Dive Review of Prodiver/Octopus Reef in
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Prodiver/Octopus Reef, Mar, 2009, by Helen Malnar, FL, USA ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 5053.
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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	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Rene, of Octopus Reef, booked Prodiver when we got a break in a week of rain and clouds and the wind allowed a rare late morning dive charter. We headed off to Molokini hoping to get two backside dives in. The weather held and we dove the back side of Molokini twice with great visibility and slow currents. Diving the backside of Molokini offers very dramatic views of canyons and sheer walls. We saw some sharks below us and a manta came to check us out for a while. The whales were serenading us for the entire two dives, but we failed to see any while diving that day. Totally different story on the trip back to the dock. We slowed the boat when we noticed a humpback calf jumping over and over. We kept our distance but kept watch because that little guy was having so much fun. Then baby whale spotted us and headed right toward our boat. Mama whale followed quickly to head him off but they were on a direct path to us. Our captain turned off the boat motor and we just coasted there wondering where the whales would surface. As we watched them swim right under our boat we realized that it was mom, baby and two males following them. They surfaced close by and swam away and again the little one started jumping. We turned the motor on and continued our journey toward Kihei boat ramp when we noticed the whale calf heading toward us again! What a thrill! Under the boat again they swam. It took over an hour to get back to the dock that day, but what a whale watch we had! Many thanks to the great, unhurried crew on Prodiver, Gary and Matt, and to Rene Umberger, of Octopus Reef.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Indonesia, Palau, Cocos, Galapagos, Socorros, Caribbean, Florida, Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	70-72°F / 21-22°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	80-90 Ft/ 24-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
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]

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Dive Review of Prodiver/Octopus Reef in Hawaii/Maui

Prodiver/Octopus Reef, Mar, 2009,

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Dive Review of Prodiver/Octopus Reef in
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