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A luggage store for wristbands for seasickness?

Yup, in their notions area. They've got all kinds of things . . jet lag pills . . .locks . . .bungies . . .airplane blowup pillows. . . any manner of stuff that people might want for travel. Heck, you can also probably get them at the pharmacy, now that I think about it.

I don't think it's really helpful to say the sea is rarely rough. It depends what you mean by rough, of course, but most people find the open-ocean parts of the trip (the boats usually route via Turneffe specifically to shorten these bits) quite hard core, on most days.

Which isn't to say the trip isn't worth it, but even Amigo's Pro 48 seems a very small boat once it's at the mercy of the ocean. They have a new one coming which will be a bit bigger, and presumably will cope better.

Good point about people needing to be ready for the trip to be worth it. Applies both to divers and snorkellers.

IM,

My adult son and I made the BH dive with Amigos about a year ago. The weather at 6 AM was slightly rainy in AC but we decided to forge ahead as there was only one other chance that week. Amigos put no pressure on us to fullfill our reservation. It was entirely our call.

Unfortunately the weather grew increasing worse throughout the day. By the time we reached the BH it no longer looked like the serene photos. Remember you are 55 miles offshore. We dove but visibility was very limited. Snorklers had to remain in the 48' boat. A subsequent stop for an island picnic was washed out due to heavy rain and wind. A third dive thereafter went off OK. By now we had 12'seas and as mentioned elsewhere even the 48er had great bounce to the ounce. Climbing back up the ladder in heavy seas is an experience I'll long remember as the skipper had to work the screws to keep headed into the waves and he did a marvelous job.
The return 2 hour voyage was exciting and enjoyable for us, but at times I wondered if the boat would capsize. The pitch made it to dangerous for the nauseated to hang over board so scarce buckets had to be shared. Get the picture? Also the single head was off limits due to the violent pitching except for a respite on the lee of a small island. And by then the mates couldn t keep up with all the green passengers if you get my drift.
Amigos'crew did a great job under sea storm conditions.
My advice with your son is to skip the trip if the weather appears bad at start. You may not be able to comfort him. Conditions can change and I expect weather forecasting is rudimentary at best.

Bob, that could of been the day in Feb of 04 that we went out to Turneffe with Amigos. Rainy (they had rain gear, which helped immensely) and limited vis on the dives. The trip back was exciting for the old hands, but a couple of the younger divers were over the side, held onto by a few others, and really decorated both sides of the boat. Funny, this was the only rainy day we had in our 10 day stay.

It doesn't have to be raining for the seas to be rough.

Bobber,

I think our day preceded yours.
You make me remember a funny part of our voyage. For our last dive my son and I were lined up in group one at the stern to be the first two in. We had to don our masks while seated and waiting becasue the bow spray and driving rain were so fierce. Made for a nifty family portrait :=]
A large "Great Blue Hole" photo adorns my office wall surrounded by a dozen u/w shots from other days that week. It's a wonderful memento of a great vacation.

Bob, that just reminded me of a boat ride back from Desecheo to Rincon in Puerto Rico a number of years ago. Small dive boat, and we all were wearing masks and snorkels and trying to hold our kidneys in.

Checking the old log book, our Turneffe trip was Feb 8 of last year. I remember being at the Amigos pier and watching that big old boat loading up for the BH, seems like they had a good set of food set up for the trip too. We did the BH back in 01 on a beautiful day, and it was a super trip and not all that rough.

Bobber,

Yes, I imagine on a nice day that s an unbeatable trip.
The food for the lunch picnic looked mouthwatering as the crew put it on the tables including some to-die-for home made pies. No sooner had the tables been set when the clouds opened again and we had torrential rains. I still tear at seeing those pies just get turned to mush.
You have any thoughts about diving in Costa Rico by chance? We'd like to give it a try but I don t seem to pick up significant threads on the net.
Thx

If you don't mind me answering before Bobber, there's a reason that you don't find much about diving in Costa Rica. There are so many better places to dive, unless you are considering a liveaboard to Cocos.

Yes, a trip out to the Blue Hole (with followup dives) and lunch on the island can be awesome, and still good even when the weather isn't all that. That said, it sounds like you had extraordinarily bad luck.