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Hawaii/Kauai and Niihau

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Bubbles Below,: "Kauai and Niihau Diving", Jul, 2014, by Zygmunt F. Dembek, CT, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 8002.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Have dove on and off with this dive operation for ~20 years. Only have great things to say about Bubbles Below (BB). Linda Marsh has run a first-class eco-friendly dive operation for some time. The new BB dive shop caters to all - with a 10% discount to current dive customers. Dove both "Hale O Honu" (Hawaiian for the "House of Turtles" - or else it's named after the Irish O'Honu tribe :-) and "Happy Talk" dive sites for familiarization dives off of Kauai. Both dive sites had plenty of turtles. Many types of moray eels at Hale, along with Hawaiian lobster. Took 2 day-long boat trips to Niihau with BB. Both trips reminded me of the world-class diving that's waiting for divers there. Did "Vertical Awareness", "Niihau Arches", and "Pyramid Point" dive sites (all sites dove twice). Huge schools of endemic fish, resident sandbar sharks, and monk seal appearances make this location sparkle! Niihau never disappoints, and I even got in a "first" at "Vertical Awareness" with seeing a "juvie" (~9 foot long) tiger shark. Schools of spinner dolphins near/around boat between dives and during crossing. Good chow (including pizza warmed on the boat's engines) provided during day-long Niihau trip by BB crew. My only wish is to live in Kauai and dive with BB every week!
Websites	Bubbles Below,
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Throughout the Caribbean, Cocos, Fiji, Galapagos, most of the Hawaiian Islands.
Closest Airport	Lihue	Getting There	Many flights returning from LIH to the mainland (with East Coast connections) often leave late in the afternoon or evening. Consider this or fly to HNL for your flight connections back to the mainland.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	currents, no currents
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits, dive with group. Skill levels assessed by DM.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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	[None]

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Dive Review of Bubbles Below, in Hawaii/Kauai and Niihau

Bubbles Below,: "Kauai and Niihau Diving", Jul, 2014,

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Dive Review of Bubbles Below, in
Hawaii/Kauai and Niihau