beezer34 Posted August 22, 2005 #1 Share Posted August 22, 2005 looking for suggestions for diving in tahiti or french polynesia. I will be on the Tahitian Princess and I have already booked trips through them but I am wondering if there is something better out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabear Posted August 22, 2005 #2 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Did the TP a year ago and I would highly recommend Top Dive over the ship arrangements. We did 1 dive thru the ship due to time restrictions on Raitea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10X Posted August 22, 2005 #3 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I agree that you should go with TopDive wherever possible. I was diving with them in Fberuary and they were excellent. The ship's excursion used Bathy's in Moorea and they were terrible. I would never go with them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonedownlately? Posted August 23, 2005 #4 Share Posted August 23, 2005 I dove 4 times on our May 2004 trip, and each time was through the ship. No regrets because I was not familiar with the area or the non-aligned dive shops and I didn't want to make a major blunder. Next time we go -- and there WILL be a next time -- I'll book everything independently. What ever you do, dive all you can. I've never seen such a beautiful environment. Make sure you do the giant manta ray dive at Anau off Bora Bora! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plongere Posted August 30, 2005 #5 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I recommend Aquatica dive center on Tahiti. My wife and I had great dives with Didier Alpini the owner, and his crew. We dove the Catalini aircraft and a ship wreck that was pretty cool but deep about 100 fsw. On Moorea we dove with Bathy's Club and had a great time. We really enjoyed the sting ray dive, it has been one of the highlights of our diving careers. We also did the shark dive which was really cool and several other great "aquarium" dives. We loved Tahiti. We stayed there two weeks and I really really didn't want to leave. I hope you have a great time. Watch out for the stone fish! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjachyck Posted August 30, 2005 #6 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Does anyone know where abouts on the island the Top Dive shop on Bora Bora does their intro scuba dive? We're debating between the TP excursion and Top Dive, but we're wondering which one has the better location.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabear Posted September 1, 2005 #7 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I don't recall their location, but Top Dive picked us up at the ship pier so it was quite convenient. Re other poster, we also used Aquatica in Papeete and I thought their dive masters, equipment and dive sitse they took us to were only average. I definately had a better experience w/ Top Dive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WesW Posted September 2, 2005 #8 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Dove with bora dive center in March (Giant Manta Ray dive and Shark dive) did 8 other dives with the Paul Gauguin...all dives super, but the GMR and Shark dive with www.boradive.com BDC were spectacular..r/wes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JanR Posted September 4, 2005 #9 Share Posted September 4, 2005 We just returned from a B2B on the PG where we earned our OW certification. :) While we didn't do any dives with TOPDIVE, but if I remember correctly, they are located on the main dock where our tender landed. If you are facing the water, their shop is to the far right of the dock. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare northwoods2 Posted September 19, 2005 #10 Share Posted September 19, 2005 How deep are most of the dives? My husband has had some sinus trouble on deeper dives and I'm hoping we can do some diving in FP in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjachyck Posted September 19, 2005 #11 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Well we booked with Top Dive on Bora Bora for our intro dive. It was less than the TP, and they seemed very professional. :cool: Hopefully we have a great time, and take some great pics with our new digital underwater camera!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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