Dive Review of Dive BVI/Bareboat Charter Sailboat in
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Dive BVI/Bareboat Charter Sailboat, Jul, 2010, by Daniel Fazekas, VA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 5582.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
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Comments	The Dive BVI website had all the information needed to understand how rendezvous diving works. Email correspondence prior to the trip helped facilitate our group of 6 divers being able to dive our preferred sites. The Dive BVI equipment is better than anything I have rented in the Caribbean, and the price is right if you are spending time aboard a sailboat. Leave your gear home (except for mask and computer) and enjoy the freedom from lugging your own gear for a change. Since Dive BVI has three bases, and our charter sailboat was moving daily among the various moorings in the BVI and our plans changed, it was key for us to check in with the proper office by 5pm the day before each scheduled dive day. The Dive BVI staff was very accommodating to our changes, and made sure our gear was aboard the dive boat that was meeting us on our mooring. Even if we were land based instead of living aboard a sailboat, we would definitely dive with this operation again, they are simply the best we have experienced in our three trips to the BVI.
Websites	Dive BVI Bareboat Charter Sailboat
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Belize, Honduras, Bahamas, Hawaii, Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Only restricted by NO DECO limits on computer for long bottom times and by 1500 psi start back towards boat, and 1000 psi start slow ascent to 3 minute safety stop.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Separate camera rinse tank was a large tub filled with fresh water. Newton 36' dive boats had large central photo table. Dive masters attentive to getting cameras to and from divers at entry/exit from boat dive.

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Dive Review of Dive BVI/Bareboat Charter Sailboat in Virgin Islands/British Virgin Islands

Dive BVI/Bareboat Charter Sailboat, Jul, 2010,

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Dive Review of Dive BVI/Bareboat Charter Sailboat in
Virgin Islands/British Virgin Islands