Dive Review of MV Orion in
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MV Orion, Mar, 2010, by Larry Schnabel, CA, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 5424.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Good:warm water, great visibility, lots of sharks, rays, mantas , turtles, eels , small reef fish, health corals, dive guides good at pointing out sea life , divers not mollycoddled re how they dove once they showed crew they knew how to dive , Orion is a brand new, beautiful boat and very clean, Nitrox included in price of trip Not so good: air conditioning on boat inadequate and dining room particularly steamy; food bland and unvaried, albeit nutritious ; ran out of beer and the wine mediocre and limited in selection ( but then in a Muslim country liquor is not readily available; boat's web site misleading in stating massage services are available when in fact none are; save for boat's on board operator Alex and the cook, none of the crew spoke English with any fluency, making guests' communications with staff challenging when Alex was off the boat doing various chores ; save for one day, limited to three dives/day when with such great diving an option for a 4th dive would have been desirable. What I wished I knew prior to leaving home: that the boat - which used din rather than yoke valves- had no din valve for my pony tank, so that I could not ufill my pony tank ( I use a yoke valve and had no idea boat used din valves).
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	all over Caribbean, west coast California, Italy, Greece, Thailand/Burma, PNG, Cocos, Galapagos, Revillagigedo Islands, La Paz, Loreto, Cozumel, Solomons, Palau/Yap, Great Barrier Reef, Belize, Roatan ], Fiji , Hawaii , Viet-Nam , Cook Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	84-85°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	70-100 Ft/ 21-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Notify dive guide when at 750 psi, no depth lower than 99 feet (but not strictly enforced), dive buddy required ( not strictly enforced) , dive length 45 min-1 hr. max
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
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	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 MV Orion in Maldives

MV Orion, Mar, 2010,

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

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Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of MV Orion in
Maldives