Chuuk

Which is the best period to diving in Chuuk?
One seeks an apartment or room with bed and breakfest for two people, do
you know some things at accessible prices?
Which are the centers of divings?

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In article <78mdnf5ymvkoJ7TcRVnysw@scarlet.biz>, Jeanclaude.taymans@pi.be
(Jean-Claude Taymans) wrote:

> Which is the best period to diving in Chuuk?
> One seeks an apartment or room with bed and breakfest for two

I would not recomend staying on land, choose one of the 3 boats to stay
on, i heard some not so good reports about land based accomodation while i
was there.........and after dark not so good to be walking about, not that
there is anywhere to walk.

Check out www.diversionoz.com
They do trips to Chuuk.......

Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK
Take out the "goes diving" bit....
Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk

"Jean-Claude Taymans" <Jeanclaude.taymans@pi.be> wrote in message
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> Which is the best period to diving in Chuuk?

July-December is the rainy/typhooon season, plus it gets hot as the trade
winds die out. But I was there in November and had perfect weather - only
one day of rain. Jellies become a 'pain' in the late fall - make sure
you're covered from head to toe. Spring is probably the best time. Keep in
mind that it's a sheltered lagoon, so the diving is not as adversely
affected by weather as other places can be.

Here's what the Aggressor says:

"The diving is great year round, but there are some seasonal variations. The
diving is excellent December through April. During May, June and July, the
waters are typically flat calm, but there is more potential for plankton
blooms and reduced visibility. August through November is considered the
rainy season, but the weather has been exceptional during the past few
years."

> One seeks an apartment or room with bed and breakfest for two people,
do
> you know some things at accessible prices?
> Which are the centers of divings?

Do a liveaboard. There's really not much on the island for tourists. The
Blue Lagoon hotel is nice enough, but your diving will be limited and diving
is really the only reason you're there unless you're a serious WWII buff
that wants to tramp around the jungle. Meanwhile, the Odyssey is considered
one of the best liveaboards in the world.

"Jean-Claude Taymans" <Jeanclaude.taymans@pi.be> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:
: One seeks an apartment or room with bed and breakfest for two people, do
:you know some things at accessible prices?

When I was there in 1989 it seemed to be the most destitute place I
have ever seen. I've been to a lot of other places since then, and
none even come close to being as poor as Truk.

If you are going to go, you are going to stay at a resort or on a
boat. Having done the former, I recommend the latter.

Dan Bracuk
If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/


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Was on the Odyssey last October. Water 30 degs C.
Couldn't fault the boat or crew. One of the very best I've seen (out
of 15).

I was lucky enough to be aboard with a fully-experienced bunch of
divers, no novices. So the diving was excellent all through the week.
Did fifteen wrecks at our ease, some three times.

The only way to go - I'd go back tomorrow if I had the bucks.

Best of luck,

Seadeuce

"Nigel" <seadeuce@oceanfree.net> wrote in message
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> Was on the Odyssey last October. Water 30 degs C.
> Couldn't fault the boat or crew. One of the very best I've seen (out
> of 15).

I prefer an English-speaking crew, or at least English-understanding. I
tried once to get a leaner mix of nitrox so we could see the propellers on
one particularly deeper wreck at 167' (my buddy had a prop fetish). After
draining my tank to get an air fill, I found, after lunch, that they had
filled it back with 32%. So I drained it again, went to occupy myself for a
bit, and came back to see that again they refilled it with 32% even though
they had pretended to understand what I was asking. Finally, I drained it
as much as I could with my impatient buddy tapping his toes, and had them
fill it with air while I watched. It came to 28.5%, not the most
appropriate mix for 167', but we thankfully didn't stay very long.

Other than that glitch, I didn't have any problems with the crew.

In article <78mdnf5ymvkoJ7TcRVnysw@scarlet.biz>, Jeanclaude.taymans@pi.be
(Jean-Claude Taymans) wrote:

> Which is the best period to diving in Chuuk?

Having read what has been said by others, i add......

I was on the SS Thorfinn for 10 nights untill 22 Dec 2003, an old Polar
fishing vessel, extremely sturdy, did not move in the water even when it
got a bit choppy, you could leave your tank stood upright and it would not
fall over.
Al the crew were english speaking, Lance the skipper (Canadian) spent all
his life at sea, Dan (American) the dive master, the most knowledgeble
dive instructor/master i have come across, knew the complete history of
every boat on the sea floor, even where they were made and what they had
for lunch......(it appeared that way anyway.....) The Chuukese guides,
they have to be Chuukese so i'm told, knew every last inch of those ships
and spoke English.

The only other guest on the boat when we arrived was a guy from Sydney, he
left the following day so we had the boat to ourselves for 3 days before
two other guests arrived from the UK, they came with more kit than a dive
shop, i actually thought they were going mountain climbing judging by the
ropes they brought.............but as we were only diving on 12ltr singles
we were not "real" divers.......and because my wife had a nap one
afternoon on deck.......she was .....acoording to our (real diver) other
guests....Narked........now I'm not an expert, but i thought you got
narked while down there, not once you were out !!!!!!

The weather in Dec was hot, yes it rained, yes the sea got choppy at
times, not that that bothers you at 50+ metres.....
There is no current to speak of in the lagoon, the vis was good but it
gets dark down there, especially if it is overcast or raining above.

Chuuk is very poor compared to their neighbours, They get huge
grants/handouts from the Americans but I'm told those that receive it dish
it out.......if you know what i mean.
So the community does not benefit a great deal, it looks poor and i would
not like to spend my time there land based.

Would i go back......absolutely, to the same boat..........yes.
But with better lights this time.

Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK
Take out the "goes diving" bit....
Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk

>
> I prefer an English-speaking crew, or at least English-understanding. I
> tried once to get a leaner mix of nitrox so we could see the propellers on
> one particularly deeper wreck at 167' (my buddy had a prop fetish). After
> draining my tank to get an air fill, I found, after lunch, that they had
> filled it back with 32%. So I drained it again, went to occupy myself for a
> bit, and came back to see that again they refilled it with 32% even though
> they had pretended to understand what I was asking. Finally, I drained it
> as much as I could with my impatient buddy tapping his toes, and had them
> fill it with air while I watched. It came to 28.5%, not the most
> appropriate mix for 167', but we thankfully didn't stay very long.



Things must have changed since you were on the Odyssey. All the crew
have English, Nitrox is FREE, all mixes are 30% unless you want a
custom blend. This is not a problem.
I had mixes ranging from 23% to 30%, depending on the wreck I was
diving and the PPO2 I chose to limit myself to.

Again, a great week with excellent diving, and there are currents -
usually flowing against you as you head for the wreck. This is due to
the Liveaboard being moored on site, swinging into the current, Etc.

Stayed two nights at the Blue Lagoon. Can't comment on their dive op.,
but suffice to say the place convinced me I had made the right choice
by going liveaboard.


Go and enjoy!


Seadeuce