Dive Review of Pacific Rim Divers/Fairmont Orchard in
Hawaii/Kona - Big Island

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Pacific Rim Divers/Fairmont Orchard, Feb, 2008, by Erin Teskey, TX, United States ( 2 reports). Report 3965.
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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	Our second time diving with PacRim. Dove 4 days - 2 tank dives. Patrice & Carlos are a hoot. Very professional, very friendly - every diver was a repeat. Dive with them one time and I promise, you will be back too! They run a 6-pack out of Honokohou harbor - a bit of a drive if you stay in Kahala. Beautiful boat, never crowded, they rinse and store your gear. The diving is amazing - tons of coral, fish, inverts, turtles. We saw a hawksbill turtle - who kindly stopped and posed for pictures. Marine life was thriving - 2 of the fattest white tip reef sharks I have ever seen, a hunting party of jacks, thousands of fish, a baby frogfish. Patrice is an excellent guide - able to find the smallest creatures. Great pace for photographers. Mostly advanced divers so bottom times were usually 60+ min. Nitrox if you want it - a must for a few of the dives. Winter time surface intervals usually produce breaching humpbacks - babys & moms. But winter brings strong currents, high surf which limits sites. Highly recommended - but with so many loyal divers, her boat fills up quickly so book early.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	All over Hawaii, Gulf of Mexico (Fl & TX), Lake Erie, PA & Ohio quarries, North Carolina, California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	73-76°F / 23-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-200 Ft/ 23-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	>2
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
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Dive Review of Pacific Rim Divers/Fairmont Orchard in Hawaii/Kona - Big Island

Pacific Rim Divers/Fairmont Orchard, Feb, 2008,

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Dive Review of Pacific Rim Divers/Fairmont Orchard in
Hawaii/Kona - Big Island