Aloha To all Staff at Ocean First Divers,

Aloha from Jack's Diving Locker in Kona, Hawaii. We wanted to thank you for sending Jeffrey, Deb, Scott & Amanda Rutherford our way! It's always a pleasure to get such well-trained and prepared students. We had some great dives.

Mahalo,

We have been on dozens of trips with Scuba Joe and now with Ocean First Divers. We have enjoyed each and every one. We generally look for big animals (sharks etc.) but we have also enjoyed exploring Cozumel, PNG and Indonesia. The trips are fun, safe and well run.

We have taken many, many trips with OFD and have had incredible experiences every time. The Dive Shop has taken us to Belize, the Sea of Cortez, Fiji, Indonesia and Thailand, to name a few. The destinations have always been top notch and exceeded our expectations. On one particular trip, our fish ID wish list was met on the first dive. Thanks Amy for arranging that! In addition to topnotch destinations, we've always had great trip escorts who clearly lay out what to expect and who ensure our travel too and from is well planned out. We can't wait for our next trip with OFD.

Traveling to the Banda Islands, a.k.a the Spice Islands, opens a portal to the Asian world. Hindu andMuslim cultures envelop the traveller and offer sensory treats that are rich in novelty to a Westerner. Once onboard the AAII, the ship's staff treated us like royalty. The food was healthy and abundant; we ate like Hobbits, five meals a day. The underwater experience was like a walk through an oceanic Garden of Eden. The diversity of  
corals and fish was outrageous. I recognized many forms- they have "cousins" elsewhere...but in the waters of the Spice Islands of James  
Cook it is Mardi Gras time. The "macro world" is a delight, with nudibranchs, flatworms, frogfish hiding in plain sight, Mandarinfish courting and displaying their gaudy rainbow of colors, scuttling cuttlefish and parading lionfish. Bring your reef saver and magnifying glass and like Alice, you'll fall through to another world. I did.

Nasi gorang