Dive Review of Pro-Dive in
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Pro-Dive, Feb, 2006, by Dennis Van Langen, VA, USA . Report 2363.
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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	I was in Cairns for a little over 3 weeks at Pro_dive taking the Instructor Development Course (IDC) - PADI. My instructor, Alex van Welderen, was exceptional. I recommend Alex for anyone interested in pursuing their instructor cert, particularly if interested in diving the Great Barrier Reef. Learned a lot and was very comfortable with the teaching and tests given during the PADI Instructor Exam (IE)--despite the stress! Only down-side of taking this training was that we were too busy to do any overnighter's on the reef. Most of our diving was pool for confined water training and then Frasier Island for final open water training. After passing the exam (whew!) I was able to dive with Tusa on the reef and found their boats to be a lot of fun. After the IE, Alex took us to the Tablelands for altitude lake diving for specialty certs. This was fun, but not really comparable to the reef diving. Overall I think Pro-Dive Cairns is a world class operation and would dive/train with them again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-84°F / 26-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	20-100 Ft/ 6-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Lot's of good subjects. Conditions were very good, with excellant viz and nice, warm water. Plenty of light as I was in Oz during summer. The marina in Cairns is incredible. Over 1,000 dive instructors go out each day!

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Dive Review of Pro-Dive in
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