Dive Review of Six Passengers/Kia Ora in
French Polynesia/Rangiroa

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Six Passengers/Kia Ora, Dec, 2009, by ellen Gooch, NY, US ( 1 report). Report 5796.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	I've been diving for nearly 20 years, in such places as the Maldives, most of the Caribbean, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Mexico (both coasts) and Indonesia. Rangiroa offered by far the best diving. That is, if you are properly certified (PADI Advanced isn't good enough). This is high octane diving featuring insane numbers of fish, healthy corals and sharks galore. Oh and the Dolphins. The most polite dolphins on the planet, they seem to go out of their way to greet each and every diver each and every day. If you are lucky, they might even stop by to say hi if you hang out in the blue at 60 feet. Amazing! Six passengers is an ideal operation; they have small boats and they divide divers by skill level. We visited other surrounding islands, but returned to Rangiroa. The hotel was overpriced but OK, apparently they are renovating now. The island itself is worth biking around. But diving is the focus.
Websites	Six Passengers Kia Ora
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Maldives, Hawaii, Caribbean (Turks and Caicos, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Bonaire, Mustique, Dominica, Bahamas etc.) Indonesia, Mexico (both coasts), Costa Rica
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	currents
Water Temp	77-80°F / 25-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	You must be a CMAS level two diver or equivalent (for PADI, this means Rescue Diver and above) to do the deep dives past 95 feet.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
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 Six Passengers/Kia Ora in French Polynesia/Rangiroa

Six Passengers/Kia Ora, Dec, 2009,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Six Passengers/Kia Ora in
French Polynesia/Rangiroa