more questions about Fiji (and dive operations in general)

[jasondbaker]

You just aren't going to have that much freedom when you are on a day boat -- whether it's a 6-pack or a cattle boat.  Oftentimes they need to cater to the lowest common denominator.  If your drift diving that means everyone has to ascend together. Maybe the captain needs to maintain a certain schedule and that means he can't accomodate your 75 minute dive.  I do recommend the smaller boats since there are less people to potentially screw up your dive plan.

Liveaboards or shore dive locations like Bonaire give you the best opportunities to dive your own plan.

One of my longest dives ever was with a DM in Playa Del Carmen.  I was the only person that showed up for the afternoon boat ride that day.  So we went out and spent almost three hours in the water.  He got a nice tip.