Dive Review of Explore Ventures/Caribean Explorer I in
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Explore Ventures/Caribean Explorer I, Nov, 2007, by Milann, Ca, USA ( 2 reports). Report 3752.
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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	Overall a good operation. The food could have been a little better. The boat is showing her age, she was a converted crew boat and is a little top heave, does not do well in big seas'. The crew was very good and tried to meet everyones needs. The place to dive is San Salvador island, everything else is kind of "ho hum". During this trip I had my regulator pluged up with Al Oxcide from poor tank maintenance. I cleaned my filter three times and finely got a different tank. One other person was haveing problems and actually had an out of air experance at depth.We checked her reg and it was pluged solid. Over all we found at least three tanks with this problem. The tanks are two years old and they claimed that they were just checked. (Vis). I don't believ this for a second. The tank valves had crud build up and the boat didn't have any way to get the valves out of the tanks (Vice)or a light or brush on board to check and clean the tanks. I would use this operation again but I would check for proper maintenance issues.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji South Pacific Cozumal and several other places
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	130 air 110 nitrox buddy system
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Explore Ventures/Caribean Explorer I in Bahamas

Explore Ventures/Caribean Explorer I, Nov, 2007,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Explore Ventures/Caribean Explorer I in
Bahamas