Dive Review of Bubbles Below, in
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Bubbles Below,: "Spend your money somewhere else", Dec, 2014, by Eric Steckel, UT, US ( 2 reports). Report 8770.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Unfortunately there was nothing good to report about the diving in Maui. I have never seen such a lack of marine life and color. I was absolutely disenchanted after only 20 minutes in the water and was so disappointed I felt like resurfacing. Needless to say that was my only dive in Maui, and would never ever consider diving in Maui again. Luckily for me the trip was not all about diving. Spend your hard earned money somewhere else if you are looking for some good diving.
Websites	Bubbles Below,
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Dominica, Bonaire, Little Cayman, Roatan, Cozumel, Kauai
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas
Water Temp	72-75°F / 22-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with the group
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

Subscriber's Comments

By Craig A Wood in PA, US at Dec 02, 2015 08:35 EST

Out of interest, where was your one dive, I've had some very enjoyable dives off Maui, Lanai, and Molokini. I'd like to dive Molokai someday

By William Golley in BC, CA at Dec 02, 2015 12:04 EST

This report is not helpful. I suspect you did not see because you did not look. Please, a report on how Bubbles Below conducted their operation would have been more appropriate.

By Craig A Wood in PA, US at Dec 02, 2015 12:13 EST

I find Bubbles Below in Kuaui, not in Maui. Did you mean another operator, Tiny Bubbles? This was really not a helpful review. One bad dive, pan the island?

By Ms Lynda Durfee in VA, US at Dec 02, 2015 21:24 EST

I've dived off Maui, Lanai, Molokini, Molokai, Kauai, Oahu and the Big Island (over 500 dives total since I was certified in Kauai in Nov 2007). Sure, Hawaii doesn't have the coral found elsewhere in the Pacific (Hawaii is too far north), but unique underwater topography from lava flows, collapsed lava tubes, etc. Bubbles Below is in Kauai (I dive with Fathom Five).

By Ms Lynda Durfee in VA, US at Dec 03, 2015 14:27 EST

I agree with Craig; you must mean Tiny Bubbles on Maui, since you previously wrote a favorable review of Bubbles Below (Kauai) in 2011.

By report author: Eric Steckel in UT, US at Dec 03, 2015 21:55 EST

I was mistaken about the dive outfit. It was B&B. I wasn't upset with B&B (but maybe I should have been), they took us to a site that was almost completely devoid of any marine life. After that dive I made the assumption that diving in Maui had to be terrible everywhere if they thought that was good enough to drop us where they did.

By Henry Goichman in CA, US at Dec 08, 2015 20:04 EST

Bubbles below is indeed on Kauai--While maui does not have a lot of coral it has sharks, reef fish,and very good viz at Molonkini crater--The next time try Mike severns diving or another operator--To be sure the diving is not world class, but can be fun. Hank Goichman

By Henry Goichman in CA, US at Dec 08, 2015 20:04 EST

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Dive Review of Bubbles Below, in Hawaii/Maui

Bubbles Below,: "Spend your money somewhere else", Dec, 2014,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Bubbles Below, in
Hawaii/Maui