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ProDivers/Komandoo Resort: "Diver Propulsion Vehicle and dive with sharks and eagle rays!", Jul, 2015, by Raymond Haddad, QC, CA ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 8320 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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Comments	I will just review Pro Divers at Komandoo Resort & Spa, since you can find many reviews of the resort on Travelocity. It took us 32 hours door to door to reach the resort from Montreal. Pro Divers offer many dive options: 2 morning dives, 1 morning dive and 1 afternoon dive. You can also dive the house reef as a buddy team. Nitrox is free for certified divers which ranged between 32% and 33%. The departure for the morning two dive boat is at 8:45 AM and you return around 1:30PM. When you arrive you need to fill out the standard paperwork and you must do an orientation dive with an instructor which consists of: how the dive center works, where to sign up for dives etc … and a dive on the house reef to verify your weights and skills. The night prior to your dive, you must pack your gear in a bag which they provide and deposit it at the pickup spot. When you arrive on the boat the next morning, your gear will be set up for you. At the end of your two dives, you pack your stuff and leave it on the boat. They will bring it back to the dive center, rinse it and hang it to dry. As you travel to the dive site, they will give your typical dive briefing. Once you reach the dive site, one of the dive guides will jump in the water to check for currents. The vast majority of the dives are drift dives. They will position the boat accordingly, the dive guide will jump first followed by the divers. You must follow the guide. They are tolerant for those who take pictures and videos. During the first and second dive, they provide water, tea, coffee, cake and coconut. Overall they do a very good job. The diving is very good. There is some macro but not like Indonesia. Highlights: many turtles and eels, scorpion fish, leaf fish, frog fish, peacock mantis shrimp, octopus, lobsters, porcelain crabs, clown fish, string rays… They also offer for $240.00 to get PADI – DPV (Diver Propulsion Vehicle) certified. This consists of one dive on the house reef, the PADI manual and one channel dive. The PV can be held with your arms or placed between your legs. This last position frees your hands so that you can fly through the water like superman. The maximum speed is 6 km/h. You dive between 70 and 100 feet most of the time at the mouth of the channels to get close to sharks and eagle rays … real cool!
Websites	ProDivers Komandoo Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Fiji, Palau, Indonesia, Australia, Honduras, Belize, Maldives, Cayman
Closest Airport	Male	Getting There	32 hours door to door (Montreal to resort)
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Primarily drift dives, follow guide.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
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
UW Photo Comments	No rinse tank on boat, but they have a fresh water hose.

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Dive Review of ProDivers/Komandoo Resort in Maldives

ProDivers/Komandoo Resort: "Diver Propulsion Vehicle and dive with sharks and eagle rays!", Jul, 2015,

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Dive Review of ProDivers/Komandoo Resort in
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