I Dove the Seychelles for 2 years

[itsmescotty]

Went over there for work drilling for oil for the first year, bought a sailboat and stuck around for another year. GREAT DIVING. 100m viability, LOTS of islands LOTS of fish. Turtles, manta rays, BIG sharks, flying fish and on and on. . . Never wore a suit - wet, dry or the kind with a tie.
I snuck up on a turtle and got a free ride until he tired and needed air. Had a 6m shark swimming over my head when I was working in 39m - no place to hide but I didn't get eaten. A few days later when some of the guys were catching tuna they started bringing up only heads - yup, sharks. So I made a big hook so they could catch one. They brought up several 2.5m to 3.2m sharks until they started bringing up only heads. . . I never saw the big guy again.

[hychang]

Too cool!

How expensive is it to get there?

Originally Posted by itsmescotty

Went over there for work drilling for oil for the first year, bought a sailboat and stuck around for another year. GREAT DIVING. 100m viability, LOTS of islands LOTS of fish. Turtles, manta rays, BIG sharks, flying fish and on and on. . . Never wore a suit - wet, dry or the kind with a tie.
I snuck up on a turtle and got a free ride until he tired and needed air. Had a 6m shark swimming over my head when I was working in 39m - no place to hide but I didn't get eaten. A few days later when some of the guys were catching tuna they started bringing up only heads - yup, sharks. So I made a big hook so they could catch one. They brought up several 2.5m to 3.2m sharks until they started bringing up only heads. . . I never saw the big guy again.

[EuphoriaII]

Did you see sea shells in the Seychelles by the sea shore?

(Sorry I couldn't help myself)
Sounds like they have great vis and great diving

[Travelnsj]

Where you dove in the Seychelles are their dive ops that go into those areas? This is the first positive report I have read about good diving in the Seychelles as they have Shark finning and Commercial fishing in the area.

Would like to hear more about the areas you dove.

[FedLuvsNicola]

Originally Posted by hychang

Too cool!

How expensive is it to get there?

Sad to say it is quite expensive to get there.

Expect to pay anywhere from $3000 to $4000 in airfare alone flying out of JFK. And it takes 2 days to get there from North America (overnight flight to Europe, waiting approximately 9 hours for the connection, plus another overnight flight to Mahe). Jet lag, anyone???

The best itinerary I found is to fly Alitalia into Milano and connect with an Air Seychelles flight.

In my humble opinion, I honestly think "they" keep the prices high so as to avoid a huge influx of visitors. And I think I recall reading exactly that in a guidebook too.

[longtailbda]

Man it sounds nice, how did you like living aboard.