Dive in Christmas Island

[scubadudee]

Hi all buddies out there,

I am planning a trip to this island for some good diving soon.

Need to know the following:-

1) The dive operator there

2) The weather conditions

3) What is expected of the dive? Will 3mm wetsuit be adequate?

Am expecting some special rates from the airline pretty soon. But after searching, I found that there is quite some fishery activities there and the population of the perlargics have dropped tremendously.

I'd love to see good actions; perlargics,currents..etc diving of another dimensions

 

[almitywife]

http://www.diveadventures.com.au/pages/destinations/Christmas/Christmas.htm

havent been there.... yet

would be very interested in a travel report when you get back

 

[alcina]

I am taking a group this October and cannot wait! (BTW - still have a couple of spaces left )

Talk to Karen and Dieter at Cocos Dive - great people:
www.cocosdive.com
scuba@cocosdive.com

Tell 'em alcina sent ya

Dude, my brain...sorry, we are going to Cocos not Christmas! LOL

 

[Travelnsj]

I was there in October....Diving is very good....ONLY one dive operator to use!...Kim Anderson period!....The Hotel....if you can call it that...Captain Cooks...is a bit rough...stay in one of the Cabanas. All booking have to be done thru Frontiers Travel...If you need Kim's e-mail address...let me know. He is a great guy and will answer all your questions.

Read my report and ask away...One of the few places I will go back to.....Ah.... I am talking about Christmas Island (Kirimati)....south of Hawaii.

 

[Mike Veitch]

Yes, a bit confusing here.

One Christmas island is south of Java, and is an Oz island
the other is Kiribatti in central Pacific...

 

[alcina]

Travelnsj -

Could you post a link to your report so it's easy to find?

 

[MoonWrasse]

Funny, I was just thinking about this place yesterday and posting here, however I thought it would be too exotic and off the map for SB.

Sailors I've heard from say good things about it - something like it has a huge coral reef, however they weren't specific about what they saw diving there.

 

[Mike Veitch]

Funny, I was just thinking about this place yesterday and posting here, however I thought it would be too exotic and off the map for SB.

Sailors I've heard from say good things about it - something like it has a huge coral reef, however they weren't specific about what they saw diving there.

which one!?!?!?

I believe OP is talkin about one in Indian Ocean between Java and Oz

 

[scubadudee]

Yeap, am referring to the one in Indian Ocean between Java and Oz.

Any good advice? I'm gettin confused ...

 

[MoonWrasse]

which one!?!?!?

I believe OP is talkin about one in Indian Ocean between Java and Oz

I was refering to the one named by Captain Cook, in the Line islands.

We can thank the Brits for this confusion, as they named both