Dive Review of Mermaid I in
Myanmar/Burma/Mergui Archipelago+Similan Is

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Mermaid I, Dec, 2006, by David Schwab, AE, Germany . Report 3146.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The best thing about the Mermaid I was the crew . . . very professional, very responsive, very courteous. They treated the divers like guests in a 5 Star hotel. The boat is solid and a very comfortable ride. Accommodations were good . . . I stayed in the cheap cabin below deck (so-so), cabins above deck have windows. Plenty of hot water; toilets could use some work. Food is good and plentiful, but tends to be repetitive. Dive staff was very safety conscious and made every effort to ensure divers got their money's worth on every dive. The diving went from very good to absolutely fabulous! Some currents and low viz might be tough on novice divers. Highlights included a Whale Shark at Richelieu Rock, more Stingrays than we could count on North Twin Plateau, a pair of Harlequin Shrimp at North Twin Pinnacle, a Spanish Dancer at Western Rocky, and rescuing a poor Porcupine Fish stuck in a fishing net at Ahtet Kyunni. There were Nudis, Scorpionfish, Lionfish all over the place. This boat goes from Phuket, Thailand, to Burma and back. We had dive sites all to ourselves; scheduled 4 dives per day, including night dives. PJ provides a very professional (albeit expensive) UW DVD of the trip, but worth every Baht; he can find anything 'cuz he knows where to look. I would go back again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Norway, Turks & Caicos, Cayman Is, Scotland, Ireland, Malta, Turkey, Tenerife, Mallorca, Florida, Bahamas
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	23-27°C / 73-81°F	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	5-20 M / 16-66 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Time and depth limits; everyone carried a delayed SMB.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	None	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	Crew handled UWP equipment carefully; there was always a fresh water bath available. No facilities to develop film, but digital photographers could share their stuff.

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Dive Review of Mermaid I in Myanmar/Burma/Mergui Archipelago+Similan Is

Mermaid I, Dec, 2006,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Mermaid I in
Myanmar/Burma/Mergui Archipelago+Similan Is