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The trip exceeded all my expectations. I thought nothing would be ever as
good as the Cocos Island trip last year. I was wrong. Overall I would rate
the diving every bit as good as Cocos, and everything else at least as good
or better than Cocos. High praise considering the really excellent quality
of the crew on Sea Hunter at Cocos. But the crew on Deep Blue was every
bit as competent, and they went the extra mile. It was obvious our
enjoyment was their agenda. One example: One spectacular dive on Wolf
Island, I was running short of air, as I always do, earlier than everyone
else. We were just about to enter a cavern system and I did not want to do
this with 750 psi in my tank. I showed my guage to our diveguide Antonio,
who then personally guided me through the caverns in a somewhat quicker
fashion, knowing I would have plenty of air to do this, and I got to see
everything. Salome, the other guide, was equally helpful and solicitous on
many dives. Regarding the rest of the nonguide crew, Alfredo (another
customer) and I both had birthdays on June 30, the crew had a big birthday
party for us, the chef baked a cake for us both, and one of the other guests
gave us disk copies of their fotos.
James from the shark diving company (Great White Adventures)
who was running the trip did a great job overall, I've never seen anyone who likes sharks so much as this guy. The crew was always respectful,
never demeaning, and beyond this just alot of fun. Regarding fellow
divers, a really rowdy and fun bunch of very emotionally expressive divers
from Venezuela (i.e. laughing, hugging, high fives, crying, etc. after our
great whale shark encounters, etc.) Also a super dive buddy did not
detract! Gourmet food for every meal, warm towels after every dive, large
hot showers for every cabin with plenty of fresh hot water rounded out the
excellent physical support on this boat. Nitrox, four dives a day, liberal
restrictions for advanced divers, and a great camera table. And of course,
the phenomenal diving with hammerheads, whitetips, galapagos sharks, eagle
rays, a manta ray, a school of golden rays, turtles, tons of morays,
seals, batfish, clouds of smaller fish, jacks, and three different
whaleshark sightings. I'd say I have very little to complain about.
Overall one of my best dive trips ever. My only criticism? They do not
take credit cards for their tips, but I was lucky to have my buddy lend me
the money for this, later reimbursing him via a visit to an Equadoran Bank.
Overall, I would not hesitate to return and recommend this destination and
this operation most highly. Ken at Galapagosadventures.com set everything
up very professionally for me.
good as the Cocos Island trip last year. I was wrong. Overall I would rate
the diving every bit as good as Cocos, and everything else at least as good
or better than Cocos. High praise considering the really excellent quality
of the crew on Sea Hunter at Cocos. But the crew on Deep Blue was every
bit as competent, and they went the extra mile. It was obvious our
enjoyment was their agenda. One example: One spectacular dive on Wolf
Island, I was running short of air, as I always do, earlier than everyone
else. We were just about to enter a cavern system and I did not want to do
this with 750 psi in my tank. I showed my guage to our diveguide Antonio,
who then personally guided me through the caverns in a somewhat quicker
fashion, knowing I would have plenty of air to do this, and I got to see
everything. Salome, the other guide, was equally helpful and solicitous on
many dives. Regarding the rest of the nonguide crew, Alfredo (another
customer) and I both had birthdays on June 30, the crew had a big birthday
party for us, the chef baked a cake for us both, and one of the other guests
gave us disk copies of their fotos.
James from the shark diving company (Great White Adventures)
who was running the trip did a great job overall, I've never seen anyone who likes sharks so much as this guy. The crew was always respectful,
never demeaning, and beyond this just alot of fun. Regarding fellow
divers, a really rowdy and fun bunch of very emotionally expressive divers
from Venezuela (i.e. laughing, hugging, high fives, crying, etc. after our
great whale shark encounters, etc.) Also a super dive buddy did not
detract! Gourmet food for every meal, warm towels after every dive, large
hot showers for every cabin with plenty of fresh hot water rounded out the
excellent physical support on this boat. Nitrox, four dives a day, liberal
restrictions for advanced divers, and a great camera table. And of course,
the phenomenal diving with hammerheads, whitetips, galapagos sharks, eagle
rays, a manta ray, a school of golden rays, turtles, tons of morays,
seals, batfish, clouds of smaller fish, jacks, and three different
whaleshark sightings. I'd say I have very little to complain about.
Overall one of my best dive trips ever. My only criticism? They do not
take credit cards for their tips, but I was lucky to have my buddy lend me
the money for this, later reimbursing him via a visit to an Equadoran Bank.
Overall, I would not hesitate to return and recommend this destination and
this operation most highly. Ken at Galapagosadventures.com set everything
up very professionally for me.