Dive Review of Dive! Tutukaka/na in
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Dive! Tutukaka/na, Feb, 2004, by Barry Zigas, DC, United States ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 935.
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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	Did 2 dives on Poor Knights Islands. Dive! Tutukaka one of the most organized and efficient operations I've dived. Check in very well done, gear rental handled quickly and seamlessly. Boat thoroughly equipped, oxygen, rinse tanks for photo bugs. Very good briefings, very thorough interviews of divers to determine experience and buddy-up singles like me. Divers left to selves on time. Great swim throughs in volcanic formations. Rich animal life, clouds of blue MouMou, large eagle and stingrays lolling in sand channels, nudibranches, sponges galore. Kelp meadows for variety, large cod and rockfish. Hot intant soup, coffee, tea, chocolate served on board after dives, hot shower on aft. Long surface interval for lunch, which can be ordered for $NZ 10 and stowed aboard -- sandwich, cookie, fruit. Whales breaching on return, skipper tried to get us in for closer view despite delay in return it caused. Great trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Calif., Cozumel & Yucatan, Grand Cayman, Turks and Caicos, FL, Hawaii, Turkey, Curacao
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	19-21°C / 66-70°F	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	25-30 Ft/ 8-9 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Surface at 60 bar, second dive no deeper than first after 90 min. SI
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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 Dive! Tutukaka/na in New Zealand

Dive! Tutukaka/na, Feb, 2004,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Dive! Tutukaka/na in
New Zealand