Dive Review of Ocean Rover in
Thailand/Similan Islands & Burma

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Ocean Rover, Feb, 2005, by Mark & Diana Woodward, WA, USA . Report 1581.
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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
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Comments	We booked this trip after the December 26 Tsunami. Divers considering a trip should not hesitate to visit or travel through Phuket,Thailand. Most of the island was unaffected and in 34 dives from the liveaboard operation I saw no evidence of tsunami damage to reefs. The Ocean Rover is the best of the 8 liveaboards I have experienced. Spotless boat,top notch service (12 crew for max of 16 guests), a spacious cabins and ensuite head/shower and effective in-cabin controlled air conditioning. Food was a so-so offering of western food and a rather bland and monotonous form of Thai food. Diving was great - many mantas, some leopard sharks, silvertip sharks, stingrays, potato cod, lots of cuttlefish, lionfish everywhere, seahorses, ghost pipefish, seahorses, harlequin shrimp, etc. etc. Most diving was from dinghy in some current. Excellent dinghy ladder system made re-boarding the dinghy easy - best design I've seen. Ocean Rover and her crew are the best.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	British Columbia, Washington State, California, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Cozumel, Cabo San Lucas, Bonaire, Grand Cayman
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-150 Ft/ 6-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Night diving limited to 1 hr
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Spacious camera and charging facilities both on dive deck and indoors. Plenty of 110 and 220 v charging stations. Crew was verh helpful and careful with camera gear handling before entry and two step rinse after.

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Dive Review of Ocean Rover in Thailand/Similan Islands & Burma

Ocean Rover, Feb, 2005,

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Dive Review of Ocean Rover in
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