Dive Review of
Bilikiki Cruises in
Solomon Islands

 Indonesia, PNG, Palau, Fiji, Galapagos, Revillagigedo, Bonaire, BVI,
Cozumel, Sea of Cortez 

Dive Conditions

Nitrox limits  

There was a camera table in the diving area on the back of the boat and a
large dry table inside the salon.  Upstairs there was an area with plenty
of 110 volt outlets for charging.  

Overall Rating

Diving on the Bilikiki was five times per day, every three hours, including
a night dive.  Everyone dove nitrox with computers.  Dive sites were varied
and easy, with shallow dives (50 - 80 ft) and coral gardens at safety stop
depth to keep it interesting.  Diving is from small boats
("tinnies") with backroll in and a ladder up.  Dive times
averaged one hour, but you could stay longer if your air and computer were
good.  Coral was magnificent and most dives featured a wide variety of
indo-pacific reef fish and a number of critters.  The cabins were large
enough with en-suite bathrooms.  A nice touch was hot showers and shampoo
on the dive deck making showering in the cabin largely unnecessary.  The
crew was very accommodating to divers and photographers, handing down
equipment and helping divers into the tinnies, unloading the tanks from the
tinnies to the ship, providing good even nitrox fills and washing the
wetsuits in the middle and the end of the trip.  Food was nutritious and
filling, full breakfasts, soup at lunch, salad and veggies and main courses
of fish or meat, including a steak and lobster tail dinner on the last
night.  The best part of the trip were the managers/dive guides James and
Aiko.  James' briefings were the most complete I have ever experienced and
both he and Aiko were attentive and knowledgeable and always in a good
mood, funny and helpful. Unfortunately, they have left the Bilikiki and are
uncertain whether they will return in six months or move on to new
endeavors, but we were lucky to have them for this trip.  Finally, the
visits to the villages made the trip especially interesting.  Overall, a
very good trip. 

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