Looking for Bora Bora advice

[jwalz1]

Hello,

I am heading to Bora Bora in January and am looking for a couple pointers. I did read a couple other posts that mentioned Top Dive, and I was planning on two days of diving while I am there.

I would be looking for any recommendation on dive shops and dive sites.

I am not an expert and have maybe 40 dives total under my belt. I like sharks, wrecks, caves and anything interesting to see. I prefer 60 ft or less just to have a longer dive, pretty comfortable with anything.

As a bonus request, my wife (who grew up in Hawaii of all places) is skittish and not comfortable in the water so I dive solo but am interested in a place away from the hotel with maybe 6-10 ft of water to take her for a snorkel. This will probably make her very upset for the rest of the trip that I forced her into a "scary" situation, but one has to try.

Any help appreciated.

 

[Phteven]

Presumably your trip has come and gone, but for future searchers:

I went to BB when I had all of 2 ocean dives and zero boat dives, and went with Eleuthera Bora Diving. I did half a dozen dives in 2 days with them, finished up my AOW, and had a stellar experience overall.

For the " but am interested in a place away from the hotel with maybe 6-10 ft of water to take her for a snorkel." segment, there's a particular spot that all the local tourist operators go to expose people to some rays and blacktip sharks that is nice and shallow for inexperienced folks.