Dive Review of White Pearl in
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White Pearl: "Beautiful boat, diving not like it used to be.", May, 2024, by Peter and Mary Pinkerton, NY, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 13060.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	After a 14 hour flight from JFK we spent a few days in Dubai. We were very happy that we were able to fly business class. Emirates Air is everything it claims to be. We did all of the "things" one must do in Dubai and are glad that we did. We arrived in Male during a pouring rain. The crew met us and took us by boat to the White Pearl. We dove The Maldives in 2008. At that time we were on the only liveaboard and the area was very remote. There are now over 100 boats and many, many high rises and man made islands with resorts. Our group of 4 Americans from western New York State did 2 back to back cruises. Both were full with 26 guests. We were the only Americans on both tri ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	White Pearl
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Carribbean, Maldives, Australia, Truk Lagoon, Costa Rica, French Polynesia, Solomons, Indonesia, Philippines, Yap, Cozumel, Curacao, Belize, Statia, Great Lakes, Niagara River...and lots of other places!
Closest Airport	Male	Getting There	We flew Emirates Business from JFK to Dubai, spent a couple of days there and then a 4 hour flight to Male.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	85-88°F / 29-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	The guides each had a small group of divers. They set guidelines based on the divers needs. We were a group of 4 with the same guide for both weeks and he quickly learned that we were conservative and predicted our air consumption.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	1 or 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	Great space on board for the photographers-a well equipped camera room. The Dhoni could use a larger rinse tank or mo ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of White Pearl in Maldives

White Pearl: "Beautiful boat, diving not like it used to be.", May, 2024,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of White Pearl in
Maldives