Dive Review of Pacific Rim Divers in
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Pacific Rim Divers, Oct, 2007, by LeRoy Anderson, Utah, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports). Report 3680.
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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	Pacific Rim Divers runs a fun and enjoyable day diving operation at the local sites around Kona. They enjoy the #1 recommendation of a very popular Hawaii tourist guidebook called "Big Island Revealed", hence my booking with them. I found them very competent, and they were happy to take us to some quite unique sites, at least as far as I was concerned. The most exciting part of the diving was exploring the various really beautiful underwater lava formations around Kona, with tubes, overhangs, arches, and caves with openings in their roofs. What I appreciate about a dive site is the overall apparent health of the environment, and Kona overall seems healthy still as far as the corals are concerned, although they are not as colorful as those found in more remote pacific destinations, they are still beautiful and not to be taken for granted. Saw swimming turtles, swimming dolphins, some interesting nudibranchs, slipper lobsters, and one really big whitetip sleeping in a cave, along with the usual hawaiian tropicals. My only complaint is the fact that Hawaii is alowing aquarium fish collectors to decimate the small fish population there. It was strange to be diving and see the aquarium collectors nearby. Obviously this needs to be fought at some level to preseve the diving quality and reef health. Overall though, I really had fun and can't wait to go back. Hawaiian diving is unique, very beautiful, relaxing, and I feel underappreciated.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, other Hawaiian islands, Coral Sea, PNG, Indonesia, Cocos, Galapagos, Canada, Calfifornia, Florida, Yap & Palau.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm,surge
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	This was a day boat, no expectations. They just have a rinse bucket, period. Same as most dayboats.

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Dive Review of Pacific Rim Divers in Hawaii/Kona

Pacific Rim Divers, Oct, 2007,

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Dive Review of Pacific Rim Divers in
Hawaii/Kona