Dive Review of
Mike Ball - Supersport in
Australia/Ribbon Reefs/Great Barrier

Calif., Hawaii, Roatan

Dive Conditions

Approaching the whales while on scuba is prohibited.  Crew seemed to have a
hard time discerning hovering from approaching and were a bit over the top
at times, but better to be over protective...  

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Overall Rating

Planned this trip to be there with the Minke Whales.  Absolutely beyond
what we expected.  A must do trip for anyone desiring close encounters with
cetaceans.  Shortly after hooking up to a mooring the whales showed up and
approached, oggled and circled the boat, divers and snorkelers for hours! 
They seemed to want to communicate with us and approached closer and closer
as the day went on (a testiment to the well controlled program).  These
whales are hunted by the Japanese  once they head for Antartica to feed,
and are in need of protection. As for the crew, they're in need of
retraining.  The staff, service & food quality was well below what we
had encountered the previous year. The briefings were much too long and
extremely repetitive - a definite waste of precious time. The cook was
inexperienced, even serving leftovers for lunch (that weren't that great
the first time around). They let their "interns" (free help)
enter the water before paying customers.  We logged our complaints with
Dorothy, Mike Ball's office manager, and she responded perfectly by
acknowledging and addressing our concerns and making sure that our next
trip with them, 2 days later to the Yongala, was up to par.  She went out
of her way to provide great service, even taking her own personal time to
deliver a forgotten item to us at the dock before departure!   

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