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Greg - 9/18/2009 9:01 PM 
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That depends, are you looking for a resort with a dive shop, or just a place to crash at night? If you look for smaller places, like bed and breakfasts, or boutique hotels, they usually charge per room and not per person. There are usually no amenities, but it’s a little more affordable, and they probably can be found on any island you would like to go to. You just have to do some web searching.
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Bob01 - 9/19/2009 12:29 PM
The Carib Inn in Bonaire also rents their room by a flat rate. In Roatan, if you stay on the west end you can find flate rates. Hope this helps.
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SE Florida has warm water, 86 this week :), stop at a visitor center or McDonalds and pick up a coupon book. I just got back from there diving WPB and Jupiter for the Goliath spawning and had stayed at the Super 8 on Blue Heron for $58 a night including continental breakfast and a late check out so I could clean up before the drive home.
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I’m with you 100 % ... I’m a mature single female DM, living & diving in Manzanilo Mx www.gomanzanillo.com go look on the left side for a scuba or dive link
I’ll help you find a place to stay and dive buddies just tell me what you want
Diane
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The Reef House Resort on Roatan Honduras only charges per person not requiring double occupancy. As a matter of fact, I will be there for a week starting Oct. 17, travelling single. Their rate is $795/week AI including the 16% tax. The airfare (Continental) is about $589 from Houston non-stop.
This will be after a week at Fantasy Island. It should be a good trip. I would not be worried about the "troubles" on the mainland.
I hope this helps you.
Joe
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Check out Singledivers.com. They arrange group dive trips for buddyless divers. They are not a "hook up" site in spite of what the name implies.
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Hey Underseagirl. I was just about to post looking for a female dive buddy to avoid single supplement for trip over x-mas/new year’s. Was hoping for Egypt combined land/scuba trip, but I can be flexible as long as it is someplace new and interesting (I also have passport and want to use it)! If that timing works for you, reply back and we’ll negotiate!
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Thanks for all the good info! I couldn’t get any of my friends to go to Bonaire this November... and really didn’t want to pay the additional $500 for the single rate, so I ended up cancelling :( oh well...
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come here to Mx prices are either per room or per diver (boat)
email me for the full report
Here’s the dive report from my new dive buddy Karen Elaine, this was posted to UndercurrentVis: 50 to 100 Feet. Water: 85 to 85 Fahrenheit, calm.Dive your own profile: yesAny dive restrictions: No limits except for computer and air supply.I did a really thorough search before heading to the water as I was on a non-dive business trip to Guadalajara which is a 4-1/2 hour bus trip away, and I had a total of one day to play in the water. The research started with UC Chapbooks and former issues, but I got no help for either altitude diving around Guadalajara or suggestions on ocean sites. Facebook was my next resort, and I got suggestions from fellow divers on shark cage diving (which I am against), and a tech oriented shop in downtown Guadalajara. I sent an e-mail to the Guadalajara shop, but after two weeks of silence I responded to a new FB friend, Dianne Johnson (dianejohnson [ at ] gmail.com), who exclaimed ’Come dive Manzanillo!’ Diane has a PADI Divemaster rating and is personal friends with the owner/operator of SCUBA SHACK, Susan Dearing. Diane picked me up from my very charming hotel (Hotel Playa de Santiago, balcony and two double beds with ocean waves gently lapping 20-yards away for USD$40.00 per night), whisked me off to breakfast at Juanito’s Restaurante (100-yards east of the dive shop, meal for two including tip came to USD$10.00), and then we picked up tanks from the shop (KM 15 Miguel de la Madrid Blvd., tanks rent for 7-pesos/USD$5.60 each). Dive #1 at Manzanillo Bay Club de Yates, depth 50-feet, rocky reef & pinnacles, hundreds of SCHOOLING porcupine puffers, giant coronet fish, turtle, Seargeant Major damselfish guarding nests, guineafowl puffers in mating colors, angelfish galore- best part was on our return, two 1-inch long golden trevally fish took turns swimming in our hair! Dive #2 at Santiago Bay’s Playa la Boquita de Miramar, entering at Ramada Marildo’s exquisite palapa restaurante where we parked, placed our order for barbequed fish (it is an hour-long prep & WELL worth it!), then walk
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