Dive Review of Blue Force One in
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Blue Force One: "Whale Shark - Bucketlist Checked Off", Aug, 2023, by Mason Hollcroft, VA, US ( 1 report). Report 12559.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The travel to the Maldives is very long and taxing. If flights and schedule allow, arrive a day early. If finances allow fly business class. There is a hotel inside of Hamad International Airport in Doha if you have a long layover like we did. Everyone is issued a water bottle for the trip to help prevent the spread of COVID. Charging stations seemed safe and there always a crew memeber awake on watch. The boat is in good condition and the Captain (Mariano) an crew were outstanding! Bucketlist trip and extremely fortunate. Went during the rainy season but the weather was perfect. No rain at all and calm seas. My 5th liveaboard but first time hook diving in strong currents. Guide (Nurwat) was excellent in teaching how to hook in. Most dives were 80 to 100 feet with mild to strong currents. Maldives has a 100 maximum depth. Saw sharks on every dive including grey reef, black tip, white tip, nurse, spinner, guitar, 1 bull, 1 hammerhead and 2 whale sharks. We snorkeled with one whale shark and then were extremely fortunate enough to dive with another whale shark. Most fun I have ever had on a dive boat. They sometimes played up beat music as we donned our gear which just added to the excitement. After we spotted the whale sharks people we were singing and dancing on the dive deck. Had a night manta dive at the back of the boat. Large lights are turned on the back of the boat and lights are turned on at the 35' bottom to draw in the plankton for the mantas to feed on. Kneeled on the sandy bottom for an hour while 3 different mantas came within inches of you. After the dive you could snorkel with the mantas as long as you wanted. Also saw a couple of mantas on regular dives. Nice barbecue on a deserted island. Captain and crew always made the extra effort. Definitely a bucket list trip!
Websites	Blue Force One
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Turks and Caicos, Cozumel, Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Curacao, Hawaii, Florida Keys
Closest Airport	Male	Getting There	(Dulles) Washington DC to Doha Qatar, Qatar to Male, 19 hours of flying and an 8 hour layover in Doha
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	> 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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Sorry not a photographer but they tell everyone to bring a flash dive because there was a videographer on the trip who gave everyone copies. Our guide Nurwat also took some photos that he gave to us as did other guests.

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Dive Review of Blue Force One in Maldives

Blue Force One: "Whale Shark - Bucketlist Checked Off", Aug, 2023,

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Dive Review of Blue Force One in
Maldives