2024
Recommended
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2024
Alexandra and Claudio brilliantly manage this small and intimate club, and provide very professional groups where all levels are welcome. Instructors on Rangiroa for years, they know the island's dive sites inside out! Quality equipment, friendly atmosphere and a real concern for the environment; in short, the club has a very good reputation. Alexandra and Claudio also provide transfers to and from all hotels and guesthouses on the island, free of charge of course! ANMP, FFESSM/CMAS, SDI trainings.
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Members' reviews on RANGIROA PLONGÉE
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Visited in september 2023
The diving center is amazing with great staff and diving session which are just wonderful.
The only improvement is about one of the guide, the Swiss one, quite bossy, not so pleasant compared to the others which are so kind
The only improvement is about one of the guide, the Swiss one, quite bossy, not so pleasant compared to the others which are so kind
Visited in september 2023
I did 2 dives with Gael, all went fine, good explanations and tried to set a good mood with the divers. I think the timing was a bit off and we missed both dolphins and incoming current but, after all, nature can be unpredictable. I would have put less stars, if it was not for him.
2 more dives were with Claudio and think it was not his day, he was nervous about a lot of stuff and, while he tried his best with the brief and to set a good mood, you could feel the tension even under water. When someone was struggling, the first gesture was pointing at his head (guess he meant to think about what to do to solve the issue), instead of helping them. We found ourselves in a small canyon with sudden strong current, luckily I did some drift dives before and had the reflex to get close to the wall and grab a rock. Two divers were carried further away and Claudio's reaction was to signal them to deflate and come down, without moving from where he was. They got very scared and traumatised, and I thought the situation was not handled in a safe way, and also we were not appropriately briefed on what to do in case of strong currents.
A couple of other things I didn't appreciate were that the buddy system is not adopted in this center and, as a solo diver, I felt I was on my own. The groups are not made by level and found myself in shallower dives with OW divers. All material other than regulators were rinsed in the same place, and water was stinking after a while, would suggest to improve hygiene.
I tend to like small diving centres as they feel cosier and think that this has potential however, for how it stands now, I would not recommend it.
2 more dives were with Claudio and think it was not his day, he was nervous about a lot of stuff and, while he tried his best with the brief and to set a good mood, you could feel the tension even under water. When someone was struggling, the first gesture was pointing at his head (guess he meant to think about what to do to solve the issue), instead of helping them. We found ourselves in a small canyon with sudden strong current, luckily I did some drift dives before and had the reflex to get close to the wall and grab a rock. Two divers were carried further away and Claudio's reaction was to signal them to deflate and come down, without moving from where he was. They got very scared and traumatised, and I thought the situation was not handled in a safe way, and also we were not appropriately briefed on what to do in case of strong currents.
A couple of other things I didn't appreciate were that the buddy system is not adopted in this center and, as a solo diver, I felt I was on my own. The groups are not made by level and found myself in shallower dives with OW divers. All material other than regulators were rinsed in the same place, and water was stinking after a while, would suggest to improve hygiene.
I tend to like small diving centres as they feel cosier and think that this has potential however, for how it stands now, I would not recommend it.
Visited in august 2023
2 plongées incroyables, durant lesquelles nous avons croisé les requins et interagis avec les dauphins qui sont venus, sans timidité, à notre rencontre. Un moment extraordinaire et hors du temps. Merci pour l'accueil, le professionnalisme et la bonne humeur :)
PS: je recherche activement Thomas, qui a plongé avec moi le 12/08 à 8h, pour partager les vidéos de ce moment inoubliable.
PS: je recherche activement Thomas, qui a plongé avec moi le 12/08 à 8h, pour partager les vidéos de ce moment inoubliable.
Visited in august 2023
Super moniteur de plongée (attentif, au p'tit soins, sympa, rigolos...!)
Équipements renouveler et neuf a notre passage. Hyper carré sur la sécurité et très pro!!
Bref recommandé a fond pour passé un bon moment tout en sécurité !
Équipements renouveler et neuf a notre passage. Hyper carré sur la sécurité et très pro!!
Bref recommandé a fond pour passé un bon moment tout en sécurité !
Nous avons plongés mon copain et moi dans ce centre de plongee.
J’aurais mis 5 étoiles si nous n’avions pas croisé la route de Gaël au dive shop.
Je m’explique : j’étais entrain de remplir le certificat de plongee avec tous les autres plongeurs sur une table. Quand Gaël est arrivé est à commencé à me parler de manière très humiliante et aggressive devant tout le monde car je n’avais pas correctement remplie la feuille (j’avais commencé depuis 0.30 sec). Une fois, deux fois, trois fois, j’ai commencé à levé la voix et c’est à ce moment qu’il a arrêté. Je me suis effondrée en larme avant la plongée car j’étais très mal à l’aise.
Nous sommes à Rangiroa, nous économisons pour ces vacances et payons une certaine somme, ce n’est pas pour se faire humilier. Nous n’avons jamais rencontré ce problème dans aucune îles auparavant. J’avais payé la plongée en ligne, je l’aurais annulé si ce n’était pas le cas.
CEPENDANT : heureusement que nous n’avons pas plongé avec lui, mais avec CANELLE qui est la meilleure dans son domaine. Juste pour elle, nous aurions mis 5 étoiles.
Nous avons plongé à 2 reprises avec CANELLE qui est sincèrement la meilleure monitrice que j’ai pu rencontrer en une dizaine années de plongé.
Un grand merci à CANELLE qui nous a transmis sa passion à travers les dauphins et ces plongées.
Zoé.
Plongée du 24 Septembre 2023.