Dive Review of
Ocean Rover in
Thailand/Similan Islands & Burma

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Dive Conditions

Night diving limited to 1 hr  

Spacious camera and charging facilities both on dive deck and indoors. 
Plenty of 110 and 220 v charging stations.  Crew was verh helpful and
careful with camera gear handling before entry and two step rinse after.  

Overall Rating

We booked this trip after the December 26 Tsunami. Divers considering a
trip should not hesitate to visit or travel through Phuket,Thailand.  Most
of the island was unaffected and in 34 dives from the liveaboard operation
I saw no evidence of tsunami damage to reefs.  The Ocean Rover is the best
of the 8 liveaboards I have experienced.  Spotless boat,top notch service
(12 crew for max of 16 guests), a spacious cabins and ensuite head/shower
and effective in-cabin controlled air conditioning.  Food was a so-so
offering of western food and a rather bland and monotonous form of Thai
food. Diving was great - many mantas, some leopard sharks, silvertip
sharks, stingrays, potato cod, lots of cuttlefish, lionfish everywhere,
seahorses, ghost pipefish, seahorses, harlequin shrimp, etc. etc. Most
diving was from dinghy in some current.  Excellent dinghy ladder system
made re-boarding the dinghy easy - best design I've seen. Ocean Rover and
her crew are the best.  

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