On May 26, I arrived at LAX at 3am, sleep-deprived. The airport was cold and practically empty except for a small group of smiling travelers, the Barnacle Busters. At the time, only a few of them were familiar me. Little did I know that by end of the trip, I would consider them all friends.   After a short layoverRead more »...

I case you hadn’t heard, we’ve had a couple of cancellations on our Thanksgiving Indonesia Dive Trip. That means an opportunity for two lucky divers! This itinerary is crafted to take advantage of all the different types of underwater exploration that the remote Coral Triangle has to offer. We’ll be visiting three different islands with distinctly different types of dives; includingRead more »...

CoCo View Vernacular A strike in baseball is bad; but to a bowler, it’s good. Similarly, having an old, rusty clunker in your front yard is frowned upon, but at CoCo View having a wreck in your “front yard” is amazing Picture a landscape of aqua clear blue water, hammocks swaying in the breeze, parrots cawing in the distance, andRead more »...

Get ready for some of the best scuba diving in the Caribbean. Barnacle Busters is planning a return Roatan in 2017. Situated 35 miles off the north coast of Honduras, Roatan is home to the world’s second largest barrier reef and a Scuba diver’s paradise....