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Bora Diving Center/Club Med, Aug, 2004, by Ed Gross, TX, US . Report 1755.
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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	Incredible pelagic diving. Schools of large lemons and good size black tip and gray reef sharks. Lots of mantas and a large school(?) of eagle rays (> 20). Hard coral in great shape, especially considering the hurricane that came through five years ago. Not much soft coral. Macro stuff is there, just not plentiful - white faced pipe fish ,etc. 3 scorpion fish sitting out on a coral head at night. Most of the diving is pretty easy, although the seasonal strong south wind can create some currents. Bora Diving very accommodating to our schedule, promptly picking us up at the appointed time at Club Med every day. And they were flexible with our dive schedule (didn't have to book every dive in advance, and could change as needed). The dive masters all knew the sites well, and how to find the big stuff. When 4 other dives did not show up for a dive night, the crew took only 2 of us out for a private night dive. Club Med was nice - not too big, maybe 200 guests total. Food was served buffet style, but the serving containers were not very big, so they were refilled often - never empty, always fresh. Every meal included food you could order: eggs for breakfast, and some sort of meat or fish with lunch or dinner, including a sushi chef a few times at dinner. The rest of Bora Bora is nice, but its as expensive as its every been. Had to stay overnight in Papeete on the way there, the Mandarin Hotel had an adequate room for 4 people, and was the only hotel that we could find that had a reasonable room rate (<$500) for 4 people.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Hawaii, Cozumel, Saba, Roatan, Bonaire
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
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
UW Photo Comments	Most of the dive boats in Bora Bora are 24 foot aluminum hull, accomodating 6 to 10 divers. Not a lot of room for a fresh water rinse tank on board, but all of the sites are close to any dive shop. Bora Diving Center provided a fresh water rinse and shower at their shop, which was not more than 20 minutes away from any dive site.

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Dive Review of Bora Diving Center/Club Med in French Polynesia/Bora Bora

Bora Diving Center/Club Med, Aug, 2004,

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Dive Review of Bora Diving Center/Club Med in
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