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TOPdive: "Not what I expected", Nov, 2018, by C Leroy Anderson, UT, US ( Contributor 13 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 10726 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
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	We went in January, which was billed as "hammerhead season". I was expecting a lot of pelagics but other than a few small sharks while snorkeling at Tikihau Peal Beach resort, saw none. The coral was as expected, non colorful and drab, but a lot of the hard coral did look healthy, and we did have good visibility. The dive guides at Tikihau were good, pleasant, and helpful. The guides at Kia Ora on Rangiroa were overly controlling and rude. My air consumption is pretty fast and always has been as I have large lungs. I had paid for my dives and reserved them in advance, but the TopDive guide at Kia Ora refused my entry into the boat as he said he wanted to take some Japanese divers out even though they did not have any reservations in advance, refusing me as he felt my air consumption would limit the dive experience of his several other guests. Resulted in several missed dives which was a bummer after traveling so far. So, not much to see while underwater, rude dive professionals at TopDive, and to top it off, the very pricy resort Kia Ora gets rid of all its trash by burning it at the resort, so my wife who suffers from pulmonary difficulties had to put up with smoky unpleasant air for the duration of our stay here. Next time I'm going back to Indonesia or Galapagos and hopefully more positive experiences!
Websites	TOPdive
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Everywhere
Closest Airport	PPT	Getting There	Flights from LAX
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	See below
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Nothing much to photograph on this trip.

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Dive Review of TOPdive in French Polynesia/Rangiroa

TOPdive: "Not what I expected", Nov, 2018,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of TOPdive in
French Polynesia/Rangiroa