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No.  Too far away.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

    Dobar dan!  I'm a Canadian that has seen a little bit of the beautiful
coast there scuba diving.

    I was lucky enought spend a week in Komisa on Vis with three other
Canadians.  We were hosted by Lorenz Marovic and his wife at Manta
Diving.  The hotel was only a minute's walk away and the people in the
town were extremely friendly.  Lorenz also provided all the meals for us
at the dive shop, which inlcuded fresh baked bread, fresh fish from the
pier, and light white wines from the numerous family vinyards on Vis.

    All equipment was available if necessary and in good condition.  There
was also a hot-water shower next to the equipment room for filling your
wetsuit and after the dive.  Lorenz is a commercial diver and has a
one-man decompression tank in his boat available for emergencies (in
case anyone's wondering).  He also has a roomy dive boat and provides
snacks for longer diving days.  He and his wife are both diving
instructors and can provide advanced SSI courses that are recognized by
PADI.

    The weather was gorgeous and the visibility was a minimum of about 25
metres.  The few warm-up dives were excellent, with clean shorelines and
relatively clear bottoms with lots of low rock, some sand, and a bit of
seaweed.

    There is also a lot of history from WWII there.  Case in point:  right
off the short from the Manta shop is an ammo ship that was blown up
sometime during the war.  The ship's ribs are still visible, and there
are encrusted piles of old ammo and grenades for those with LOTS of life
insurance.

    A few minutes away was also an outcropping with a lighthouse.  Good
diving there:  there is an old ship that sunk in 1934 to dive on.  I
have an excellent shot of a dive buddy with the encrusted ship's wheel
with the bright surface in the background.  It's a deep dive though,
about 100' to the keel, if I remember correctly.

    For those not into the deep water, there is an abundance of sealife,
including a semi-tame MONSTER eel that can be fed by hand (watch them
there fingers!).   You can see him waiting as you approach.

    The night diving was good with a lot of flouresence in the water right
off the shore from the dive shop.

    To sum up, the overall trip was outstanding, the diving was excellent,
the hosts were great, the food was fantastic, and the girls were pretty.
 We took the high-speed catamaran between the mainland city of Split
and Vis, so the trip wasn't long.

    I would go back in a second, and the people that went with me would agree.

    Pics and autographs are available upon request.

    Goran, I can also provide links to Manta diving as one possible
destination.

    Cheers and good luck!

    Rocky