I now do both. When I first started diving, I didn’t know any other divers, so I traveled alone and signed up with charter boats at my destination (which can add up to a lot of "ca-ching" if you want to do a lot of diving). A few years ago I joined a dive club to do local shore diving, and I’ve gone on a dive trip with a small group of them. We did mainly shore diving. I also recently signed up with my lds for a big dive trip to the Red Sea which will depart this Sept. This is my first big trip with a big group, so I won’t know if I like it until I try it.