Dive Review of Aqua Tiki II in
French Polynesia/Tuamotu Islands

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Aqua Tiki II: "Pleasant short cruise", Sep, 2019, by Christopher Leahy, NJ, US ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 11160 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	The hardest part of this trip was getting here the day the boat was scheduled to depart. We could not find a flight from Tahiti and ended up coming a day early and had to spend a night in an Air BnB which was a very primitive. Fakarava has limited restaurants and grocery stores, no fresh water except cistern collected rain water. I boiled the rain water to make coffee and cook pasta, 5 days later I’m still good. I chose this boat originally because it offered a four night trip and my wife is a non-diver. The 60’+ x 24’ catamaran is about 8 years old and very well equipped. There was ample 220V power and desalinized water for drinking and bathing. They did not offer Nitrox for diving on this trip but I believe it’s available on longer voyages. Most dives were to 60-90’ but we hit 125’ a couple of times. We only dove 2x a day and 3x the day of the night dive. We did see whales and dolphins, and some of the guests snorkels with them. There were countless grey, white tipped and black tipped reef sharks, lots of tropical fish, abundant healthy coral. Visibility varied but was overall very good. The water temps were about 80 degrees. Currents were stronger in the North Pass then the South Pass, but manageable. Overall the French speaking crew was very friendly and had decent enough English to provide great service. It was a very relaxed trip. I would come back for the boat and the crew. The diving was nice, but maybe I’m spoiled.
Websites	Aqua Tiki II
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	NY & NJ wrecks, Europe, Caribbean, Bonaire, Thailand
Closest Airport	Fakarava	Getting There	Tahiti Airlines from Papatee
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	30-90 Ft/ 9-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives were all guided and group was limited to 8 divers in the daytime and 5 divers at night.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	1 or 2
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	Lots of places onboard to recharge your batteries.

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Dive Review of Aqua Tiki II in French Polynesia/Tuamotu Islands

Aqua Tiki II: "Pleasant short cruise", Sep, 2019,

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Dive Review of Aqua Tiki II in
French Polynesia/Tuamotu Islands