Dive Review of
Bilikik in
Solomon Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, & Little Cayman; Hondoras; Bonaire; Belize;
Yap; Palau; Truk; Cozumel; Fiji; Sulewesi; Lembeh; Bunaken; Spidan;
Wakatobi. 

Dive Conditions

dive masters did not monitor anyone; you were lucky if you even saw them.  

nice area for camera maintenance. all that you would need.  

Overall Rating

April 2007, we did 38 dives over 11 days. The water was a warm 85-86
degrees. Nitrox was used by everyone. Overall, we were pleased with the
diving because we only have 300 dives to our history. Companions with over
1000 dives were bored. (Although they did seem highly enthusiastic over the
many pygmy seahorses that were easily found.)

Waters were calm, few waves, few currents, and diving was easy. This type
of diving is good for macro photography. We came back with 1350 photos.
Mostly small stuff but also bumphead parrot fish, giant wrasse and schools
of barracuda, jacks, snapper, and a profusion of small tropicals. Only a
few rays and sharks. We liked stuff in the mangrove shallows, like banded
archerfish, estuarine halfbeaks, pajama cardinal fish, bigmouth mackerel.
Another favorite in the sand were the many signal gobies and crocodile
flatheads.

The boat is older, but OK. Twenty divers are divided into two aluminum
tenders. The dive masters seemed a little burnt out. One dive master is
assigned to lead two groups of ten...ie, twenty people. They do not wait
for anyone. Dive Master Monte was engaging, but his female companion seemed
indifferent to customer interests. If you do not need a dive guide, then
you will be fine. If you think you need one, take different trip.

It is a long flight here. Unfortunately, we flew Air Pacific, a Fijian
airline. They had mechanical problems both going and returning. Since our
flight was cancelled due to mechanical problems, we were rerouted to
Quantus, via Australia and arrived a day late. Try to avoid Air Pacific. 

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