Webinar recap · 30+ travelers live
Where are we going next?
What our travelers told us—and how their answers are shaping SXT through 2030.
September 4, 2026 · SXT Adventures · 66-minute recording
30+
travelers joined live
Questions, votes, and candid feedback shaped the night.
Top “Must!” picks
Australia + Italy
Two very different trips, both clear audience favorites.
Clearest signal
More than scuba
Food, culture, trekking, and wildlife belong on the calendar too.
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What we heard
Travelers want range
On September 3, more than 30 travelers joined Niki, Keith, and Jeff live for a simple question with a very big answer: where should SXT Adventures go next? The webinar covered trips already available, destinations moving through the planning process, and the dream trips that could shape our calendar through 2030. More importantly, travelers voted in real time and told us what kind of experience they actually want—not just where they want to put a pin on the map.
The clearest result was that SXT travelers want range. There is still enormous interest in warm-water diving, liveaboards, big animals, and remote reefs, but the room also lit up for food, culture, wildlife, trekking, and trips where no tanks are required. That matters. SXT began with scuba travel, but the community has always been held together by curiosity, shared experiences, and the friendships built along the way. The next chapter can make room for divers, non-divers, and couples or families who want different things from the same vacation.
Australia and Italy rose to the top of the “Must!” list. Australia gives us the chance to build something more varied than a standard Great Barrier Reef itinerary, including possibilities in Western Australia and meaningful time above water. Italy is a return by popular demand, with the food, history, regional culture, and slower moments that made the first trip so memorable. The Red Sea also drew broad interest, and we are working with a trusted operator on an Egypt itinerary that can combine landmark experiences in Cairo with exceptional diving.
Closer on the calendar
From easy blue water to true expedition diving
Trips already taking shape
Several departures are much closer. East Africa returns in October 2026 with a focus on Tanzania and wild chimpanzee trekking, building on a February journey through Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda that included gorilla trekking and safari experiences. The Sea of Cortez follows from October 30 through November 6 aboard the Valentina, with the possibility of sea lions, mobula rays, mantas, hammerheads, and other pelagic visitors. The Philippines departure is sold out, but the level of interest makes future returns likely. Availability changes quickly, so the current trip page is always the best place to check what remains open.
Bahamas
For divers who want warm water and an approachable liveaboard, the Bahamas remains one of the easiest recommendations. The April 3–10, 2027 trip aboard Aqua Cat offers seven nights and as many as 26 dives, with clear water, healthy reefs, walls, wrecks, and sharks. It is also unusually friendly to non-divers, with shore excursions, kayaks, paddleboards, and plenty of ways to enjoy the water without doing every dive. It is a strong fit for a first liveaboard, a mixed diver and non-diver pair, or an experienced diver who simply wants an easy week in beautiful water.
Cocos Island
Cocos Island sits at the other end of the spectrum. The July 7–18, 2027 expedition aboard Undersea Hunter includes ten nights aboard and seven days of diving, with up to 21 dives. Nutrient-rich currents around this remote Costa Rican island can bring hammerheads, white-tip reef sharks, jacks, tuna, manta rays, and dolphins into the same blue-water theater. Conditions are more demanding than the Bahamas, but that is part of the appeal. For experienced divers who want a true expedition, Cocos has the “Jurassic Park underwater” feeling that kept coming up during the webinar.
Wildlife + community
Africa is becoming part of the long-term calendar
Africa is becoming a long-term part of the calendar rather than a once-in-a-lifetime one-off. Small-group safari and primate itineraries are being explored through 2030 across Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and the Mahale region. The February group also helped local conservation and community partners with medical and school supplies, including projects connected to cheetah research, lion conservation, and classroom desks. We are verifying the exact donation pages and mechanics before sharing them publicly, because the goal is to make sure support reaches the right project in the right way.
Travel that leaves something behind
Conservation and community support need the same care as the itinerary.
We are verifying the lion, cheetah, and school-desk donation paths before sharing them publicly, so support reaches the intended project directly.
Beyond scuba
No tanks required.
The strongest “no tanks required” ideas include the Tour du Mont Blanc, planned for late August 2028, with roughly ten days of trekking through France, Italy, and Switzerland; a return to Italy; and a Peru trekking trip with an Amazon extension. Wildlife-focused travel in Africa, whale encounters in San Ignacio Lagoon, and food-and-culture itineraries can all welcome travelers who may never scuba dive. These are not side trips added to a dive calendar. They are full adventures being designed around what the community said it wants.
The longer-range list is ambitious: Yap for New Year’s 2027 into 2028, the Red Sea and Egypt, Western Australia, Chuuk Lagoon, Saba, Raja Ampat, Tahiti by liveaboard, Socorro, Magdalena Bay, and expedition routes through West Sulawesi, Borneo, and Derawan. Not every idea is a confirmed departure yet. That is why the webinar separated the calendar into three useful choices: book a trip that is ready, watch a trip that is being developed, or help us build something that is not on the calendar yet.
Find your fit
Start with how you want the trip to feel
What happens next depends on fit as much as popularity. Warm-water divers may gravitate toward the Bahamas or Bonaire. Experienced divers looking for current, pelagics, and remote sites may choose Cocos, the Red Sea, Socorro, or Raja Ampat. Mixed groups may feel most at home in the British Virgin Islands, Africa, Italy, or Australia. Travelers looking for a physical goal can watch Tour du Mont Blanc and Peru. The point is not to send everyone to the same place. It is to build the right trip for the people who want to be there.
Warm water, easy rhythm
Bahamas · Bonaire
Clear water, approachable diving, and room to slow the week down.
Big, bold expeditions
Cocos · Red Sea · Socorro
Current, pelagics, remote sites, and the dives people talk about for years.
No tanks required
Italy · Mont Blanc · Peru
Food, culture, trekking, and full adventures designed around life on land.
Wildlife and mixed groups
Your answer shapes the calendar
Where should we go next?
Watch the webinar, explore the trips already in motion, and tell us what would make one of them right for you.
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