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At the end of March I am heading off on an extended trip of about 5 months and would appreciate any info that you can supply or advice from those who may have visited the areas we are going to.
I have been doing my homework so thought the easiest way would be to state the destination and intended dives and see if anyone can advise against or offer better diving tips.
Most of my info has been dragged off the net and can be a bit impersonal and biased towards the operators of the sites visited so any advice will be much appreciated.
1st stop… Cook Islands…..
Would appear that I will not be spending too much on the diving here as the reefs have suffered from Crown of Thorns invasion and the wrecks were broken up by typhoons over the last couple of years.
2nd stop… Fiji….
Dived here a couple of years ago but stuck to one budget resort for three weeks but would appear that there is plenty of good diving to be found all over the islands.
3rd stop…. New Zealand….
Fabulous country, I have visited twice but never dived here.
Bay of Islands a must, taking in Poor Knights and the Rainbow Warrior.
Drift dive in the river at Taupo.
Wreck of the Mikhail Lermantov at Picton.
Dive with the seals at Kaikoura
If we get that far then a dip in Milford Sound
4th stop….East Coast Australia….
Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea. It would appear that the trick here is to avoid the grossly overpriced liveaboards…… couldn’t believe £1600 for a week.
5th stop…. Thailand…..
I haven’t really thought too much about this as there seems to be diving absolutely everywhere, so if anyone has any must do destinations then please let me know.
The destinations are booked so I cannot alter these now. I know I could probably have fitted in a few other exotic locations but this is very much a budget trip. I am also hoping to supplement the budget by doing a bit of graft along the way as two of us are instructors and we also have a chef.
So fire away and lets see what advice you can offer,
Thanks.
(Edited by Phil Ennis at 4:26 pm on Feb. 25, 2003)
At the end of March I am heading off on an extended trip of about 5 months and would appreciate any info that you can supply or advice from those who may have visited the areas we are going to.
I have been doing my homework so thought the easiest way would be to state the destination and intended dives and see if anyone can advise against or offer better diving tips.
Most of my info has been dragged off the net and can be a bit impersonal and biased towards the operators of the sites visited so any advice will be much appreciated.
1st stop… Cook Islands…..
Would appear that I will not be spending too much on the diving here as the reefs have suffered from Crown of Thorns invasion and the wrecks were broken up by typhoons over the last couple of years.
2nd stop… Fiji….
Dived here a couple of years ago but stuck to one budget resort for three weeks but would appear that there is plenty of good diving to be found all over the islands.
3rd stop…. New Zealand….
Fabulous country, I have visited twice but never dived here.
Bay of Islands a must, taking in Poor Knights and the Rainbow Warrior.
Drift dive in the river at Taupo.
Wreck of the Mikhail Lermantov at Picton.
Dive with the seals at Kaikoura
If we get that far then a dip in Milford Sound
4th stop….East Coast Australia….
Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea. It would appear that the trick here is to avoid the grossly overpriced liveaboards…… couldn’t believe £1600 for a week.
5th stop…. Thailand…..
I haven’t really thought too much about this as there seems to be diving absolutely everywhere, so if anyone has any must do destinations then please let me know.
The destinations are booked so I cannot alter these now. I know I could probably have fitted in a few other exotic locations but this is very much a budget trip. I am also hoping to supplement the budget by doing a bit of graft along the way as two of us are instructors and we also have a chef.
So fire away and lets see what advice you can offer,
Thanks.
(Edited by Phil Ennis at 4:26 pm on Feb. 25, 2003)