Dive Review of Tawalli Diving in
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Tawalli Diving, Apr, 2007, by Alan Olson, Illinois, USA ( Reviewer 5 reports). Report 4133.
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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	The management had changed at the resort shortly before I arrived, in fact the new dive manager had been on site only three days. Special effort was made to address any problems which came about. The outer reef diving was limited due to strong East winds producing swells to five feet. While the seas calmed I spent a number of days diving the protected reefs. Many days there were only two or three divers on the boat simplifying which dive site to go to. I told the dive guide what I wanted to see and we went to the reef where he believed the creature could be found. The muck diving was very good although not on the scale of Lembeh area. The inner reef lacked large fish but this was made up for by the diversity of the creatures. I found the food to be good and well presented with a good variety from meal to meal. I rained every day either in the morning or evening. The covered walk ways from the rooms to the dinning room was very nice during the rain storms. The dive operation had two large boats used to go to the outer reefs but one of them was down for repairs making the trips to these reefs a little cramped. The bigger boat had dedicated dip tanks for cameras and another tank for masks. The boat crews changed the tanks and set up the gear for the first dive of the day. I found it worth while to check my gear and the air in the tank before every dive. I had expected better vis and larger fish for the remoteness of PNG. The resort is a three hour van ride from the nearest town and the airport, mostly on dirt roads.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia - St Vincent - Dominica - St Lucia - Tobago - Bahama - Saba - Mexico - Belize - Costa Rica - Caymans
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-40 Ft/ 5-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]Depth limit to 120 ft. One hour or until air runs out.
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The dive guides worked hard to find what I asked to see and generally found it. No problems when time was spent taking pictures. The small boats did not have water for cameras but the boat people used drinking water to wash off housings. The cameras were handled carefully.

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Dive Review of Tawalli Diving in Papua New Guinea

Tawalli Diving, Apr, 2007,

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Dive Review of Tawalli Diving in
Papua New Guinea