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TOPdive/AirBnB's: "Three Island Dive Trip", Jan, 2024, by Francis Loncar, WI, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 13213.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Tahiti dive trip Spent 2 weeks during February 2024 in French Polynesia diving on 3 islands, this review covers diving on the main island of Tahiti, Bora Bora and Rangiroa. My daughter and I split our time between Topdive and Eleuthra Plongee, we each brought our own gear. Both shops offer similar dives, boats and prices, including a discounted dive package for a set number of dives that can be used between both divers and on different islands. Topdive was located at the IHG resort, but is a long walk from the parking lot when carrying gear, but I was able most days to negotiate with the guard to drive down and drop off at the dive shop. Eleuthra was located at a marina about 2 miles south of IHG, parking was plentiful and the boat was located across the street from the shop. Dive sites are nearby so the boat goes out for a dive and we go back to the shop for our surface interval, where we ate a snack we brought along. Most dives were south of both shops, although were did do a shallow dive by the airport and some by the port near the city. Neither of the alternate sites were good diving, the airport sites are shallow and sandy, and the city site had such strong current that when I soared past the mooring chain, I grabbed on and we spent the last 20 minutes just admiring the view while hanging on. Then we spent another 30 minutes collecting divers spread across the ocean. Diving was quite pleasant, usually about an hour spending time between depths of 30 to 80 feet many times along a wall. Probably the favorite site was underwater fresh water springs from the mountai ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	TOPdive
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Kauai, Cozumel, Fla Keys, Wisconsin, Palau, Maui, Grand Cayman, Aruba, St Lucia, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos
Closest Airport	Tahiti	Getting There	Flew from MSP to LAX and then to PPT. Took Air Tahiti to other islands
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	20-100 Ft/ 6-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	For AOW depth was restricted to 90 feet
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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	My ratings are an average because it varied from warm sunny weather with fantastic visibil ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of TOPdive/AirBnB's in French Polynesia

TOPdive/AirBnB's: "Three Island Dive Trip", Jan, 2024,

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Dive Review of TOPdive/AirBnB's in
French Polynesia