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Bora Dive Center, Aug, 2003, by John McGill, Tx, USA . Report 779.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	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.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Galapagos, Palau, pretty much everywhere in the Caribbean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	I was diving with my girlfriend who is inexperienced and uses air rapidly, so I didn't really see what the limits were
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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

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