Dive Review of Fathom Five in
Hawaii/Kauai

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Fathom Five, Jan, 2003, by Marc Massari, CA, USA . Report 338.
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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	We had been warned ahead of time that the diving on Kauai was not going to be "anything to write home about", but i thought i would at least give Undercurrent readers an idea of what to expext. From my research in Undercurrent, I decided to call Bubbles Below as soon as we arrived. Unfortunately, they were on vacation, so they referred us to Fathom Five. We met with the owner, George, and signed up for a couple days of diving. Make sure you get to know George, he is a charactor, but more importantly, if you are an experienced diver he will personally take you out on an advanced trip. Those were the dives to be on. Fathom Five was a pleasure to dive with. They took care of all of your gear and were very helpful. The boats are towed from the shop to the docks where you jump in for the ride to the dive shop. The boats are small, but are fine with six divers. They have plenty of water and snack abourd for the between dive munchies. If you are planning a trip to Kauai, make sure you do it during the the time period they go out to Niihua. We were not there at the right time, but everyone we talked to said that this is the best diving on all the islands. The winter swells are too big to go there in the winter, call ahead and check when they begin those trips. The one thing that bothered me about the boat was the fact that they anchored in some spots. While diving, i noticed spots where coral had been broken from anchors. As it is, Kauai is hurting for coral, but this just makes a bad thing worse. It would be nice to see the dive companies on the island set moorings on more of the dive spots, or just drift them.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over carribean, Hawaii, Mexico, California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	72-74°F / 22-23°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	70-90 Ft/ 21-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Keep with visual range of Divemaster
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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 Fathom Five in Hawaii/Kauai

Fathom Five, Jan, 2003,

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Dive Review of Fathom Five in
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