Dive Review of Germain at Marenostrum Expeditions/Oceania ship Marina] in
Chile/Juan Fernandez archipelago

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Germain at Marenostrum Expeditions/Oceania ship Marina], Feb, 2013, by linda nelson, UT, US ( 2 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 6868 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We hadn't found anything on the web before we left home, except that the fish were unusual and we assumed there was no dive business on the island. The dive shop had a sign on the pier, luckily, so we raced back to the ship to get our gear. The $100 per person for one dive included the equipment, and although we used our own mask and computer, the dive gear they provided was very adequate, and fairly new. The dive boat was a little, but comfortable, motorboat, and getting in after the dive was awkward. The owner, Germain, could not speak English, and my spanish is poor, but we managed. The diving:great visibility, all rocks covered with coral and a pink/purple coraline coating, lots of lobsters, pretty butterfly fish, an unusual type of glass- eye, lots of wrasse. Good scenery, lots of structure-lots of color. We had to come up too soon, with a half tank of air. We wished we had more time for a second dive.
Websites	Germain at Marenostrum Expeditions Oceania ship Marina]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Robinson Crusoe Island, formerly called Mas a Tierra, the largest island in the Chilean Juan Fernandez archipelago.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	58-60°F / 14-16°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	90-100 Ft/ 27-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	we had to go with the dive guide-(owner)which made sense, since we had never been there before.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Due to luggage restrictions, I only had a Lumix point and shoot camera and housing-which was sad, because the area begs for wide angle lenses. The best thing was the endemic fish and lots of lobsters. Unfortunately an overenthusiastic diver who joined us was not good at bouyancy or environmental considerations, so murked the areas where the lobsters hung out, and he always got there first. I did get some OK pics. There was not, to my knowledge a rinse bucket for cameras, so I had to test the o-ring seals in the ocean.

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Dive Review of Germain at Marenostrum Expeditions/Oceania ship Marina] in Chile/Juan Fernandez archipelago

Germain at Marenostrum Expeditions/Oceania ship Marina], Feb, 2013,

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Dive Review of Germain at Marenostrum Expeditions/Oceania ship Marina] in
Chile/Juan Fernandez archipelago