Dive Review of Academy Bay in
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Academy Bay : "Good land based diving", Jun, 2015, by Donald Greenberg, AK, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 8323 has 3 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Academy Bay has a fixed schedule of dive locations each day. In 6 days of diving we went to 5 different islands. Gordon rocks was the only repeat dive site. Travel times typically 1 hour or more. [One day 3 hours] Two dives per day with snacks of fruit, chips and cookies during surface interval and full hot lunch after second dive. Leave 7 AM and return between 2:30 and 4:30 PM daily. There were sharks (5 different kinds) and turtles on nearly every dive. Lots of fish on every dive - many in large schools. Back roll entry into water and remove gear in water and climb solid ladder on return. Crew assists donning gear and then taking it off in the water on return. Generally the water temperature is too cold to support a significant number of corals. We had exceptionally warm water, though there were some thermoclines. We saw 4 kinds of rays during the week.
Websites	Academy Bay [same]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, Guam, Thailand, Western Samoa, Alaska, Vancouver Island, Mexico
Closest Airport	Baltra	Getting There	Make connection in Guayaquil. American Airlines' flight delay caused an extra day travel.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	75-80°F / 24-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives restricted to 50 minutes, 90 feet depth, stay with dive master.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
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	No specific accommodation for cameras, but crew handled cameras with care.

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Dive Review of Academy Bay in Galapagos Islands

Academy Bay : "Good land based diving", Jun, 2015,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Academy Bay in
Galapagos Islands