Dive Review of Tulagi Dive/Heritage Park Hotel in
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Tulagi Dive/Heritage Park Hotel: "Fun shore diving in a rustic setting", Oct, 2016, by Joel Snyder, AZ, US ( Sr. Contributor 29 reports with 30 Helpful votes). Report 9148.
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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	We dove 1 day with Tulagi divers (a quick stop while waiting for the Bilikiki) in September, 2016. Because their boat was being repaired, we did shore dives, piling into the (uncovered) back of a big truck and driving an hour along the bumpy road to reach some famous WWII wreck sites. (A staff member stayed with the truck while we were in the water to guard equipment.) Despite the rough ride, entry was very simple, as both sites had been maintained by the residents with benches and stairways (and even fresh shower at one spot) making it easy to get in and out of the water. You set your own equipment up, although the staff was happy to help divers who wanted some muscle to move things around. Our group was 7 divers, so Tulagi put two divemasters into the water with us. Our first dive was to a Japanese submarine (max depth 94 ft, average 44, 56 min) and our second to a US fighter plane (max depth 64 ft, average 40, 65 min). Since we were only diving one day, we didn't get a very good feel for the operation. As with many dive shops, there is what seems like an excessive amount of standing-around-and-putting-things-together before you get on the road. We actually had a shorter delay than average, as most of our party had done all the setup the day before. They were small, but competent and things went very smoothly especially given the environment.
Websites	Tulagi Dive
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Asia; Carib; Mexico; Hawaii; Red Sea
Closest Airport	HONIARA	Getting There	Daily flights from Australia and Fiji---not the easiest destination for US divers
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Since these were wreck dives from shore entry, we all entered together and left together. Divers who ran short of air surfaced during the swim-back
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Wreck dives like this are a paradise for both macro and wide-angle photographers. Since we were diving from a truck, there were not really any facilities, but boat diving would have been different.

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Dive Review of Tulagi Dive/Heritage Park Hotel in Solomon Islands

Tulagi Dive/Heritage Park Hotel: "Fun shore diving in a rustic setting", Oct, 2016,

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Tulagi Dive/Heritage Park Hotel in
Solomon Islands