Dive Review of Bubbles Below/Kauai in
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Bubbles Below/Kauai, Jun, 2003, by Greg Dixon, TX, USA . Report 522.
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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	Bubbles below was recommended by a dive operator on another island. They were recommended for moderate to advanced divers. Once we went on the trip, we discovered that the range was from beginner (first dive after cert.) to advanced. The shore facilities were none( a van in the parking lot). The boat was adequate for the total of 8 divers, anthough there were no real areas for photo setup. We did have a glitch in that 3 of the tanks were discovered to be underfilled before we got underway. The first dive was adequate, no really outstanding discoveries or visuals. The divemaster and boat captain were competent and friendly. Our major disappointment was the second dive. We left the first location, sailed around for a few minutes, then returned to the exact same location as the first dive. My wife asked about this and was told that she was mistaken. Upon entering the water, however, we saw the same rusted metal pipe and half of a dead lobster that we had seen on the first dive. The divemaster then said that our first dive was "House of Turtles, east" and this was "House of Turtles, west". To us, it was the same spot. Alltogether the dives were safe and uneventful, also unremarkable. The attempt to fool us about the secont location was disappointing, especially coming rom a highly recommended (and expensive ) operation. Also, after returning, we heard from some friends we made on this trip about the dive they made the next day that could have had a fatal outcome. An inexperienced diver (3rd post-cert dive) was left in a cavern with less than 500 PSI by the same divemaster so that he could go look for the rope. THis diver and his buddy did an emergency ascent on their own resulting in O psi at the surface for both. They reported the divemaster to be uninterested and unconcerned.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather		Seas	choppy
Water Temp	78-78°F / 26-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	None, other than standard for group diving.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Bubbles Below/Kauai in Hawaii

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Dive Review of Bubbles Below/Kauai in
Hawaii