Dive Review of Bandos Island Resort in
Maldives/Bandos Island

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Bandos Island Resort, Nov, 2009, by Robert C White Jr., CO, United States of America ( Reviewer 5 reports). Report 5267.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Divers are not allowed to dive within 12 hours of arrival at the Bandos Island Resort. This is because they believe people arriving here after long flights are often dehydrated and very tired possibly making people more vulnerable to the bends. Dive shop does not provide sufficient water for divers, so buy your own bottle in the adjacent store. Dive shop is clean and professional. The divemasters and instructors are top notch and professional. This shop should market itself more - difficult to find much information on the web site. THe house reef is extraordinarily good. Everyone must perform a "checkout dive" on the house reef. My dive buddy was made to do some skills such as reg removal and the out of air PADI handshake drill as receiver. I was not made to, possibly because I am an OWSI? Boat dives were great and the launch was quite roomy. Saw several mantas on my first dive to a manta cleaning station. Divemaster was knowledgeable and pointed out critters well. Boat tips are automatically added to the fee. $40 per dive + $15 for the boat +10% "service fee" This means shore dives are still $40 each - they maybe should rethink this. 10% fee still applies to shore dives! Resort only appeared to be 30-40% full.
Websites	Bandos Island Resort Bandos Island Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Galapagos, Hawaii, Indonesia, Vancouver Island, New Zealand
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	83-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-40 M / 98-131 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	20 meters OW Diver, 30 meters everyone else max depth.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	No facilities for camera on dive boat.

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Dive Review of Bandos Island Resort in Maldives/Bandos Island

Bandos Island Resort, Nov, 2009,

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Dive Review of Bandos Island Resort in
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