Quick Launch - Little Cayman 2014 Yap 2013 Palau 2013 Bahamas - 2013 Florida - 2013 Aqua Cat - 2013 Maui - 2013 Mexico - 2012 Grand Cayman 2012 Wakatobi 2012 Cancun 2011 Key Largo 2011 Roatan 2011 Puerto Aventuras Aruba 2011 Jamaica 2011 St. Maarten/Saba 2010 Cabo 2010 Kona St. Lucia Cancun 2009 Cozumel Curacao Maui St. Croix Kauai Utila Tobago Costa Rica Akumal Roatan 2006
XTC Was founded by a group of friends with similar interests of scuba diving and exploring warm and tropical islands/countries. The founding members are Trent and Cheryl. The addition of other friends joining them on the trip creates the “X” factor. All pictures are Copyright and property of Trent Sehnert. If you would like a high definition copy of one of the pictures, please let me know via the Contact link at the bottom of this page. NOTE: Most pictures are saved through facebook. So if you cannot see them, please logout of facebook, then try again.
Little Cayman - Jan 2014
Trent and Mrs. X visited the Little Cayman Beach Resort in January of 2014. The resort was very good and we had an ocean front room with an amazing view. The resort staff were all very friendly, and the dive staff were great. The dive staff would set up your gear and switch it out for you, as well as carry it to and from the ladder for you. All you had to do was sit down at the back of the boat, put on your gear, and jump in the water. And the diving was pretty good as well. We'd highly recommend this resort for anyone looking to do some diving in the Caribbean.
Here are some photos from the trip.
Little Cayman Diving - 24 Jan Little Cayman Diving - 23 Jan Little Cayman Diving - 22 Jan Little Cayman Diving - 21 Jan
Little Cayman Diving - 20 Jan Little Cayman Diving - 19 Jan
Yap 2013
Trent and Mrs. X visited the Micronesia island of Yap in November of 2013. We stayed at Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers. It was the best combined resort and diving experience we had all year. We can highly recommend the resort and the diving. The highlights were seeing all the Manta Rays, the sharks, and the amazing long tailed sea hares that Mrs. X found one day. Here are the pics from the trip.
Sarah's Sea Hare Canyon Yap Diving - 15 Nov Yap Diving - 14 Nov Yap Diving - 13 Nov Yap Diving - 12 Nov
Yap Diving - 11 Nov Yap Diving - 10 Nov
Palau - November 2013
Trent and Mrs. X visited Palau in November of 2013. We were there in the middle of the strongest Typhoon ever recorded, so we missed a day of diving, and were unable to get to some of the best dive sites, but we still had a good time there. We stayed at the Sea Passion hotel and went diving with Palau Dive Adventures, who are based right at the Sea Passion. The hotel was nice, with a fantastic view of the little lagoon we were in. And Palau Dive Adventures were a great, personalized dive service. They also let us take tanks for a shore dive right in front of the hotel. At night you can see the Mandarinfish even! I would highly recommand Palau Dive Adventures for all those heading to Palau for some diving. Here are some pics from the trip. On the third, all diving was done in front of the Sea Passion. On the 4th, we also were at Jellyfish Lake.
Palau Diving - 3 Nov Palau Diving - 4 Nov Palau Diving - 5 Nov Palau Diving - 6 Nov Palau Diving - 8 Nov
Bahamas - September 2013
T and Mrs. X visited Sandals Royal Bahmian resort in Nassau, Bahamas in September. The resort grounds were fantastic, and the ocean view from our room was pretty good too. I could tell you more about sandals, but look for my review on Tripadvisor in September for more information. But basically we could really recommend this Sandals, though would suggest experienced divers may want to go elsewhere for a diving service better geared towards experienced divers. If you're inexperienced, go for it. Anyway, here are the pics.
Bahamas Diving - 2 Sep Bahamas Diving - 3 Sep Bahamas Diving - 4 Sep Bahamas Diving - 5 Sep
Bahamas Diving and Snorkeling - 6 Sep Bahamas Diving - 7 Sep
Florida - June 2013
Trent and little X (he niece) went diving in the West Palm Beach area, then headed over to Crystal River on the other side of Florida for some snorkeling with Manatees. West Palm Beach had some great diving, and it was amazing to see the large amount of HUGE turtles all around. We were diving with Pura Vida Divers based on Singer Island in West Palm. I can highly recommend the dive op, and the diving! Oh, and if you get a chance, dive the Blue Heron Bridge as well. We did that a couple times and it was quite the experience. Lots of cool critters.
Crystal River and Snorkeling with Manatees West Palm Beach - 2 Jun West Palm Scuba - 3 Jun West Palm Scuba - 4 Jun
West Palm Scuba - 5 Jun Blue Heron Bridge - 6 Jun West Palm Scuba - 7 Jun
Aqua Cat - Mar 2013
In March, Trent and Mrs. X went on our first dive liveaboard boat, called the Aqua Cat, which is based out of Nassau, Bahamas. The crew was great, the boat was large and comfortable, and there was some great diving. We'd definitely do a liveaboard again based off our experience there. It was so good, I wanted to cancel our trip to Sandals in September, and go back on the Aqua Cat instead. Anyway, here are the pics form that trip.
Aqua Cat - 22 Mar Aqua Cat - 21 Mar Aqua Cat - 20 Mar Aqua Cat - 19 Mar Aqua Cat - 18 Mar Aqua Cat - 17 Mar
Maui - Jan 2013
We took another trip to Maui in January of 2013. We just did a rental through VRBO and we managed to get a few days of scuba diving in, even though I was feeling a little under the weather a few days. Still had a nice time there, as it's one of our favorite places to go.
Maui Scuba - 20 Jan Maui Scuba - 21 Jan Maui Scuba - 22 Jan Maui Scuba - 24 Jan Maui Scuba - 25 Jan
Mexico - November 2012
Trent and Mrs. X visited Mexico in November and stayed at the El Dorado Royale resort in the Mayan Riviera. If you've never been there, it's a fantastic resort and we can highly recommend it. Great rooms, great food, great service and pretty nice beaches. We went through Scoripio Divers in Cancun for our diving. A great outfit ran by Jorge. Tell him I said HI if you happen to book with him. We saw all kinds of cool stuff. Eagle Rays, Sharks, Dolphins, Eels, turtles, tons of fish, etc. The diving around Cancun and Puerto Morelos is highly underrated in my opinion. If you haven't been there, now might be the time to give it a try.
Cozumel Diving - 13 Nov Cancun Diving - 14 Nov Puerto Morelos - 15 Nov Akumal - 16 Nov
Grand Cayman - September 2012
We visited Grand Cayman in September of 2012 for some sun and scuba. We went diving with Living The Dream Divers, who give a great, personalized service and get you to all the places you want to go. I took a Lionfish hunting course with them as well that was pretty fun, though I only caught one lionfish. And a grouper ate that lionfish right off the spear before I could show it to my instructor! Oh well.. Good for the grouper. Now if he would just eat them without someone spearing them first. Got lots of good pics, and here they are.
Grand Cayman Diving - 2 Sep Grand Cayman Diving - 3 Sep Grand Cayman Diving - 4 Sep Grand Cayman Diving - 5 Sep
Grand Cayman Diving - 6 Sep Cayman Turtle Farm and beyond
Wakatobi - May 2012
Trent and Mrs. X visited the Wakatobi Dive Resort in May of 2012 and had a fantastic time diving, eating, and relaxing. Enough cannot be said about how great the customer service is with not only the diving, but the resort staff in general. If you are thinking of visiting, I'd highly recommend it without any reservations. Though there is one caveat, if you are looking for BIG creatures, such as sharks and rays, this isn't the destination for you. This area is all about the small creatures, great corals and fish, and the occasional turtle. You'll get an idea of what you'll see by scanning through my pictures below. Some pics I went through and posted just the best, and some I posted everything I took. (Upwards of 400 per day on some days)
Wakatobi Getting there and Dives May 3rd-5th Wakatobi Diving May 6th Wakatobi Diving May 7th
Wakatobi Diving May 8th Wakatobi Diving May 9th Wakatobi Diving May 10th Wakatobi Diving May 11th
Wakatobi Diving May 12th Wakatobi Diving May 13th
My general review of Wakatobi Dive Resort was that it was a great place to visit and we're very glad we made the trip. We would recommend it to anyone that wants to go try diving in that area of the world. The service was great, the diving was easy, and there were lots of little things to see.
Cancun - December 2011
Trent and Mrs. X visited Cancun for a week of relaxation Christmas week in 2011. We stayed at the Oasis Cancun resort (highly advised you stay away from it) and went diving with Scorpio Divers in Cancun. I can definitely recommend Scorpio Divers. Jorge and the gang there give you very personalized service and the DM's are very friendly and helpful. The scuba diving in Cancun is highly underrated in my opinion. Some of the dives in the area are to be placed on your "must dive" list. A couple in particular are the C58 Wreck in Cancun, and the wreck in Puerto Morelos. Eagle rays galore! Anyway, here are the links to my pics and videos from the trip.
Cancun Scuba Diving - Dec 26th 2011 Cancun Scuba Diving - Dec 27th 2011 Puerto Morelos Scuba Diving - Dec 28th 2011
Cancun Scuba Diving - Dec 29th 2011 Cancun Scuba Diving - Dec 30th 2011
Videos:
MUST WATCH: Eagle Rays at C58 Wreck Dec 30th Eagle Rays C58 Wreck Eagle Rays C58 Wreck
Eagle Ray Crash Lands Eagle Ray C58 Wreck Eagle Rays Puerto Morelos Eagle Rays Puerto Morelos
More Eagle Rays Puerto Morelos School of Snapper - Cancun Turtle Swim Cancun Turtle in Cancun
Fish Swim Through Fish Schools MUSA Underwater Museum#1 MUSA Underwater Museum#2
Key Largo - Dec 2011
I took a long weekend to go visit my brother in Ft. Lauderdale in December and managed to squeeze a day of scuba diving in a couple sites near Key Largo. The vis was a bit cloudy with particles/sand from the recent winds, but it was a pretty good day of diving. I was amazed at how good the coral life there was. These pics are from the sites Key Largo Dry Rocks, and Key Largo Dry Rock North North.
Key Largo Scuba Diving - 17 Dec 2011
Roatan - November 2011
Trent and the X-Dog spent a week diving the West End area of Roatan with Coconut Tree Divers . While there, we stayed at CocoLobo, a great little resort. All photos were taken with a Sealife DC1400 with strobe. Here are the links to the dive pictures.
Scuba Diving Roatan - Nov 6th 2011 Scuba Diving Roatan - Nov 7th 2011 Scuba Diving Roatan - Nov 8th 2011
Scuba Diving Roatan - Nov 9th 2011 Scuba Diving Roatan - Nov 10th 2011 Scuba Diving Roatan - Nov 11th 2011
Videos:
Nov 6th 2011: Grouper Porcupinefish Midnight Parrotfish Blue Tang School Turtle
Nov 10th 2011 - SHARK DIVE!!: Shark#1 Shark#2 Shark#3 Shark#4 Shark#5 Shark#6 Feeding Frenzy! Shark#8 Shark#9
Puerto Aventuras Mexico - October 2011
Trent and Mrs X. visited the El Dorado Seaside Suites in the Mayan Riviera area of Mexico. We went diving with Dive Aventuras in the Puerto Aventuras area. This was my first trip with my Sealife DC1400 w/ strobe. Visibility was also a bit poor the first day or two of diving, so you'll have to fogive some of the backscatter. I didn't do any cleanup of these pics yet, so you'll notice how I was using the SEA method.. Shoot, Examine, Adjust. Not always getting better results, but usually.
Puerto Aventuras Diving - 16 Oct 2011 Puerto Aventuras Diving - 17 Oct 2011 Puerto Aventuras Diving - 18 Oct 2011
Puerto Aventuras Diving - 19 Oct 2011 Puerto Aventuras Diving - 20 oct 2011
Aruba - May 2011
Trent and Mrs X. went with some family to Aruba in May. We went diving with S.E. Aruba Fly 'n Dive and I can definitely recommend them to others if you happen to be in Aruba. I had went with Dive with Clive once in the past, but he didn't have a boat while we were there! Here are the dive pics. These were taken with a Fuji F30 with Fuji housing, and I was working on manually setting the white balance to try to get good pics. This worked in some cases, not so well in others. (Deeper water would not allow setting a white balance, but more shallow pics seemed to turn out ok)
Scuba Diving Aruba - 08 May 2011 Scuba Diving Aruba - 09 May 2011 Scuba Diving Aruba - 10 May 2011
Scuba Diving Aruba - 11 May 2011 Scuba Diving Aruba - 12 May 2011 Scuba Diving Aruba - 13 May 2011
Jamaica - Jan/Feb 2011
Trent and Mrs X. stayed a week at Sandals in Ocho Rios in January/February of 2011. If you've not been to Sandals in Ocho Rios, I can highly recommend it. The Sandals there is currently called the Sandals Grande Riviera. We really enjoyed our stay there. The diving wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. Here's a link to my review for our stay there. Sandals Grande Riviera Review. And Here are some pics from our trip.
Scuba Diving Ocho Rios - 30 Jan 2011 Scuba Diving Ocho Rios - 31 Jan 2011 Scuba Diving Ocho Rios - 01 Feb 2011
Scuba Diving Ocho Rios - 02 Feb 2011 Scuba Diving Ocho Rios - 03 Feb 2011 Scuba Diving Ocho Rios - 04 Feb 2011
Sandals Grand Riviera pictures. (Riviera Side) - Jan/Feb 2011
St. Maarten and Saba - Dec 2010
Trent and Mrs X. visited the islands of St. Maarten and Saba in December of 2010. In St. Maarten, we stayed at Divi Little Bay Beach & Racquet Club, and went diving with Aqua Mania Adventures. In Saba we stayed at The Cottage Club Hotel and went diving with Sea Saba. We had also used Aqua Mania Adventures for our Ferry transport to Saba. The ferry was ok, but Aqua Mania really left us hanging after we got back from Saba, and we were stuck without transport to our hotel for over an hour. Here are the pics from that trip.
St. Maarten Scuba Diving - 06 Dec 2010 St. Maarten Scuba Diving - 07 Dec 2010 Saba Scuba Diving - 08 Dec 2010
Saba Scuba Diving - 09 Dec 2010 Saba Scuba Diving - 10 Dec 2010
Cabo San Lucas Mexico - October 2010
Trent and Mrs X. met some friends in Cabo San Lucas in October 2010. We stayed at the Tesoro Los Cabos, which is now apparently a Wyndham property. We enjoyed the location of the resort, right on the Marina and close to the best restaurants, but there was a bad smell coming from the sewers or something that seemed to permeate our room. We had to spray air freshener into the A/C unit to try to get the smell out a bit. We went Scuba Diving with Sunshine Dive and Charter in Cabo, which was located under the Tesoro hotel. They were a friendly bunch that I would definitely recommend to others to use. We mostly dove around the Cabo San Lucas corridor, but also did a further trip to Cabo Pulmo that was pretty amazing. Here are links to the pictures and videos from the trip.
Pictures: Cabo Scuba Diving - 03 Oct 2010 Cabo Scuba Diving - 04 Oct 2010 Cabo Scuba Diving - 05 Oct 2010
Cabo Scuba Diving - 06 Oct 2010 Cabo Pulmo Scuba Diving - 07 Oct 2010
Videos: Groups&Eels - Cabo Pulmo Eeels&Groupers - Cabo Pulmo Jewel Moray Eel - 6 Oct 2010
Mobula Ray - 4 Oct 2010 Mobula Ray - 3 Oct 2010 Mobula Ray#2 - 3 Oct 2010
Kona - May 2010
Trent and Mrs X. spent a week on the Big Island of Hawaii in May of 2010. Photos here are of our tour around the island, and photos and videos taken while scuba diving. The manta ray videos, and the video of the Spanish Dancer, are not to be missed. If you like the pictures and want to comment on them, feel free to add me as a friend in Facebook.
Big Island Photos - May 2010 Scuba Diving Kona - May 3rd 2010 Scuba Diving Kona - May 4th 2010
Scuba Diving Kona - May 5th 2010 Scuba Diving Kona - May 6th 2010 Scuba Diving Kona - May 7th 2010
The following links are the the videos of the Dolphins and Manta Rays from the night dive on the 6th, and the Spanish Dancer from the dive on the 7th. Some videos are very short, while some are a bit longer. But nothing over 2 minutes. Please enjoy.
Spanish Dancer Dolphins Dolphins - 2 Dolphins - 3 Dolphins - 4
Manta - 1 Manta - 2 Manta - 3 Manta - 4 Manta - 5 Manta - 6 Manta - 7 Manta - 8
Manta - 9 Manta - 10 Manta - 11 Manta - 12
St. Lucia - February 2010
Trent and Mrs X. spent a week at the Sandals Halcyon in St. Lucia in February 2010. Sandals has "all-inclusive" pricing that included everything from motorized water sports, like skiing or knee boarding, to even Scuba Diving! Here are links to pictures taken on the trip. If you like the pictures and want to comment on them, feel free to add me as a friend in Facebook.
Sandals Halcyon - February 2010 St. Lucia Scuba Diving - Feb 1st, 2010 St. Lucia Scuba Diving - Feb 2nd, 2010
St. Lucia Scuba Diving - Feb 3rd, 2010 St. Lucia Scuba Diving - Feb 4th, 2010 St. Lucia Scuba Diving - Feb 5th, 2010
St. Lucia Scuba Diving - Feb 6th, 2010
Cancun - Isla Mujeres - Playa Del Carmen - Puerto Morelos - December 2009
Trent spent a week diving with Scorpio Divers , while we (Trent and X-Factor Kiwi) stayed at the Oasis Grand Caribbean Resort in Cancun. Some of the diving was done in Cancun, some in Isla Mujeres, some in Playa, and some in Puerto Morelos. Follow the links to see the pictures. Also, follow the Video link to see all the videos taken on the trip.
Isla Mujeres Scuba Diving 13 Dec 2009 Cancun Scuba Diving 14 Dec 2009 Cancun Scuba Diving 15 Dec 2009
Bull Shark Dive - Playa Del Carmen - 16 Dec 2009 Puerto Morelos Scuba Diving - 17 Dec 2009
Bull Shark and Eagle Ray videos
Cozumel - Mexico - December 2009
Trent and Big X visited Cozumel for some R&R and lots of Scuba Diving. We stayed at the Iberostar and really liked the resort. We went diving with Dressel Divers and weren't as impressed. It was SUPER busy.. The cattle boats had multiple herds it was so busy! Anyway, check out these photos of the diving, and of the Iberostar
Cozumel Scuba Diving 6 Dec 2009 Cozumel Scuba Diving 7 Dec 2009 Cozumel Scuba Diving 8 Dec 2009
Cozumel Scuba Diving 9 Dec 2009 Cozumel Scuba Diving 10 Dec 2009 Cozumel Scuba Diving 11 Dec 2009
Curacao - October 2009
Trent and Big X visited the island of Curacao in October 2009. We stayed at Breezes resort and had a great time. I'd highly recommend the diving in Curacao. And Breezes resort was pretty nice for anyone that's looking for an all-inclusive place to stay while there.
Curacao Scuba Diving 18 Oct 09 Curacao Scuba Diving 19 Oct 09 Curacao Scuba Diving 20 Oct 09
Curacao Scuba Diving 21 Oct 09 Curacao Scuba Diving 22 Oct 09 Curacao Scuba Diving 23 Oct 09
Willemstad City Photos - Oct 09 Breezes Resort - Curacao - Oct 09
Maui - Hawaii - May 2009
Trent and Big X tied the knot and had friends and family to Maui for the big event. Trent spent time scuba diving, as well as doing a little exploring. So check out the dive photoes, and the regular photos. Check out the ones of the Surfing Goat Dairy on the 9th of May! Also, there's a link to my youtube page that contains videos of Octopus and Eagle rays.
Maui Scuba Diving 1 May 2009 Maui Scuba Diving 2 May 2009 Maui Scuba Diving 3 May 2009
Maui Scuba Diving 4 May 2009 Maui Scuba Diving 7 May 2009 Maui Scuba Diving 8 May 2009
Maui Photos 5 and 6 May 2009 Maui Photos - 9 May 2009 Maui Scuba Videos
St. Croix - U.S. Virgin Islands, February 2009
Please check out the Scuba Photos from Trent and Sarah's trip to Hotel on the Cay in Christianstadt, U.S. Virgin Islands, from February, 2009.
St. Croix Scuba Photos - 1 February 2009 St. Croix Scuba Photos - 2 & 3 February 2009 St. Croix Scuba Photos - 4 February 2009
St. Croix Scuba Photos - 5 February 2009 St. Croix - Hotel on the Cay photos
Kauai - Hawaii - October 2008
Trent, along with Big X (Sarah) and Little X (Kelsey), visited Kauai in October. They did some diving, and lots of relaxing. Check out the photos below of the diving, and some general tourist type pics.
Kauai - 11 October 2008 Kauai - 12 and 13 October 2008 Kauai - 15 and 16 October 2008 Kauai - 17 October 2008
Utila - Roatan - May 2008
I spent more than a week diving in Utila in May of 2008. I stayed at the Mango Inn, and dove with Utila Dive Center. The diving was pretty good, and the Mango Inn was pretty decent as well. Take a look at the pics, there's even some of a whale shark I saw there!
Utila Scuba Pics - 2 May 2008 Utila Scuba Pics - 3 May 2008 Utila Scuba and Mango Inn Pics - 4 May 2008
Utila Scuba Pics - 5 May 2008 Utila Scuba Pics - 6 May 2008 Utila Scuba Pics - 7 May 2008
Utila Scuba Pics - 8 May 2008 Utila Scuba Pics - 9 May 2008
Tobago - February 2008
Trent and Big X visited Tobago in February of 2008. We stayed at the Sandy Point Beach Club on the southeast side of the island. We went diving through the dive operator that was on site, Frontier Divers. Check out the links below for scuba pics, pics of the resort, and pics of Speyside and Tobago in general.
Tobago Scuba Pics - 10 February 2008 Tobago Scuba Pics - 11 February 2008 Tobago Scuba Pics (Speyside) - 12 February 2008
Tobago Scuba Pics - 13 February 2008 Tobago Scuba Pics - 14 February 2008 Tobago Scuba Pics (Speyside) - 15 February 2008
Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica, April - May 2007
Trent, along with this trip's "X" factor, Jen, visited the Villas Sol Resort in the Playa Hermosa area of Costa Rica. Check out all the dive photos, along with the pics of the resort.
Villas Sol Resort - Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica Scuba Photos - 30 April 2007 - Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica
Scuba Photos - 1 May 2007 - Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica Scuba Photos - 1 May 2007 - Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica (Color Enhanced)
Scuba Photos - 2 May 2007 - Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica Scuba Photos - 3 May 2007 - Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica
Scuba Photos - 4 May 2007 - Playa Hermosa - Costa Rica
Akumal Beach Resort - Akumal, Mexico - May 2006
Trent, along with the X-Dog, visited the Akumal Beach resort in May, 2006. Check out the resort photos, as well as the trip report and snorkeling photos from in front of the resort.
Akumal Beach Resort - Akumal Mexico
Akumal Beach Resort - Snorkeling and Scuba pictures
Akumbal Beach Resort - Trip Report (review)
Fantasy Island Resort - Roatan, Honduras - April 2006
T & C, along with "X" factors Jake and Jennifer, visited the island of Roatan, off the coast of Honduras, in April of 2006. They stayed at Fantasy Island Resort . Please check out the pictures of the resort, pics of Roatan scuba diving, and other pics from their trip.
Fantasy Island Resort - Roatan, Honduras
Scuba Diving Photos - Roatan, Honduras
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Last Update: 18 November, 2011