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Dive Review of Dive BVI/biras creek in
Virgin Islands

Dive BVI/biras creek, Nov, 2005,

by mickey rosenberg, rI, usa (Reviewer Reviewer 6 reports). Report 2306.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 5 stars Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 1 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments Diving in the BVI has been written about extensively, and I have been here many times over the last twenty years. It's usually just decent, fun diving, with good small fish life, corals and fans; some interesting underwater terrain and perhaps one of the more interesting wreck dives: the Rhone.
I mainly wanted to mention the CORAL BLEACHING, which effected 50-70% of the hard corals, even at depth. This was a sad shocker: an apparent consequence of the warmest waters that had been seen in the region in the months preceeding our visit (same warm waters that spawned those nasty Hurricanes) It is currently unknown if those coral will survive, and if they do not, the long term effect on the entire reef ecology.
As always, Dive BVI is a great operation, and Biras Creek is very pricey, but delivers fabulous food,dwellings, and we love the Boston whalers you can take out to remote snorkeling sites.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 101-250 dives
Where else diving [Unspecified]
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas choppy
Water Temp 85-88°F / 29-31°C Wetsuit Thickness 0
Water Visibility 60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile ?
Enforced diving restrictions [Unspecified]
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 2 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish 1 stars
Large Pelagics 1 stars

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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