点评:The dive centre staff managed to get the right balance between professional (dive safety and looking after us and our equipment) and relaxed and friendly. Briefings were thorough.
We were impressed by the time taken on our first morning to go through all our equipment and log this to ensure that we were always given the right equipment ahead of each dive. On arrival at the dive centre, we'd find our wetsuits neatly folded alongside our bootees and fins. Tanks were set up for us and taken to the boat. The staff also took on responsibility for changing over tanks during our surface interval.
We went to different dive sites each day, including two on the outer reef. It took around 30 minutes to get to the sites we dived in Chole Bay and around 1 hour to get to those on the other reef. The boats used are traditional wooden Dhows. On the return from our trip to the outer reef, we came back under sail and were joined by a couple of dolphins as we approached the shore.
When our dive guide (who was excellent) found something he wanted to show us he would wait patiently until he was sure that we’d all seen it. There was no tank banging or use of rattles to get your attention, unlike in quite a few places we’ve dived.
It was great to see so many large groupers and napoleon wrasse as well as good numbers of rays (especially on our first dive in the outer reef) and nudibranchs. We ended the trip with a shallow shore dive, which proved challenging due the strong current and poor visibility. Despite the conditions, our guide found three small seahorses for us as well as a pygmy cuttlefish.
翻译:潜水中心的工作人员设法在专业(潜水安全和照顾我们及我们的设备)与轻松友好之间取得适当的平衡。简报非常详尽。
第一天早上,他们花时间检查了我们所有的设备并记录下来,以确保我们在每次潜水前都能得到正确的设备,这让我们印象深刻。到达潜水中心后,我们会发现我们的潜水服与我们的靴子和脚蹼一起整齐地折叠起来。工作人员为我们准备好了水箱并带到船上。工作人员还负责在我们浮出水面时更换水箱。
我们每天都去不同的潜水地点,包括外礁的两个潜水地点。到达我们在 Chole Bay 潜水的地点大约需要 30 分钟,到达另一个珊瑚礁的地点大约需要 1 小时。使用的船是传统的木制单桅帆船。从外礁之旅返回时,我们扬帆归来,在接近岸边时,有几只海豚加入了我们。
当我们的潜水导游(他很优秀)发现他想给我们看的东西时,他会耐心等待,直到他确定我们都看到了。与我们潜水过的很多地方不同,这里不会敲打水箱或使用摇铃来引起你的注意。
很高兴看到这么多大石斑鱼和苏眉鱼,以及大量的鳐鱼(尤其是我们第一次在外礁潜水时)和裸鳃类动物。我们以浅岸潜水结束了这次旅行,由于水流强劲、能见度低,这次潜水很有挑战性。尽管条件如此恶劣,我们的导游还是为我们找到了三只小海马和一只侏儒乌贼。