Dive Review of Truth Aquatics in
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Truth Aquatics: "Diving unchartered areas of Big Sur Coast Rugged yet exception Diving", Jul, 2015, by bill mashek, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 8286 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Truth Aquatics are an exceptional dive outfit with years of experience diving the southern and northern Channel Islands. They only recently started diving the Big Sur Coast in the last couple of years but have done many trips and know the area well. I am a volunteer with Reefcheck California. We chartered the Vision for three days to survey the MPAs along the Big Sur coastline from Point Sur to Cambria. Because of previous lack of accessibility, none of these Marine Protected Areas had been surveyed for Algae, fish and invertebrates. We found extremely healthy and diverse fish populations, more variety of fish than I have seen anywhere in California as well as dense areas of kelp, which is dying though out the California Coastline. Good: Vision is a great diveboat with an excellent crew. Visibility was superb for California 50+ ft in areas Possible Cons: Extremely windy in areas, strong currents, If it was possible, I would like to see a a Fall excursion when the sea is calmer. Note: Truth Aquatics livaboards are designed and built for serious divers. They are not luxury liners and would not recommend for "resort" type divers. You sleep in a personal bunk, dormitory style.
Websites	Truth Aquatics
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Africa, Asia, Caribbean, North America, Central and South America Mediterranean My favorite diving is California both northern and southern CA
Closest Airport	Santa Barbara, Monterey	Getting There	Put in is Morro Bay Ca
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	46-51°F / 8-11°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	be safe, come back with air in your tank
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	1 or 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Large rinse tanks for photographers and tables

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Dive Review of Truth Aquatics in The Continental USA

Truth Aquatics: "Diving unchartered areas of Big Sur Coast Rugged yet exception Diving", Jul, 2015,

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Dive Review of Truth Aquatics in
The Continental USA