点评:I just wrapped up running the 35th Annual ISAM (International Society of Aquatic Medicine) Summer Conference at True Blue Bay/Aquanauts, and I can't say enough about how well the team took care of us.
The resort itself is fabulous, with the Cocoa Pods and Waterfront Suites offering beautiful views right over True Blue Bay. Every evening brought a Caribbean party down at the Dodgy Dock, where the staff and chefs took great care of us all week.
Our conference schedule threw Aquanauts a real curveball — 90-minute morning sessions from 7:30 to 9:00 AM meant a late, compressed push to get everyone in the water every day. Both the resort and Aquanauts adapted without complaint. Tammy, Tom, Ty, and Tiffany worked tirelessly to run 24 divers across two boats, with experience levels ranging from brand-new divers with around 10 dives to several of us with over 6,000. They handled all our nitrox needs and supported five divers on rebreathers without missing a beat.
The diving itself is some of the most diverse you'll find anywhere in the Caribbean — wrecks, reefs, all teeming with life. It was an absolute photographer's paradise, and our group came home with incredible images from every dive site we visited.
Captain Papa Bruce and Captain Larry have been fixtures there for years, and they still greet every guest with a smile and a hand up the ladder. Our dive masters — including Myron, who I actually dived with 15 years ago when he was just a kid learning the ropes — along with the rest of the Aquanauts staff, made this a week our whole group will remember.
This was my third time diving with Aquanauts: the first almost 15 years ago under the original owners, then again in summer 2025 with another conference group, which is what led me to book ISAM's 2026 conference here. I've already booked a Wreck/Tech Week with them for March 2028. That should tell you everything you need to know about how much I trust this operation.
翻译:我刚刚主持完在True Blue Bay/Aquanauts举办的第35届国际水下医学协会年度夏季大会,不得不说,整个团队对我们照顾得无微不至。
这家度假村本身就棒极了——可可屋和水滨套房都能让人饱览True Blue Bay的绝美景色。每晚,Dodgy Dock都会举办加勒比风派对,那里的员工和厨师们整整一周都悉心照料着我们。我们的会议安排给Aquanauts团队出了个难题——上午7:30至9:00要举行时长90分钟的会议,这导致每天我们都得在极短的时间内让所有人迅速下水。不过度假村和Aquanauts团队都毫无怨言地顺利适应了这一安排。Tammy、Tom、Ty和Tiffany不辞辛劳地协调工作,确保两艘船上共计24名潜水员都能顺利下水;这些潜水员的经验水平参差不齐:有的才刚开始学潜水、仅完成过10次左右的水下体验,而像我们当中的一些人则已有超过6,000次的潜水经历。他们妥善解决了我们所有关于高氧混合气的需求,还毫无差错地为五名使用闭路式呼吸器的潜水员提供了全方位支援。
这里的潜水环境堪称加勒比海地区最为多样化的——沉船、珊瑚礁,到处都生机盎然。对摄影师而言简直是天堂般的存在,我们团队在每次潜水后都收获了大量令人惊叹的照片。
帕帕·布鲁斯船长和拉里船长多年来一直在该地工作,他们依然以微笑迎接每一位游客,并热心地帮助他们爬上船梯。我们的潜导们——其中包括迈伦,15年前我还曾和他一起潜水,那时他还是个正在学习潜水技巧的少年——以及Aquanauts团队的其他成员,共同打造出了让我们整个团队终生难忘的一周。
这是我第三次与Aquanauts一起潜水:第一次是在近15年前,当时由最初的经营者负责运营;第二次则是在2025年夏天,我随另一个会议团组前来。正是那次经历促使我决定将ISAM 2026年的会议安排在这里举行。目前,我已经预约了2028年3月的沉船/技术潜水周活动。这应该能让你明白,我到底有多信任这项操作。