Dive Review of
Bora Dive Center in
French Polynesia/Bora Bora

Galapagos, Palau, pretty much everywhere in the Caribbean

Dive Conditions

I was diving with my girlfriend who is inexperienced and uses air rapidly,
so I didn't really see what the limits were  

[None]  

Overall Rating

This was a trip with diving, not a pure "dive vacation." My
girlfriend is a fairly new diver (less than 20 dives) We dove for 3 days
with Bora Diving Center. The service was wonderful. We had 3 guides on the
3 days and each one of them went out of their way to make my girlfriend
comfortable. They shared air with her to extend her bottom times and I
think went beyond the call of duty. And on top of that, the diving was
great. Our first dive was at a location in the lagoon. We entered in about
20 feet of water and went down to about 50 feet in a pass. The whole dive
was a manta fest. There must have been 15 mantas who swam through the pass
with us. A 40 minute, constant manta dive will get a "5" in my
book every time -- especially since in 20+ years of diving I had only
encountered mantas once and that was on snorkel in Palau. The second dive
was at a site where some fish was placed in a coral head and then the lemon
sharks arrived. Probably 8 lemons ranging from 7 to 10 feet in length. I
was told that the mantas don't come out during the full moon. You can also
see mantas playing in the lights at the Hotel Bora Bora dock at night. Bora
Diving Center is one of the best operations I have ever dived with. Go
there -- Bora Bora is a very romantic place. We also dived on Taha'a with
the shop at the Pearl Beach resort. Again great service. The fellow running
this shop used to work at Bora Diving Center and has the same customer
service attitude. Also dived 2 days On Huahine with Blue Nui. I understand
that that operation will soon have new ownership, which is probably a good
thing.  

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