Dive Review of Bahama Divers in
Bahamas/Nassau

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Bahama Divers, Apr, 2009, by Michael S, MD, USA ( Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4731.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	On a family trip to Nassau, I dove for two full days (3 tanks/day) with Bahama Divers. On the first day, my wife and kids - and many other folks - joined us on the afternoon boat for snorkeling; the second day, my older child (age 11) took the "resort course" in the morning and then joined us for the shallow (<30 ft) dive in the afternoon. Overall, the staff were friendly and professional. Making arrangements by phone and in person was very easy, and everything was as described/advertised. A few things that people should be aware of: (1) Bahama Divers only rents shorty wetsuits. This is the only option listed under rentals, so in that sense they're up front about this. Unfortunately, shorties were inadequate for many of the divers on my trips; e.g., the first day, I buddied with a diver who had been so cold the day before that he bought a full wetsuit for the next day, while another was so cold after our first dive that she couldn't dive her second tank. Some of the staff dove using shorties, but at least one dove with a full wetsuit over a full dive skin, while several others used full suits plus hoods. Given that - and the fact that a high fraction of their customers were using rental gear - I think it's unfortunate that the shop does not offer full wetsuits as a rental option. (I was using my own 3 mm full suit, plus a beanie on the deeper dives, and was comfortable.) On the plus side, they did have kid-sized (shorty) wetsuits - and when they ran out of rentals, they took new suits from the dive shop and put kids in those. (2) Nitrox is not available. Bahama Divers stated explicitly that nitrox is not available anywhere on the island, but I've since learned that the other main dive operator, Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas, does offer nitrox. (3) Only AL80s and AL63s were available. On my trips, everybody was using AL80s. Standard fill was between 2700 and 2900 PSI.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	0-25 dives
Where else diving	Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	77-79°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	??
Enforced diving restrictions	Bottom time; depth limits
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
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 Bahama Divers in Bahamas/Nassau

Bahama Divers, Apr, 2009,

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Dive Review of Bahama Divers in
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