Dive Review of Lebens Diving Services in
Australia/Bremer Bay

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Lebens Diving Services, Mar, 2005, by Peter Donahue, MA, USA . Report 1976.
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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	Lebens Diving Service in Bremer Bay is a six hour drive from Perth. We carried our own tanks and had them filled at his store in a water bath (dangerous at best) and found out we would be charged double if we returned with less than 30 bar IN OUR OWN TANKS! This was for "my protection" and was never adequately explained to me. I was afraid I was in for a long couple of days with a dictatorial dive master. Australia is a country where divers still dry dust caps with a blast of air from their tanks...a dangerous and unsafe practice and bothersome to my ears. But... Craig took us in a Zodiac in search of leafy sea dragons - an exotic creature that only lives in this part of the world. Within five minutes, on the first dive, he pointed out two. A small school of weedy sea dragons was nearby. It was great! I couldn't take pictures fast enough. At this point in the dive, we all ended up going separate ways and each of us returned on their own to the boat. My dive buddy had been with Craig previous to this and he really left us alone. We dived our own profiles and did whatever we wanted. In fact, on the second dive, his ears acted up and he never even came in with us. One of his fishing buddies spotted a blue whale near where we were and we hunted high and low, but never saw it. But the excitement was palpable. I was so cold that Craig rented me his brand new dry suit for $10. The deal of a lifetime. The water was cold and not as clear out on the reefs he took us to. But there were so many small animals that it really didn't matter. Diving was $100 AUS for two single tank boat dives with weights. Air fills were $8 and we brought our own weights. There was no food served, but there was fresh water on the boat. We dived the marine trail which was interesting and Craig sent us on our own afternoon shore dives. We found leafy sea dragons, weedy sea dragons, and spent one dive in the harbor with a sea lion. It was a long ride, but well worth it.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Australia, New England
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	67-67°F / 19-19°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None, except you can't dive alone.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	1 or 2
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	There was none.

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Dive Review of Lebens Diving Services in Australia/Bremer Bay

Lebens Diving Services, Mar, 2005,

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

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Dive Review of Lebens Diving Services in
Australia/Bremer Bay