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Lost Island Voyages: "CaptainRay's Excellent Adventure", Sep, 2016, by jeffrey, PA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 9115 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	After hearing about Lost Island Voyages from a friend I decided to reach out and get more information. It just so happened they had space for two of us on a 10 day trip aboard the Avalon at the end of August. My dive shop partner and I jumped at the opportunity. Lost Island is run Jeanie and Ray Temeyer. Ray, an ex Blackbeard captain knows the waters and Islands of the Bahamas like the back of his hand. His calm demeanor and enthusiasm is infectious. He wants you to feel at home on his well maintained boat. The boat is similar in size to Blackbeard ketch but holds a max of 12 and is much more comfortable and well worth the few hundred bucks more. As we moved south in Bahama chain we hit many of the familiar sites and a few new ones that most of the week long trips would venture to. Since we had 10 days Ray made sure we made our way down to Conception Island. This is probably one most beautiful Islands in the Bahamas. The diving was mostly walls and reefs with few wrecks with lots of healthy coral. In addition to the usual reef suspects we saw a number of reef, nurse, lemon and silky sharks. It wasn't unusual to see sharks and turtles on every dive. After dropping off some of out folks to snorkel the gin clear river that flows from Conception, Ray and I took a dingy tour through the Mangroves where you could find all sorts of juveniles swimming in the shallow turquoise water. Life on board was very comfortable, rooms were tight but beds were good with an en-suite sink. The Avalon has two heads and two showers with plenty of fresh hot and cold water.The galley area has a flat screen with lots of movie options. Eric our chef was incredible, every meal was carefully prepared and most including desserts were made from scratch. I did almost 30 dives and think I gained weight because the food was so good! You can fish in open water and we caught wahoo, pompano, barracuda. We also not successfully speared lobster and lionfish(we got a few). Overall a wonderful trip, great diving and Ray made sure we all had a great time. I would highly recommend you check these folks out!
Websites	Lost Island Voyages
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	throughout the Caribbean, Florida, Carolinas, Great lakes, Southern Pacific
Closest Airport	Nassau, Bahamas	Getting There	Filght
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	since we were on air and using 80's the usual recreational dive limits.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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	No designated camera table but camera bucket and plenty of power options.

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Dive Review of Lost Island Voyages in Bahamas

Lost Island Voyages: "CaptainRay's Excellent Adventure", Sep, 2016,

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Dive Review of Lost Island Voyages in
Bahamas