Decent kit, safe and reasonably priced
International Diving School的点评
点评:Having dived in many places in my time I am pretty careful about the dive schools I choose. My dives were from their Hikkaduwa centre not the East coast base where they moved to in early April. I spent a lot of time researching online and came to the conclusion that Sachin's outfit looked the best. Having been, done it and had a great time, I have absolutely no regrets.
Unlike most people, I take my own gear but the kit the dive school has was clearly maintained and did the job for everyone else. The boats may not be big and flash but again, I had no concerns at all. plenty of water and shade which are the important things. Dive sites as they advertise, are within 30 minutes or less and the guys are clearly experienced at finding them using transits, no GPS used here.
Viz varied from 8 m to 15 m but I was at the end of the East coast season. I know they had 20-30m viz a week or so earlier. Being a UK diver, I had no problem with this. Don't expect Red Sea or Maldives like coral experiences here as there is a lot less coral but nontheless it is worth the effort. The corals are not the branching sticky outy type more the flat smothering type. The Conch wreck felt like a UK dive, currents did not seem significant, but there was quite a bit of swell in places but nothing that would worry a less experienced diver. Without fringing reefs here you are diving on reefs open to the ocean and not in super calm lagoon conditions.
The guides were pointing out stuff they saw down there, many nudibranchs which I would never have spotted. They do get some big stuff here, very occasionally Whale Sharks but you would have to be super lucky.
My photo's aren't brilliant as they are grab photo's from GoPro video's
翻译:我潜水经验丰富,去过很多地方,所以对选择潜水学校非常谨慎。我这次是在他们位于希卡杜瓦的中心潜水,而不是他们四月初搬迁到的东海岸基地。我花了很多时间在网上做功课,最终觉得萨钦的潜水学校看起来最好。体验过之后,我非常满意,一点也不后悔。
和大多数人不同,我自带装备,但潜水学校的装备显然保养得很好,也满足了其他人的需求。船可能不算大也不算豪华,但我完全没有顾虑。水量充足,而且有遮荫,这才是最重要的。正如他们宣传的那样,潜点都在30分钟以内,而且潜水员们显然经验丰富,能用航海图找到潜点,这里不用GPS。
能见度在8米到15米之间,但我去的时候正值东海岸潜水季末期。我知道大约一周前能见度是20-30米。作为一名英国潜水员,这对我来说完全没问题。不要指望这里能像红海或马尔代夫那样拥有丰富的珊瑚礁,因为这里的珊瑚数量少得多,但即便如此,也绝对值得一游。这里的珊瑚不是那种枝繁叶茂、向外伸展的类型,而是扁平的、覆盖性强的类型。海螺沉船的潜水体验感觉就像在英国潜水一样,水流似乎并不明显,虽然有些地方涌浪较大,但对于经验不足的潜水员来说完全不用担心。由于这里没有裙礁,所以潜水地点直接面向海洋,而不是在风平浪静的泻湖中。
潜水向导们会指出他们在水下看到的东西,很多裸鳃类动物,我以前根本看不到。这里确实能遇到一些大型海洋生物,偶尔还能看到鲸鲨,但你需要非常幸运才能看到。
我的照片拍得不太好,因为它们是从 GoPro 视频中截取的。