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Chile/Easter Island

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ORCA dive center: "COME FOR THE MOAI, STAY FOR THE DIVING", Mar, 2025, by Ken Kurtis, CA, US ( Sr. Contributor 23 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 13489.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The short version is that Easter Island (more correctly Rapa Nui), best known for the moai statues, has interesting diving too. For a variety of reason, very extensive hard coral reef . . . but not a lot of fish. However, 25% of the fish there are endemic. This was my third (and fourth) trip th ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	ORCA dive center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	I dive all over the world on a regular basis (please don't hate me).
Closest Airport	Easter Island (IPC)	Getting There	LAX to Santiago, Chile to Easter Island
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	77-81°F / 25-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	80-150 Ft/ 24-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Generally 60-minute dives. All the dives sites are fairly close.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
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	It will be photographically challenging but rewarding if you can get some of the rarer endemics. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of ORCA dive center in Chile/Easter Island

ORCA dive center: "COME FOR THE MOAI, STAY FOR THE DIVING", Mar, 2025,

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Dive Review of ORCA dive center in
Chile/Easter Island