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Uepi, Mar, 2006, by Mark and Gini May, UT, USA . Report 3136.
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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	[None]The Solomons are rarely visited by Americans but a lot of Aussies and Kiwis visit as it is close. This was by far the best diving we have done in 22 years since certification. Admittedly the Solomon Islands have little tourist infrastructure so don't go expecting plush accomadations. We stayed a week at the Gizo Hotel on the island of Gizo and a week at Uepi resort on Morovo lagoon. The Gizo Hotel is very basic and makes a Motel 6 look lux. Uepi Island Resort was nice but again not as fancy as one would expect on Fiji or in Hawaii. The Solomon Islanders are great though, they don't see many Americans so are very friendly and interested in us. The diving is fantastic, with over 900 islands dive sites are everywhere. At Gizo we took off in the morning and had a dive, went to an uninhabited island for lunch and swimming, then went for our afternoon dive. One lunch was on Kennedy Island where JFK and crew swam after their PT boat was cut in two. WWII history is everywhere and we did our first wreck dives there on ships and a P-38 and a Hellcat. Would we go back? We are this March as well as going to PNG
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]Fiji, Palau, Australia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	75-80°F / 24-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	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	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 Uepi in Solomon Islands

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Dive Review of Uepi in
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