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see below, Aug, 2004, by Fiona Rattay, Ont, Canada . Report 1833.
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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
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Advanced
Comments	I dived with Catalina Scuba Luv on the King Neptune. I tacked on a few days at the end of a business trip, and arrived with my own drysuit and equipment but no dive buddy. The good people at Scuba Luv set me up with a fine pair of buddies, a father-son team who had dived Catalina plenty of times and acted as good tour guides. The rest of the diving group on the King Neptune were EMTs getting their Open Water Certification for work. Between the well-maintained boat, clear dive briefings, helpful crew, the herd of EMT's and my tour guide dive buddies I've never felt safer on a dive boat! We did a three-tank day, diving Red Rock Quarry, Bird Rock and Toqua Springs. Since my previous dive trip was to Vancouver Island, with water a good 10 degrees colder, Catalina seemed toasty warm! The kelp forest and all her attendent denizens were enchanting. At the end of the day, I surfaced to a full moon over the water just behind the dive boat. The perfice end to a great day of diving. The next few days I shore dived Casino Point with Catalina Divers Supply. This was an easy and relaxing series of dives; you just walk down the steps and you're in. Of course, if the tide is out when you come back, be prepared for an ungainly slither over the rocks at the foot of the steps. Lots of Garibaldi, Sheepshead and other lovelies among the kelp towers. I met up with the same dive buddies for these dives; it would not have been difficult to find others to dive with as a single diver. I'd have no hesitiation returning to dive with either operation.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	59-0°F / 15--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	40-50 Ft/ 12-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	back with 500#, recreational depths
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 see below in The Continental USA/California

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Dive Review of see below in
The Continental USA/California