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EXPLORER VENTURES/EXPLORER 1, May, 2008, by Warren Sprung, TX, United States ( 2 reports). Report 4140.
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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	The good is that the Bahamas diving was much better than we ever expected! Saw a couple of hammerheads and plenty of turtles and reef sharks. Coral appeared healthy, vis was always good. I'd highly recommend it. The boat is a bit shopworn. There were 17 divers, and were told an unusually large % of us were using Nitrox, which required the use of the A/C compressors to be taken away from air-conditioning (learn something new every day). We probably averaged 25% Nitrox. Consequences was it was hot in the cabins and eating areas all day every day. At night the cabins all cooled off very nicely. And cabins were cleaned thoroughly each morning. This crew is off the scale wonderful! Every person equalled or surpassed any and every live-aboard we've ever been on. My wife has a replaced knee and the other is about to be replaced; the crew almost fought over which of them would carry her gear down to the platform and help her put it on. Same at the end of her dives. Remarkable service from Captain Lowell on down! Dive briefings were thorough and there were always 2 divemasters in the water, one for a long dive--the other for a shorter dive. You could follow either or neither as you wished. On one dive a diver had forgotten to open her air valve all the way. She was in front of us with her dive buddy right at hand. All of a sudden Captain Lowell shot in front of us to hand her his regulator before her dive buddy (or we) even knew what was happening. That kind of attention was paid to all of uson the boat and in the water. One tip: if you go, try to go through Ft. Lauderdale rather than Miami. Much easier transit both ways.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean, Fiji, Palau, Socorro, Red Sea, Indonesia, Galapagos, Los Roques, Gulf Of Mexico, Florida Keys.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	4
Water Visibility	80-125 Ft/ 24-38 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	110 FSW W/EAN.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	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	Great 3-level camera table and charging booth on dive deck. Fresh water tank for camera gear and another with soap for wetsuits. All water changed daily.

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Dive Review of EXPLORER VENTURES/EXPLORER 1 in Bahamas

EXPLORER VENTURES/EXPLORER 1, May, 2008,

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Dive Review of EXPLORER VENTURES/EXPLORER 1 in
Bahamas