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Dive BVI: "Rendezvous Diving is Incredible", Oct, 2018, by Kevin Darnell, TX, US ( Contributor 18 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 10589 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	[We just returned from a week long Bareboat Catamaran Trip exploring the BVI with our entire family. We chartered a 52' PowerCat from the Moorings which is another complete review. We are a diving family with all but 1 over 1,000 dives. We booked our diving with Dive BVI after reading about their Rendezvous Diving and talking with Steve over the phone. He was very helpful with advise on different mooring locations and with what was still closed due to the Hurricanes of last year. We dove 6 days with Dive BVI picking us up from our boat at a different island every day. My youngest son threw us a curve when he and his girlfriend decided to Free Dive all week but the crew took it in stride and everything went off without a hitch. The Boat was a 36' Newton with large dive platform and ladder. The crew was exceptional. Rupert and Becca were great. Briefings were detailed and their local knowledge was very helpful. Rupert's briefing on the Wreck of the Rhone should be put on as a play. We did dives on 7 islands over 6 days including 2 dives on the Rhone, and dives on Norman, Pelican, Cooper, Ginger, West Dog, and Jost Van Dyke. While the dives on the Rhone were the best, there were others that were excellent including Thumb Rock and Wreck Alley on Cooper Island, Flintstones on West Dog Island, and Twin Towers on Jost Van Dyke. We saw Reef sharks on all but 1 dive, Eagle Rays on numerous dives, a Stingray Cleaning Station at Wreck Alley that reminded me of the Manta Cleaning Stations in Yap and Palau, and on our last dive of the trip had a Dolphin spend several minutes scratching his back on the fans and sand. I cannot recommend Dive BVI enough and look forward to diving with them again soon.None]
Websites	Dive BVI
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	[Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Turks & Caicos, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Roatan, Utila, Australia, Palau, Yap, Fiji, Maldives, Cocos Island. Florida Keys, Belize
Closest Airport	St. Thomas	Getting There	Fly into St. Thomas and take ferry to Tortola
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[No Deco, approx. 1 Hour
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]We had 3 large camera setups and there was plenty of room in the Camera Only Rinse Bucket on the Boat. This was one disadvantage of chartering and living on a Boat for a week is there is little room to rinse gear, Charge Batteries etc but would gladly deal with these hassles again.

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Dive Review of Dive BVI in Virgin Islands/British Virgin Islands

Dive BVI: "Rendezvous Diving is Incredible", Oct, 2018,

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Dive Review of Dive BVI in
Virgin Islands/British Virgin Islands