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SKY DANCER, Jun, 2009, by TOM, NJ, USA ( Reviewer 5 reports). Report 4969.
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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	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	THIS IS "THE" PLACE FOR LARGE PELAGIC ACTION!! 18 SEPARATE ENCOUNTERS WITH WHALE SHARK, MOST IN THE 50 FOOT+ RANGE...LITERALLY "EYEBALL-TO-EYEBALL!!" ON ONE DIVE OFF DARWIN ISLAND, (THE ONLY SITE WHERE WHALE SHARKS WERE SIGHTED), IN A SPAN OF ABOUT 30 MINUTES, IN "THE BLUE" AT 30 FOOT OF WATER, WE HAD MULTIPLE WHALE SHARK ENCOUNTERS... SCHOOLS OF HAMMERHEADS SURROUNDED US AND AS THEY SWAM OFF, A GIANT SCHOOL OF 100'S OF SILKY SHARK PARADED BEFORE US. IN THEIR MIDST, A POD OF DOLPHIN SWAM IN AND CHIRPED AWAY AT US, ALMOST AS IF THEY WERE CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY! BEFORE SURFACING, WE CAME UPON A PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE HAVING ITS SHELL CLEANED BY A SCHOOL OF STEEL POMPANO, SOMETHING I'VE ONLY SEEN ONCE BEFORE AT COCOS ISLAND. THROW IN SCHOOLS OF JACK AND BARRACUDA, SEA LIONS AND EVEN SNORKELING WITH PENGUINS!! WE ALSO SPOTTED ON THE SURFACE A KILLER WHALE HUNTING SEA LION OFF GORDON ROCK! ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF DIVES (17, NO NIGHT DIVING ALLOWED) IS LOW FOR A LIVEABOARD, THE QUALITY MAKES UP FOR THE QUANTITY, AND THE LAND TOURS THAT LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DIVES WERE WELL WORTH THE TRADE-OFF. SKY DANCER IS A WELL LAID OUT VESSEL. DIVING PANGAS (ZODIACS) DON'T HAVE DIVE LADDERS...TRY TO BE IN REASONABLE SHAPE OR FACE EMBARRASSMENT BEING UNCEREMONIOUSLY DRAGGED BACK INTO THEM POST DIVE! CREW WERE FANTASTIC, FOOD WAS A BIT BLAND AND REPETITIVE, BUT PLENTIFUL. IF YOU'RE DEBATING BETWEEN COCOS AND GALAPGOS, HAVING BEEN TO BOTH WITHIN A 7 MONTH SPAN, I WOULD OPT FOR GALAPAGOS, HANDS DOWN!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	WORLDWIDE
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	72-76°F / 22-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	NONE...MOST DIVING AT 75-60 FEET
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	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	SEPARATE RINSE TANK PROVIDED. AMPLE TABLE WORKING SPACE, COMPRESSED AIR AND RECHARGING STATIONS

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Dive Review of SKY DANCER in Galapagos Islands

SKY DANCER, Jun, 2009,

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Dive Review of SKY DANCER in
Galapagos Islands