Dive Review of Silberstein Dive operation in
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Silberstein Dive operation, Feb, 2008, by Pat Zimmerman, OR, USA . Report 3930.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Daytrips to North Seymore with a really bad divemaster. He brought his girlfriend along; made us wait with the taxis back to Puerto Ayora while he shopped and ate. Little concern for novice diver (me); he annoyed a whitetip shark hiding in a cave to the point that the shark fled. Strong currents required that we hang onto rock outcroppings, damaging the scant flora. If you want to see sharks, this is the place - saw around 20 Hammerheads and many whitetips. But cold water and poor visibility make it an unrewarding trip. No coral, few fish. Others report that they saw at least as much by snorkeling off of a liveaboard in the outer islands.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	0-25 dives
Where else diving	Great Barrier Reef; Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	surge, currents
Water Temp	0-0°F / -18--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	10-20 Ft/ 3-6 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Had to stay with 5 person group; no buddy system
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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	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 Silberstein Dive operation in Galapagos Islands

Silberstein Dive operation, Feb, 2008,

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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Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Silberstein Dive operation in
Galapagos Islands