Dive Review of
Orca/Iorana in
Chile/Easter Island

 Carribean, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Indonesia, Micronesia, PNG, Polynesia,
Revillagigedos 

Dive Conditions

1 hr  

Small boats, but short runs to dive-sites. Good rinse tanks at dive shop.  

Overall Rating

Not a dive destination, in my opinion, but worth an afternoon if you're on
RapaNui, especially if it's raining. Good, solid dive operation, with good
staff, accomodating to visitors. Water is on the chilly side (fair enough,
since this isn't in the tropics); good hot showers back at the dive shop.
We had our computers with us, which was good, because they only had depth
guages and bottom timers to rent. Another diver was told by the guide,
"don't go deeper than me, and you'll be OK." Otherwise, the gear
was in good condition and was reasonably new ScubaPro stuff.

The big question is, why would Henri Garcia, a former Calypso crew member,
set up a dive operation here? Sure, the vis is unbelievable! But hardly any
fish, and like two species of coral. The scenery around Motu Nui is
fantastic, but that's one dive. I find it hard to believe that sharks
represented any risk to the competitors in the Birdman competition, since
the largest fish I saw out there was an endemic butterfly. The reefs near
Hanga Roa are pretty boring. Clearly, fish are being fed here, since some
large jacks spent a whole dive with us. 

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