Dive Review of
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Dive Experience
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Over 1000 dives | ||
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Where else diving
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all over the world |
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Dive Conditions |
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Weather
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sunny |
Seas
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calm |
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Water Temp
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82 to 0 ° Fahrenheit |
Wetsuit Thickness
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0 |
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Water Visibility
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40 to 0 Feet |
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| Dive Policy | |||
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Dive own profile?
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yes | ||
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Enforced diving
restrictions
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none beyond common sense |
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Liveaboard?
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no |
Nitrox Available?
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N/A |
| What I saw | |||
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Sharks
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1 or 2 |
Mantas
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1 or 2 |
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Dolphins
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None |
Whale Sharks
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None |
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Turtles
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> 2 |
Whales
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None |
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Ratings 1
(worst)- 5 (best):
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Corals
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Tropical Fish
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Small Critters
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Large Fish
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Large Pelagics
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| Underwater Photography 1 (worst)- 5 (best): | |||
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Subject Matter
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N/A |
Boat Facilities
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N/A |
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Overall rating for UWP's
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N/A |
Shore Facilities
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N/A |
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Comments
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[None] |
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Accommodations
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Food
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Service and Attitude
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Environmental Sensitivity
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N/A |
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Dive Operation
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Shore Diving
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Snorkeling
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N/A |
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Overall Rating |
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Value for $$
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N/A | ||
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Beginners
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Advanced
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Comments
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Since we stayed at Beaches for a family reunion, we wisely chose not to dive with them but to go with Big Blue. It's a superb operation. The cost is a good 50% higher than other island dive shops but one can dive one's own profile with no sense of being hurried and the surface intervals were long and filled with food. Our dives averaged 75 minutes. Big Blue is also an environmentally active company--a green operation--and thus worth the extra money. The corals in Provo have clearly suffered from algal growth, probably linked with the number of large hotels and condos built in the past few years (with their sewage and waste); there were fewer big fish than in years past (I've dived there since the late 1980s). Although I have warm memories of Provo diving, it has clearly deteriorated in the past 15 years. |
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