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Paradise Dancer, Jun, 2008, by John Singer, CA, USA ( 2 reports). Report 4159.
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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	This was, I believe, the second dive cruise for the Paradise Dancer. It is a brand new big and beautiful boat. Cabins are roomy as are all of the facilities on board. My cabin and the one next-door leaked water from above deck. This, I hope, has probably been fixed by now. The quality of the so called "cuisine" was just dreadful and the food (especially the dinners) was terrible! Several divers and one crew member became very ill with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, the runs, and fever. So, the food was cooked poorly (mostly overdone tasteless meats) and proper sanitation was lacking. The captain and many of the crew were smokers and used the ocean as their personal ashtray. I complained about this to Gary (the man in charge of things) and he tried to put a stop to this but was unsuccessful. Now, to me, all of the above is annoying but not that important. What is is that the diving was below average in quality and this was a huge disappointment. To have spent all that money and gone all that way to dive at sites with all kinds of trash in them and a rather lacking population of fish as well was a terrible let-down and waste. Also, at many sites, the condition of the corals was very poor. I believe dynamite has been used at several sites though I'm not sure of this. So, if you are looking for pristine and "great" diving, this is NOT the itinerary, and I believe this area was mis-represented to me by several people.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	PNG, Palau, Komodo Dancer, Solomon Islands, Hawaii, Cozumel, Tasmania, Tahiti, Nuku Hiva
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-150 Ft/ 15-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives were generally no deeper than 90 meters.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Paradise Dancer in Indonesia

Paradise Dancer, Jun, 2008,

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Dive Review of Paradise Dancer in
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