Dive Review of Baani Adventurer in
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Baani Adventurer, Jan, 2007, by Maria Brinson, CA, USA ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 3170.
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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	We recently returned from our liveaboard in the Maldives and it was really good. We had a long flight from LAX and went on Singapore Airlines which went really smooth. We once arriving we stayed overnight at the Central Hotel and then met the Baani back at the airport the next day. The locals were great and are very friendly and had no problems with Americans. There were 18 passengers: 8 Germans, 4 Italians and 4 non-diver Italians. We did 3 dives a day and 1 day with 4. The currents were pretty strong on 1/2 the dives so doing more then 3 was a challenge. On one channel dive 1/2 of the divers had to abort the dive because they couldn't get down fast enough before they passed by the reef to quickly. The crew was really great and tried very hard to find good spots where the current didn't pull your mask off. These were the strongest currents we had ever experienced so saw it as good practice. The crew said that the currents were unusally strong and the water temp was down and vis is usually better in Jan and Feb Vis was on avg 60 ft and water temp was 79-81F and there was loads of fish, especially macro. The boat was clean and the food was really good. All the DM's were knowledgable, friendly and had safety in mind. We saw loads of white tips, 1 12 ft grey reef shark and lots of mantas. On our last dive we could snorkel or dive at a manata sight and the snorkels said the mantas were very friendly and would come circle them and even touch them, but if you tried to touch a manta it would take off. We dove and I had one small manta play with me by spinning when ever I spun. It was great interaction. We got 18 dives in 7 days. The corral was looking like it was making a comeback from the Tsunami and I think there was a hurricane recently. One passenger said he had been there 10 years before and said the corral was pristine back then compared to what it looks like now. The only thing that really bothered us was that there was no regard about touching the coral. We saw some divers kick right into it causing damage. We did use reef hooks for some areas which seem to do less damage then just grabbing on to what ever you could. Besides that it was a good trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	San Diego, Rarotonga, Caymans, Roatan, Utilia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	59 min dive time, 90 ft max depth
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No rinse bucket on Dhoni, but there were plenty of charging stations on main boat

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Dive Review of Baani Adventurer in Maldives

Baani Adventurer, Jan, 2007,

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Dive Review of Baani Adventurer in
Maldives