anyone dive with swahili divers in pemba? thoughts on recent deaths?

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watanabecooper@gmail.com - 21 Aug 2005 21:51 GMT

I was planning on diving in the zanzibar or pemba area in the next
couple months. I don't have the time nor money to do a live-a-board,
and Swahili Divers has a great deal. but, then I read this:

http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/pemba-island-zanzibar-second-press.html

5 divers died. It's really sad. I know accidents can happen, but it
is alarming especially if you look at the last comment.

So, has anyone dove with swahili divers? Do they run a good, safe
operation? Are they responsible? I haven't been able to find out
about anything more about the recent tragic event. Does anyone have
some info?

thanks.

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Barnacle Bill - 22 Aug 2005 00:17 GMT

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>So, has anyone dove with swahili divers? Do they run a good, safe
>operation? Are they responsible? I haven't been able to find out
>about anything more about the recent tragic event. Does anyone have
>some info?

divesouthafrica has earlier postings on this event - with additional
comments:

http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/missing-padi-scuba-instructor
-and-4.html

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watanabecooper@gmail.com - 23 Aug 2005 00:10 GMT

based on that, it sounds like Neil had a lot of experience, and it's
not clear what happened. The doubt in my mind is whether they should
have been diving in a place with such large currents. And, it
definitely puts some doubts in my mind as to whether I should dive in
Pemba (I haven't dove in a few years) and whether swahili divers is the
way to go. I'll have to think about it. I don't know if there is a
right answer.

thanks for sending me that info.

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Cas - 24 Aug 2005 08:59 GMT

> I was planning on diving in the zanzibar or pemba area in the next
> couple months. I don't have the time nor money to do a live-a-board,
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> thanks.

Go with : http://www.zanzibaroneocean.com/ I dove with them in march
2004. Great operation, good guides...

Cas...

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watanabecooper@gmail.com - 25 Aug 2005 03:47 GMT

That's a good idea. What did you think of the diving on zanzibar?
What was the visibility like? I was hoping to dive on pemba since I
read that it was better than Zanzibar. But, safety is important, too.
(the other thing I need to figure out is all this election violence
stuff).

thanks!

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