Main Menu
Join Undercurrent on Facebook

The Private, Exclusive Guide for Serious Divers Since 1975 | |
For Divers since 1975
The Private, Exclusive Guide for Serious Divers Since 1975
"Best of the Web: scuba tips no other
source dares to publish" -- Forbes
X
 

Dive Review of Fun Dive/Te Nunoa in
French Polynesia/Moorea

Fun Dive/Te Nunoa, Jul, 2008,

by Christopher Aviles, NY, USA ( 1 report). Report 4278.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 5 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 1 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 4 stars
Comments Moorea Fun Dive. Small but clean boats. 15-20 minute boat rides to dive sites. We were picked up each morning on time. We dove in small groups but you could dive your own profile. DM pointed out fish for everyone. Dives were 45-60+ minutes depending on your air consumption. Would usually finish up nosing around under the boat but there were things to see.

Dive shop owner said he wanted divers to be comfortable and to have fun, they made that happen. Everyone was competent and very pleasant. My non-diving wife was not charged for coming on boat with her snorkel gear, they threw out a line for her also. There was a pole ladder on the back of the boat but it was manageable after handing up fins.

Healthy reef and diving was easy. Lots of white tip sharks, reef and lemon sharks. The 10 foot lemon sharks stole the show. All the usual fish suspects were present but not in the large schools like Micronesia. There was a starfish like creature they called ‘crown of thorns’ that is killing the coral and the DM would kill a few each dive with pieces of dead coral. Looked a little strange seeing it without knowing what was happening.

Laurel Samuela (divetahitiblue.com) handled all the reservations for our 4 week trip to Moorea, Rangiroa and Bora Bora. She is an excellent travel agent for Tahiti and French Polynesia. We stayed on her grounds in Moorea in a beautiful large new garden bungalow (Te Nunoa). Kitchen, iPod dock, privacy, beautiful. It was remote though, no restaurants within walking distance, restaurants did pick up but some charged for it. Short walk to nice beach walk. Local market nearby.

I would dive with Fun Dive again and would book another trip with Laurel Samuela in an instant.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Fiji, Micronesia, Bahamas, Hawaii, Bonaire, Caymans, Roatan.
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 82-84°F / 28-29°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 50-90 Ft/ 15-27 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions No decompression diving
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 3 stars

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]
Was this report helpful to you?
Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here
 

Subscribe Now
Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 164 dive reviews of French Polynesia and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

 
Featured Links from Our Sponsors
Interested in becoming a sponsor?
Reef & Rainforest, Let our experience be your guide -- Reef and Rainforest
Reef & Rainforest
is an agency for travelers that scuba dive. Want to see sharks, tropical islands, overwater bungalows? We specialize in planning adventures to French Polynesia.

Want to assemble your own collection of French Polynesia reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home


Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email.
And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent

Free Undercurrent Issue
Get a free
monthly email and
a sample issue!


Find in  

| Home | Online Members Area | My Account | Login | Join |
| Travel Index | Dive Resort & Liveaboard Reviews | Featured Reports | Recent Issues | Back Issues |
| Dive Gear Index | Health/Safety Index | Environment & Misc. Index | Seasonal Planner | Blogs | Free Articles | Book Picks | News |
| Special Offers | RSS | FAQ | About Us | Contact Us | Links |

Copyright © 1996-2024 Undercurrent (www.undercurrent.org)
3020 Bridgeway, Ste 102, Sausalito, Ca 94965
All rights reserved.

Page computed and displayed in 0.13 seconds