Dive Review of Blue Nui in
French Polynesia/Taha'a

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Blue Nui, Aug, 2009, by Michael Benenson, NY, USA ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 5058.
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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	Compared to our dives with Blue Nui in Bora Bora, which were great [see other posting], our dive with Blue Nui in Taha'a was a pretty bad experience for all. The two main reasons for the bad experience are as follows: 1] The dive master was not very friendly, professional or attentive to his clients. Prime example - during the dive I realized I must have had a leak, and was losing air rather quickly. Although I brought this to the attention of the dive master numerous times using the hand gestures we had reviewed during the dive brief, and even showing him my air gauge [which was already at the low air point], he failed to acknowledge my situation or act accordingly. Instead, he just turned around and kept on swimming. Fortunately, I am a very experienced diver, my daughter was aware of my situation and stayed close lest I needed to buddy up with her, and we ended the dive safely all together. 2] The visibility was very poor. No need to really explain more here - if you can't even see your hand in front of you, you're not going to be able to see anything else. I would not dive with the same dive master again, but would be willing to give Blue Nui a second chance with a different dive master and with better water conditions, since my experience with them in Bora Bora was very good.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Palau, Australia, Thailand, Grand Cayman, Aruba, Puerto Rico...
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas
Water Temp	80-°F / 27-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	5- Ft/ 2- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth Limits
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	Very poor visibility

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Dive Review of Blue Nui in French Polynesia/Taha'a

Blue Nui, Aug, 2009,

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

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Dive Review of Blue Nui in
French Polynesia/Taha'a