Dive Review of Emperor Serenity in
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Emperor Serenity: "Maldives; Emperor Serenity", Jan, 2018, by Ted Bemis, CO, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 10100 has 6 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	We arrived for departure the afternoon of Dec. 17, 2017, to a weeklong dive itinerary they call “The best of the Maldives”. Our cabins were very spacious as was our ensuite, truly a large bathroom. The boat was beautiful with plenty of space and places to lounge around in or out of the sun. One of the first tasks that first afternoon was to store all of our dive gear on the dive dhoni. All diving is done from Emperor Serenity's large dhoni tender, which also was very spacious. The Serenity has room for 26 guests, our trip had only 20 signed up, but I feel that even at full capacity the dhoni was a spacious dive platform. Once our gear was setup, that was it, they filled tanks in place. No wet gear had to move to the liveaboard. Diving was great overall, with plenty of whitetip and grey reef sharks, oceanic manta’s, numerous types of rays, ghost pipefish, stone fish,Humphead wrasse and a few whale sharks, just to name a few of the highlights. One evening dive had us surrounded by a dozen or more of the largest puppy dog Nurse sharks I think you can find anywhere, tons of fun! Our Manta encounters varied from brief sightings to almost using a whole tank watching them watching us. Underwater visibility varied alot, but I don't think it was ever less than 13m.
Websites	Emperor Serenity
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	PNG, Australia, Figi, Mexico, Belize, Bonaire, Utila, Bahamas, Galapagos, Philippines
Closest Airport	Male	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	currents
Water Temp	86-88°F / 30-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Normal restrictions for nitrox diving.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	> 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	[None]

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Dive Review of Emperor Serenity in Maldives

Emperor Serenity: "Maldives; Emperor Serenity", Jan, 2018,

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Dive Review of Emperor Serenity in
Maldives