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Mike Ball Dive Expeditions/Spoilsport, Oct, 2008, by Michael J Millet, CA, USA ( Top Contributor 96 reports with 60 Helpful votes). Report 4539.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Spoilsport is a twin-hull boat that can take many divers; our trip had over 25. With this many divers, the dive deck gets a bit congested but meal time can be a real free-for-all. Meals are all buffet so one had to be somewhat aggressive in order to get enough to eat -- especially for dinner. The BBQ's were excellent with lots of shrimp, beef, chicken and kangaroo. Kangaroo steak is delicious; it's best cooked rare. Goes well with a glass of shiraz! The crew were very helpful and friendly going out of their way to fulfill requests and to solve any problems. We had a regulator issue that they resolved and the fix for my camera tray was quite ingenious. The dive briefings were thorough and accurate. Dive guides were provided upon request as were dive buddies. A crew member was always a willing dive buddy. Most of the diving is from the mother vessel with a few dives from the rubber duckies. Most dive sites were large enough to accommodate many divers but at a couple - lighthouse bommie and steve's bommie -- it got a bit congested. The shark dive on Osprey Reef was well done. One of the best I have experienced.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Yap, Truk, Kosrae, Solomon Islands, Galapagos, Socorros, all over the Caribbean.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Must dive with a buddy; no deco diving
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Plenty of camera table space with compressed air. Dive crew considerate of camera gear. The boat engineer, Stirling, did a great job rigging up a part to fix my camera tray after it broke. This enabled me to continue using 2 strobes.

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Dive Review of Mike Ball Dive Expeditions/Spoilsport in Australia/Great Barrier Reef

Mike Ball Dive Expeditions/Spoilsport, Oct, 2008,

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Dive Review of Mike Ball Dive Expeditions/Spoilsport in
Australia/Great Barrier Reef