Dive Review of Orca/Stay in local hotels in
Chile/Easter Island

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Orca/Stay in local hotels, Jan, 2007, by Doris & Bob Schaffer, CA, USA ( Contributor 14 reports). Report 3227.
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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	Easter Island diving is good. Orca is an outstanding dive operation with lots of attention to safety, excellent equipment and very reasonabe prices. December through February is best time to dive these waters and visibility was 100+ feet. No soft corals and not a great variety of hard coral but it's very healthy and no evidence of coral bleaching. Interesting underwater topography and rock formations. Not a lot of fish. Easy and enjoyable diving. We dove each morning and saw the archeological sites of the island in the afternoon. All in all, an outstanding experience.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Galapagos, Red Sea, Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, Caribbean, Cocos Island, California, Solomons, PNG, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Tonga, Hawaii, Indonesia, Maldives, Kiribati, Thailand
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	72-74°F / 22-23°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay within sight of the dive guide.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Orca/Stay in local hotels in Chile/Easter Island

Orca/Stay in local hotels, Jan, 2007,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Orca/Stay in local hotels in
Chile/Easter Island