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Ocean Dancer, Jan, 2007, by Mario Mizrahi, Mex, Mexico . Report 3177.
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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	Ship is 1 year old, beautifully crafted with wooden floors, big windows, large main salon, outdoor dining table for 16 people, beautiful and ample cabins with big bathrooms. It looks and feels more like a luxury yatch than a regular liveaboard. There are big spaces indoor and outdoor to relax and have some privacy. Main salon and each room have flat screen TV's plus DVD players. Host was David Mesnard, owner of the ship plus Gaelle his girlfriend and Lucy the divemaster. No diving equipment (other than cameras) allowed on main ship; they have a Dhoni (dive vessel) that stores all gear, compressors, cameras, etc. No smelly carpets because of the wooden floors. The day you board they take away your shoes and give them back when you disembark, so "no news and no shoes". Diving we saw multicolored moray eels, clown and anemone fish, banded shrimp, clown and titan triggerfish, napoleon wrasses, lionfish, blue, gray and giant jacks, dogtooth tuna, octopi, green and hawksbill turtles, grey reef, whitetip, silvertip and hammerhead sharks, marlin, pigmy frogfish, unicorn surgeonfish, emperor, blue faced and other angelfishes, batfish, juvenile and adult sweetlips and scores of mantas. One night we visited the lovely Hilton Resort on one of the atolls($800-$4000 per night) and had dinner at the buffet ($60 + beverages); it was well worth it. Great ship and great place. I wish all liveaboards looked and felt like this wonderful ship. Congratulations to both David Mesnard and Peter Hughes for what could well be the new standard in this type of operation.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Cocos, Palau, Galapagos, Socorro, Tahiti, Bahamas, Guadalupe, Italy, Komodo, etc.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	currents
Water Temp	82-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100 ft maximum by the Maldives Government
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	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	Large space on main ship for cameras, charging, etc. Rinse tank and adequate space for cameras on Dhoni (acompanying dive vessel)

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Dive Review of Ocean Dancer in Maldives

Ocean Dancer, Jan, 2007,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Ocean Dancer in
Maldives