Dive Review of Bubbles Below/Gillin Beach House in
Hawaii/Kauai

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Bubbles Below/Gillin Beach House, Jun, 2004, by Pamela Arms, PA, USA . Report 1298.
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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
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Comments	We did the Napali Coast dive day - which is a long boat ride up the coast, but quite beautiful..The trip up is against the wave action on the coast - so you will get SOAKED! Our first dive was on Makena Crack and was pretty good - but fairly silted up. In between we did a long run up the coast into the Queen's Chamber - it was extremely neat to go into this lava rock formation, which is like an above water blue hole. The water was extraordinarily blue and the view of the NaPali coast was to die for!! Bring your camera housing for the ride up - and to take pictures. The second dive was between the Crack and the Chamber - we saw several sharks, but none terribly interested in us. It is about an 1.5 hour ride back to Port Allen - a beautiful and non-touristy way to see the NaPali coast and the beaches and waterfalls along it...this is the part of the coast past Polihale that you cannot hike into! Bubbles Below were consisently good in their food and service. They have added a dedicated bubble watcher (Shauna, the daughter of the owner, who has been diving most of her life) in addition to the captain and divemaster... This redundency is important and was a key upgrade, as I had been nearly lost at sea two years back on the backside of Lihua Rock in Niihau.. Also as an update, there have been replacements in staff, due to responses to poor customer service..This happened in late spring - so if you experienced less than pleasant captain service - expect to be happily surprised on your return trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, North Carolina, Hawaiian Islands, Central America
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-150 Ft/ 15-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Back on board with 300 psi/general range of preferred depth given
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	NO specific camera area on the boat, though the Crew was very accomodating with your camera in/out of the water.

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Dive Review of Bubbles Below/Gillin Beach House in Hawaii/Kauai

Bubbles Below/Gillin Beach House, Jun, 2004,

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Dive Review of Bubbles Below/Gillin Beach House in
Hawaii/Kauai