phuket, we could not find a dive shop to do the typical 2 tank 1/2 day dives. Every dive shop was doing full day itins. Many head to the Similan(sp?) Islands off the west coast of Phuket in the Andamman Sea. This was in January.

Clarification:

The amount of divers in Grand Cayman has SKYROCKETED. The quality has gone WAY down!

To me Carribean is a non-vote because there are are at least a dozen countries we can choose from! Should we jusy say Florida for the first FT Scuba Do?