Dive Review of Double Deep/Tsara Beach in
Africa/Nosy Be, Madagascar

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Double Deep/Tsara Beach: "Occasional Moments of Magic in an Exotic Setting", Jan, 2025, by Laura Todd, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 13292 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	This is one of the more difficult reviews I’ve written. If you choose to go with Double Deep, you will dive with one or both of the owners every dive. On the one hand, they are among the kindest, most genuine people you’ll ever meet. For example, Daniela, whose brilliant images of nudibranchs drew me to Madagascar, will share her photos for free (!!!). For the first four days, I was the only customer and not only did they go out with just one diver, it was pretty much all about me in terms of schedule and dive site/animal requests. And on the other hand, they do some strange and possibly dangerous stuff. On the strange side, they chose a large, generally comfortable power boat with NO LADDER, so you have to do the old RIB kick and flop after every dive. Mind you the deck is only about 6 inches above the surface but it still gets old. They cannot use mooring buoys, stating that locals would steal the components so all the dive sites are found by GPS. Between the endless repositioning and the fact that the boat is driven at just above idle speed can make for some long days. The possibly d ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Philippines, Indonesia, Tahiti, Malaysia, Bahamas, Galapagos
Closest Airport	Fascene, Nosy Be	Getting There	For those on the US west coast either Ethiopian Air to Addis Ababa, then direct to Nosy Be OR carrier of your choice to Paris then Air France to Anantanarivo, then local airline to the island
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-50 Ft/ 5-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	The owners initially wanted to keep me above 20 meters as I have only OW cert, but relaxed after a while and pressure from other customers to go to deeper sites.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Cameras are well protected on the boat but there are no rinse facilities at the ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Double Deep/Tsara Beach in Africa/Nosy Be, Madagascar

Double Deep/Tsara Beach: "Occasional Moments of Magic in an Exotic Setting", Jan, 2025,

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Dive Review of Double Deep/Tsara Beach in
Africa/Nosy Be, Madagascar