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TOPdive: "Great water", Nov, 2018, by Bernard Dubois, NH, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 10787 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	My wife and I went to French Polynesia that we did not know. The trip was organized by a new for us Travel Agent. The flight to LAX was a 757-200 fully loaded. The AF was in business and great. Another flight with 2 stops to reach Bora-Bora. Reservation was made at the 4-Season which is great if you want to enjoy the sun but not appropriate for active life. You feel trapped. The bungalows are nice, the food average and the prices out of this world. After 2 nights, we moved to the Sofitel which some of it was remodeled. It needs to. These hotels on the water get a lot of beating. At 10 years old, they look 40. Out of the 14 resorts in Bora-Bora, 4 went belly up. Nice restaurant on the Island but not at the hotels unless they have a buffet. The diving is very commercial. The water is great, warm and 300 feet of visibility. It is perfect for beginner as the baby-sitting is intense. I dive for 52 years but it was the first time in Polynesia and the first time that I did with Manta rays, black tip sharks, lemon sharks during the same dive. After a week there we went for another week in Moorea. The economic situation of the island is better. We stayed at the Sofitel. Same comments as above about hotel and food. The “K” restaurant was particularly bad. Plenty of nice restaurant around who picks you up and drive you back for free. The diving is not as good as in Bora-Bora but the snorkeling is great. You see as many large fish snorkeling as diving. The coral is even better in shallow water. The coral was in great shape and plenty of fish where the fishing is illegal. Again, on the dive boat, the service and the baby-sitting are great but not much freedom. We never had any real problem with the language. All the people we met were very friendly. We were expecting to climb local mountains but there was a storm every after-noon and the ground was quite muddy and slippery. Do not try to rent a bike! We are living in NH, for us to go to Polynesia cost us 3 or 4 days of vacation and costs at least twice as much as in the Caribbean for the same standing. [None]
Websites	TOPdive
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	many countries in 4 continents
Closest Airport	Tahiti	Getting There	From Boston, Delta, AF and Air Tahiti
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	200-300 Ft/ 61-91 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	70 feet deep
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	I used the simple Sealife camera with great success while snorkeling. While diving, I used the same one with mediocre success.

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Dive Review of TOPdive in French Polynesia/Bora-Bora andMourea

TOPdive: "Great water", Nov, 2018,

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Dive Review of TOPdive in
French Polynesia/Bora-Bora andMourea