Dive Review of Bathy's/Hibiscus in
French Polynesia/Moorea

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Bathy's/Hibiscus, May, 2002, by Bob Woods, CA, USA . Report 111.
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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
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Comments	We dove with Bathy’s Club at the Intercontinental Beachcomber, which is where we were supposed to stay before a forced schedule change. They picked us up daily by van (by car, after the van broke) from the resort we ended up staying at and brought us and our gear to the shop, but surprisingly they had no storage for our gear—we had to schlep it back and forth every day. Then we had to lug it from the shop (about 100 M) to the boat and set it up. It would have been nice to have a cart or something, but when we asked we were told there was none available; actually there was one, but it was for the exclusive use of the crew and for hauling tanks—but not for the customers. We also found the boat to be crowded, 12 or more divers on a double-outboard that more commonly accommodates no more than 6. After the dive the crew pointed out to us where we were to rinse our gear after we had unrigged it and hauled it to the rinse tank (no help from them), and then we packed it up for the ride back to the hotel. Other comments include no snacks (or even water!) on the dive boat, although the rides to the dive sites were very short—5 to 10 minutes or so. Back roll in, fairly easy exit on a detachable ladder. They were flexible about how you got out—i.e. whether you want to take off your fins, BC, etc. in the water or not. The dive routine seemed to be if customers were available the morning dive was a shark feeding dive, although it seemed more mackerel got fed than sharks. But there generally were a bunch of 3-5 foot blacktips and a couple of good sized lemons, and what the hell, we got wet. On the bottom there was nice healthy hard coral; for reasons I don’t fully understand there seems to be no soft coral in French Polynesia. We saw the usual supply of butterflyfish, groupers, and so on, but nothing unusual. OK diving, but not worth a trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Most of Caribbean, Fiji, Tonga, Maldives, Indonesia (N. Sulawesi), eastern Pacific (Panama, Costa Rica)
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-75 Ft/ 9-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with DM
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
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 Bathy's/Hibiscus in French Polynesia/Moorea

Bathy's/Hibiscus, May, 2002,

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Dive Review of Bathy's/Hibiscus in
French Polynesia/Moorea