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Manthiri/same: "Excellent", Apr, 2019, by Andrew Anderson, MA, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 11017 has 3 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
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	Trip exceeded all expectations. Smooth transition to and from airport, including hotel and pool for one night. 4-5 dives a day, each one unique. Boat moved often to new locations. Divemaster provided detailed briefing for each dive. Incredible numbers and variety of marine life, including reef sharks, many mantasand eagle rays, reef fish including sweetlips, unicornfish, clownfish in anenomes, grouper, many morays of several types, royal angelfish, schools of bannerfish surrounding divers, huge schools of blue striped snappers and red snappers, Moorish idols, octopuses, brilliant soft coral, fields of table coral, clown triggerfish. Snorkeled with a whale shark. Food was excellent, and included fresh fish caught on board. Some current on some dives; we used reef hooks to watch the mantas, another time just drifted with the current for fun. Beautiful red and yellow crinoids on one dive. One wreck. A/C on board. Bucket list trip for me.
Websites	Manthiri
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman, Grand Cayman, Great Barrier Reef, Roatan, Aitutaki, Bonaire, Dominican Republic, La Paz, Turks & Caicos
Closest Airport	10 minutes away	Getting There	Emirates Boston-Dubai, then Emirates Dubai-Maldives. Long layover in Dubai. Total 17 hours
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Dedicated space for UWP with multiple electric outlets, plenty of room. Skilled repair of one flash problem I had.

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Manthiri/same: "Excellent", Apr, 2019,

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