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Dive Experience
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Over 1000 dives | ||
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Where else diving
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Palau,Yap,Philippines,Thailand,Indonesia,Red Sea, Florida,Bonaire,Caymans,Bahamas,Mexico,Irian Jaya |
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Dive Conditions |
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Weather
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sunny, dry |
Seas
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calm |
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Water Temp
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79 to 82 ° Fahrenheit |
Wetsuit Thickness
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0 |
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Water Visibility
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20 to 150 Feet |
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Dive own profile?
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yes | ||
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Enforced diving restrictions
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no deco diving, come back with 300 PSI air or in about an hour (but not rigidly enforced) |
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Sharks
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Lots |
Mantas
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None |
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Dolphins
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None |
Whale Sharks
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None |
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Turtles
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> 2 |
Whales
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None |
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5 (best):
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Corals
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** |
Tropical Fish
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*** |
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Small Critters
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***** |
Large Fish
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*** |
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Large Pelagics
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* |
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Subject Matter
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***** |
Boat Facilities
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***** |
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Overall rating for UWP's
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***** |
Shore Facilities
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***** |
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Comments
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Enthusiatic dive guides very good at finding requested subjects. All cameras handled with care,good rinse tanks provided, no E-6 processing. Between my buddy & I, we took over 9500 digital & slide images. |
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Accommodations
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***** |
Service
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***** |
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Food
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**** |
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Dive Operation
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***** |
Shore Diving
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***** |
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Overall Rating |
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Beginners
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*** | ||
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Advanced
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***** | ||
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Comments
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Kapalai is a beautiful water village, built on piers with no island. It offers great macro opportunities. Boat dives around the resort & at neighboring Mabul island yielded frogfish, coral gobies, pygmy lionfish, nudibranchs, mimic & blue ring octopus, tiny cuttlefish, ghost pipefish, seahorses & many other exotic critters. Shore dives were great for mating mandarins & fabulous night dives. 3 boat dives a day & unlimited shore diving was available. If bigger fish were your passion, you could take a 15 minute boat ride & spend the entire day at Sipadan where endless turtles, barracuda, sharks & jack schools could be seen. Accomodations & service at Kapalai were outstanding & far surpassed the crowded, buggy conditions on Sipadan. Food was tasty, fresh & plentiful. Dive boats were in very good condition, the dive crew helpful & professional. Divemasters were alert to your experience level & treated you accordingly. Those that needed handholding got it & advanced divers were allowed to dive their own profiles. This was our 2nd visit & we stayed a month this time. We'd go back in a heartbeat. Need I say more? |
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