Customer comments

Here are a few of our customers' comments

• Thanks for the great dives, sharks and turtle! Hurrah!! Ken & Jill, California USA - July 2011
• Awesome!! Great dives & awesome staff. Cheers dudes! Allison, Whangarei, NZ - July 2011
• Absolutely loved it. Thank you sooooo much!! Tomoyo, Japan (currenly Sydney, Oz) - Sep 2011
• I second that! Awesome days. Karsten from Germany (currenly Sydney, Oz) - Sep 2011
• Thank you so much to the whole team. Fantastic diving with very professional crew - Charles you are awesome. Marg & Derrick, Christchurch, NZ - Oct 2011
• Four really different dives. Fantastic! Will be back - June 2011 - Glen Yule, Havelock North, NZ
• Really, really awesome, Thanks!! - May 2011 - Charlie & Chris Groves, BC, Canada
• Thank you, I'll never forget these dives. Great time! - Apr 2011 - Javier Farinas, Toledo, Spain
• Thanks Charles & Paul, had a great dive!! - Mar 2011 - Jo Quirk, Newcastle, Australia
• From being terrified to having the best time ever! Thank you for a great first dive! - Mar 2011 - Pam Faulkner, Bristol, England
• Thanks for some of the most amazing dives. Really had fun & saw so much! Wish we could stay and carry on diving, will miss it! - Feb 2011 - Lyann & Kelwyn Jones, Auckland, New Zealand
• Thanks Karen, Ed & Charles. My Open Water course with you was GREAT! Especially our honeymoon dive!! - Jan 2011 - Kerstin & Ulf
• Thanks so much, awesome dives, great owners & first class staff. Didn't want to leave so extended twice & did 25 dives! Go dive Rarotonga! - Julie & Pete - Dec 2010 - Victoria, Australia
• Wow! Karen, Ed & Henry, we had amazing dives, safe, great equipment, super dives everytime! - Nov 2010 - Marianne & Steve, Calgary, Canada
• Thank you for the course. I thoroughly enjoyed it. You were both most professional in your approach, making the course easy and fun. Please pass on my thanks to Charles too for the dives - Oct 2010 - Paul Summers, Canberra, Australia
• Awesome experience. Thanks for your patience & professionalism!- Sep 2010 - Rita & Will, NZ
• 10 Great dives, but none could top the Humpback Whale coming to say hi! Thanks Karen, Charles & Henry. - Aug 2010 - Gary Neither, Wellington, NZ
• Thoroughly enjoyable 3 days. Turtle quota right up there! - Aug 2010 - David Manley, Auckland, NZ
• Awesome experience. Well worth the money. Highlight of my holiday - Aug 2010 - Helen Todd, Invercargill, NZ
• Great dives and well looked after! Cheers. - July 2010 - Daren Manks, Wellington, NZ
• Fabulous experience. Great fish, coral and master divers. Cheers!!! - July2010 - Serge and Sharron, Hanmer Springs, NZ
• Thank you for a very professional and safe service - July 2010 - Simonne Murphy-Bishop, NZ

• Very Very Awesome, will definately come again - July 2010 - James Jenkins, New Plymouth, NZ
• Fantastic, thanks for calming my nerves and getting me certified!!! :) - July 2010 - Sarah Friend - Warrington, Cheshire,
• Marvellous, staff were great, friendly and gelpfull - July 2010 - Martyn Simpson, Dunedin, NZ
• Fantastic diving, fantastic peaople, we will be back. Thanks for everything - July 2010 - Sue and Steve Baldwin, Auckland, NZ
• Awesome time, thanks heaps for being so patient :) back soon - July 2010 - Craig Gill - Wellington , NZ
• Great staff, great diving, awesome clarity. Thanks guys - July 2010 - Mark and Graham, Melbourne, OZ
• Great team, makes very enjoyable diving! Visibility not too bad either! Lots to see, all in all great fun!! - June 2010 - Stuart Brown, Wellington, NZ
• Fantastic night dive, highly recommended, great equipment - June 2010 - Michael Petty, Noosa Heads, Australia
• Awesome courses. Thank you so much. Fantastic experience - June 2010 - Sam Ford, Chester, UK
• Thanks for all the knowledge, fun and attention I had this week. Ready to enjoy more dives!! - June 2010 - Sonia, Montpellier, France
• Thanks for the awesome 3 days diving. Congrats to Karen and Ed for establishing a wonderful buisness with such professional staff. All the best for years to come!! - May 2010 - Louise Baker/John Williams, Australia
• Great diving, instruction & guiding. Will be back & refer others! - May 2010 - Mac, Spencer & Willie Cheyne, B.C. Canada
• Great series of dives - excellent team, good gear and time - April 2010 - Craig Petherick, N.Z.
• Thank you for some amazing dives and lots of fun! - April 2010 - Pia Hassig, Bern, Switzerland
• 20 dives. Thanks a lot for these 5 days of diving. Some great dives and a great team! - April 2010 - Astrid Lorange, Auckland, NZ
• Very friendly and professional service, awesome dives, will take some great memories away with us! See you next year..!! - April 2010 - Anna and Craig, Auckland, NZ
• (6 dives) Great series of dives - excellent team, good gear and time - April 2010 - Craig Petherick, NZ Dive Master
• Great dive, lovely addition to our honeymoon. A+ fun! April 2010 Sam & Tanya Hall, Auckland, NZ
• Good dives & excellent dive providers. Friendly & knowledgeable! - Apr 2010 - Craig Morley, Napier, NZ
• Amazing dives! Thanks guys. Sharks too!! - Mar 2010 - Katie & Dan, Palmerston North, NZ
• Fantastic dives & brilliant crew. Thanks for the great experience! - Mar 2010 - Claire Armitage, London, England
• Awesome Pacific Island. Great team. Cool to learn to dive with such a nice team. See you later! - Mar 2010 - James Nikitine & Sylvie Chappuis, France
• Edna's drop-off has amazing visibility. Great dives & friendly, awesome staff! Thanks - Mar 2010 - Amber Sturtz, Wellington, NZ
• Great diving, good to see sharks, turtles, lionfish. Good hosts - Feb 2010 - Craig Calman, Wanganui, NZ
• Awesome diving! Great crew! Thank you very much. Hope to be back! - Feb 2010 - Jen & Greg, UK & France
• Shark, turtle, eagle-rays! Nice dive, awesome crew. - Feb 2010 - Kenneth & Brian Jespersen, Denmark
• Best dive centre on the island! Awesome team...Cheers for the awesome dives, loved the night dive! - Jan 2010 - Clarice Gangemi, Sydney, Australia
• Fantastic experience, awesome diving. - Jan 2010 - David Jeremy, NSW, Australia
• Nice club, great people and excellent dives...Great! - Dec 2009 - Laura & Tasio, Spain
• Everyone was totally awesome. Amazing experience, can't wait to come back. Thanks. - Dec 2009 - Katherine Bodnar, Canada
• Brilliant introduction to open water diving. Great instruction & great fun! Thanks. - Dec 2009 - Peter Seymour-Nash, NZ
• Thanks for a great week of diving. It was amazing! If we weren't hooked before, we certainly are now and we are definitely leaving Rarotonga as more confident divers than we arrived. Thanks to your champion team! We'll look forward to our next visit. - Nov 2009 - Helen and Brad Smith, Canberra, Australia
• A series of ace dives, Great people, great sense of humour. But made to feel safe & secure at all times. Loved it and saw my first shark! - Nov 2009 - Mark Jones, Wellington, NZ
• Stayed here for 2 months. I survived! Had an awesome time. Saw a humpback whale! Thanks for everything! (Completed DM and AI) - Nov 2009 - Jos and Pino, Netherlands
• 8 dives. Incredible vis, awesome fish, you peeps are ok too :) Love Sand river, Edna's deep & Caves too! Must be something about diving with poms with big snorkels! - Oct 2009 - Anana Alycroft & Dave Ward
• You made a 49 year old guys boyhood dream come true. Cool fish too! - Oct 2009 - Tom Astle & Saralee Melnick, LA, USA
• Absolutely fantastic - wish I could go down again! White tip reef shark & giant moray - not sure why I left it 15yrs since last dive! Thank you - Oct 2009 - Lucy & Angus Gill, London ,UK
• Humpback whale and a turtle, Amazing!! - Sept 2009 - Hauk Dominik, Germany

• Amazing! Saw hump back whales!!!! Great Team - Sept 2009 - James Gorman, London, England
• Great Teacher Karen - thanks heeps - Maybe see you in April 2010 for the wedding! - Aug 2009 - Tim Orum & Joss Fawkner, Auckland, NZ
• You guys are Oarsome (with a big O!) We'll be back! - Aug 2009 - Lani Field & Steve Piner, WGTN, NZ
• Absolutely brilliant diving and even better instructors! Had an amazing time. Thanks for all your help! - Aug 2009 - Adrian Ciaramella, Fulham, London, England
• Awesome skipper & divemaster. Henry, Charles and Louise. Great dive sites!! - July 2009 - Bernie, Roslyn, Brittney & Brayden Dumanowski, Calgary, Canada
• Great guides/teachers, so patient & professional. Made us feel safe! Amazing! - July 2009 - Renee, Jeremy, Peter & Taryn Tkach/Bechtel, Washougal, WA, USA
• Massive dive! 30m, 20 deg C 20m+ viz. Bloody marvelous! Thanks guys. - June 2009 - Amy Berthold, The Dive Shop, 31 Railway Ave, Lower Hutt, NZ
• Thanks for a fantastic time. Great dives and great company. - June 2009 - Fiona & Richard Lees, London, England
• Wonderful, Wonderful! Great diving and wonderful people! Thank You! - June 2009 -
• Really enjoyed the dives. Very professional company, friendly & funny. Would come again. Thanks - May 2000 - Matt Stacey, Oxford, England
• Great diving, thanks for looking after us. Impressive sights & impressive staff. Thanks for a relaxed time! :) - May 2009 - Tim & Charlotte Divett, Wellington, NZ
• Excellent dive site, Top class staff! - May 2009 - David Moffat, Adelaide (Ex Scotland)
• After 2 years I've finally dived again. Great, Thanks! April 2009 - Daw Veen & Stephanie Cools - Netherlands
• Great crew and wicked times - I'll be back! April 2009 - Tim Morris
• Awesome diving! Great craic. Gid team. Yil have a grand time! - April 2009 - Siobhan Nolan, Scotland
• Great 'team' of people to take you through a very different & unique experience, Their combined efforts & Karen's exceptional positive underwater teaching is what made it perfect. Excellent instructor Karen, I liked the hand clapping. You made it very relaxing & fun experience. Thanks for everything! March 2009 - Tania Janssen, Wellington, NZ
• Two cool dives, Been here done that!! "Sweet As!" March 2009 Mark Isaacs, Wyndham, NZ
• Thanks for some cool dives - had a great time with you, just like 3 years ago. C ya. March 2009 Anders , Stange, Noway
• Amazing dive sites and great instructors. Safe, reliable and excellent viz! Cheers me dears! x March 2009 Rachel + Tom, Cornwal & Lichfield, England
• Did 6 awesome dives. Helped me get confident in diving. Really enjoyed it. Advanced Open Water Now!! - March 2009 Mark van den Berg, Netherlands
• Excellent diving - great to be under the water again. Great dive company :)- Feb 2009 Steve Holbrook, Canterbury, Kent, UK
• 6 great dives even if I did bring rotten weather for the first 4. Great company & great people. - Feb 2009 Doug Dungovell, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• Thank you for restoring my confidence ,after a long break you gave me 2 great dives. thank you so much - Feb 2009 Janine Chambers, Hants, UK
• Thanks so much for a great course. Ed, Karen, Henry & Charles you are a real credit. Feb 2009 Dave VanDorp, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• Awesome dive, awesome crew, a highlight of our Raro holiday- Feb 2009 Alan, Mark & Michele Romaine, Auckland
• Absolutely loved it, the highlight of our honeymoon. (And I'm petrified of water!) - Feb 2009 Neil & Julie George, Auckland
• Many thanks. Great professionalism and service!! Thanks for putting me at ease :) Lauren - Jan 2009 Alex Strachau & Lauren Littlewood, London SW6
• Thank you for the beautiful dives. All the best to Dive Rarotonga - 10 dives - Dec 2008 Henry E Leber, Geneva, Switzerland
• Thanks for a brilliant afternoon. My first salt water dive, a terrific experience. - Dec 2008 Martien van Dijh, Amsterdam, Holland
• I lucked out and picked the best place to learn to dive with. Ed, Karen & Charles - Great!! Dec 2008 Rick Wahl, Camano Island, USA
• Ace course - very safe, professional, fun and generally highly appreciated. Dec 08 Gavin Coldhart, Brighton , England
• Had an awesome time. Brilliant dive sites made better by an awesome knowledgeable team. Thanks guys you made my holiday!! Keep diving and loving it !! :) I'll definitely come and see you again!! Dec 2008 Alice Armstrong, Beccles, Suffolk, England
• Just like to say a big thank you for a wonderful diving experience. After being let down by Cook Island Divers, it was really refreshing to deal with a business that was interested in helping out. The result, a great time. Henry the guide was just great particularly as I have limited diving experience - a little bit more now. Once again thanks - I would recommend you to anyone looking to dive Raro. - Nov 2008 Ray Skinner, Tautanga, NZ
• Best dive team on the island. Thanks so much. 12 dives - Nov 2008 Steve Cosens, Cambridge, England
• Amazing! - Sharks, Turtles and Eagle Rays! Nov 2008 Beth, Daniel & Teresa Clarke, Hamilton NZ
• Great dives, very friendly and professional staff too. Nov 2008 Chris Bargery, Isle of Man
• Had a wicked time, did 10 dives. Very professional outfit. Nov 2008 James Spofforth Southhampton
• Absolutely brilliant! Fantastic conditions. Very professional & fun company. Hi to Tommy... & the whales !!!!!!!!! - Oct 2008 Nathalie, Sarah and Nick Whittles, Auckland, NZ
• Fabulous dive, beautiful fish, conditions, etc. Karen was a superb guide. Thank you - Oct 2008 Alan and Sandra Taylor, Auckland, NZ
• Had a fantastic time, course was excellent. Cheers to Dive Rarotonga and a special thanks to Karen - Sept 2008 Jason Curtis, Tsawwassen, BC, Canada
• Great way to finish the course, really enjoyed the dives - Aug 2008 James Wakeln, London, UK
• Fantastic dives, great people and an awesome HAMMER HEAD! ! - July 2008 Rebekah Friedlandr, Wellington ,NZ
• Amazing!! Thanks for the turtles and the yoga mat!! (don't ask!) - June 2008 Jacqui Brooks, Oxford, England
• Excellent time. Great staff. 2nd time here. Enjoyed the experience. - June 2008 Denis Cunningham, Alberta, Canada
• Very professional staff! Great fun.. relaxing dives! Grazie e buona fortuna x tutto - May 2008 Andrea and Mirtilla, Milan, Italy
• Thanks for a wonderful week in the sea! I'll be back -- I hope! - April 2008 Jenny Thompson, London
• 8 dives, 8 sharks, 5 Eagle rays, 2 turtles and the big deep blue. Cheers guys, thanx for the diving! - March 2008 Jonathon Ryan, Melbourne, Aust
• Safety & professionalism unparalleled, wonderful crew. - March 2008 Chuk and Laura Sheeley, Reno, USA
• Fabulous! Awesome day with cheeky Englishman! :) Great viz, Great dives. All round great !! :) - Feb 2008 Krissy Morrow, Lafayette, IN, USA
• Wicked. Thanx for the great dives and say hi to Tommy the trigger - Jan 2008 Nils an Ally, Eaith walling
• Fantastic staff and fantastic diving. SAFETY IS FIRST WITH YOU! - Dec 2007 Dino and Politimy Paraskevopovlos, California,USA
• Brilliant fun. Excellent instruction. Will miss you and will keep diving!! :) - Dec 2007 Julie Searle, Milton Keynes, England
• Wonderful dives, professional staff, well run, very caring. Thank you - Dec 2007 Helen Whitham, Colehill, Dorset
• Great staff, beautiful diving here. Thanks for all the support! We love Raro - Oct 2007 Penny and Charles, Seville, Spain
• Great whales, sharks, spotted toby and turtles. We've seen it all!! Fantastic! and octopus! B+J - Oct 2007 Becky and James, Sheffield, England
• What can I say, I don't want to leave! I have loved it here, you guys are awesome. Hope to see you again. Cheers xxx - Sept 2007 Claire Fish
• Awesome sharks! Big eels, a turtle and lots of fun!! :) - Sept 2007 Amanda and Owen James, Victoria Pk, WA
• We had a great time diving with you. You were all great. I've been diving all around the world for almost 40 years and your shop was the best international experience I have ever had. Being a Navy diver, safety is always a concern when I dive internationally with my wife and daughter. Your team is the best; great equipment, safety procedures, gear readily available and a person topside at all times just in case. I would definitely recommend your shop to anyone that is diving out of Rarotonga. Thanks for making our vacation a great experience. Larry, Sue, Lauren and Adam - 22 Aug 2007 Larry Klobertanz, Portland, USA
• Awesome sharks! Big eels, a turtle & Lots of fun!! :) - Aug 2007 Amanda & Owen Janes, Victoria Park, WA
• Fantastic training and lovely dives. Thank you very much - Aug 2007 David & Chris Barlow, Southhampton, England
• Just the best time!! Awesome instructor, great time, fantastic dives & Fish! - July 2007 Tim Holden, Auckland, NZ
• We were really impressed with all of the crew. They were awesome! We felt really well taken care of. Thanks! - July 2007 Leasy & Simon Delong, Whangarei, NZ
• Excellent diving, Friendly people and the diving was much better that the Whitsundays!! - June 2007 Wout Haasjes, Leonieke Lusthuse, NL
• Best dives ever! Very professional crew, thanks. Saw whale!, shark, turtle etc!!- June 2007 David & Victoria Meys
• Can't think of a nicer place to do OW 50! Thanks to all - We'll send you the photos - May 2007 Emma & Paul Richbell, Sudbury, Suffolk, UK
• Had a 'sick week' (Editors note: That means excellent in Ozzie speak!) diving with all the crew! See you for Divemaster - April 2007 Dan Smith, Sydney, Australia
• Great, Great, Great Dives, Great Friendly crew... Just Fantastic!! Wonderful dive centre!! Perfect!! -April 2007 Eddy Van den Meerschaut, Antwerp, Belgium
• Excellent dives, great DM :) 7 Sharks!!! - Feb 2007 Pam Desmond, CA, USA
• Fantastic dive, instructors made the dive relaxing and enjoyable. Great group of people, Safe & Fun - Feb 2007 Andrew Rowe, Melbourne, Australia
• It was awesome! Cool dive sites, great dives. Especially liked Tommy, ghost coral and our friend the big cucumber!!!- Feb 2007 Sylke & Jan Jaap, Holland
• Thanks for the sharks, the turtle, the corals and of course the lovely and funny staff... Feb 2007 Sandra Brunner & Lukas Brupbacher - Switzerland
• Loved the dive sites and determined to come back soon. Friendly & professional crew - much appreciated- Jan 2007 Juddie Boyd, Melbourne, Aust
• Thanks for an awesome experience and making it fun as well. Never will forget, see you again soon!!! Daniel Ransfield, Auckland NZ
• Amazing, A+++ Instructors and Dives Dave Searle, Buxton, UK
• Thank you so much for showing me an amazing sport. All the staff were really helpful and happy :-) , I'll be back, I promise! Ian Pitfield, Wigan UK
• Perfect end to a perfect week, calm water, turtle & 2 sharks. Thanks guys x Sonya Fanson, Somerset UK
• Absolutely fantastic time! All you guys are fantastic. Thanks so much. Troy Thompson, Syd, Australia
• I had 10 great dives with you guys, I really enjoyed it. Thank you for a great time! Anders S Verstjordet, Stange, Norway
• Brilliant experience learning with a Professional dive school - Great fun, Thanks! John Moore, Swindon, England
• The coolest ever! All the instructors were great, and they actually managed to make you laugh as well as feel safe! My compliments to the infamous banana cake as well. Thanks a lot for great dives, great instructors and great experiences! Jens Clausen, Denmark
• Banana cake..... mmmm! 6 sharks........ yahoo! And there is ALWAYS someone on the boat..... Great!! Dive Rarotonga .....fantastic! The best dive shop in the world! Thank you to you all, we've had a brilliant time and don't won't to go home... boo hoo! Bye.. hopefully see you again. Tom and Lynn, UK
• Have had a wonderful 2 1/2 months in the Cooks! DIVE RARO has added to the 'specialness'. Loved my Rescue course. Will be back!! Dan O'Hara, USA
• If we come back to the opposite side of the planet, Dive Rarotonga will be our first call! Thanks! Paul King, London UK
• Thank you so much, I enjoyed the course and the diving so much, it was a pleasure to do it with professionals, feeling to be in good hands. Karoline Auvinen, Finland
• Fab teaching + really great guys. Thanks for a really fab time. Looking forward to load more diving. James Slane + Charlotte Brennan
• Love the dives, absolutely loved you guys. Best thing I've ever done! / Diving with you guys was awesome. Love it! Lloyd & Merrielle, Oz/USA
• Thank you very, very much for everything guys, had a wicked time both in and out of the water, shall definitely be back. I think you made Raro for us, thank you again! . Fliss & Alex, Devon, UK
• Great dives! Fantastic people! Great fun!. Roger Brand, Switzerland
• FANTASTIC people and a great 12 dives, will stay in touch. - April 05 Miles Gregory, Uk
• Thanks for the best diving ever. Cannot believe we got 8 sharks and a turtle on one dive!!! Best Wishes Gary. Gary Cuthbertson, UK
• Totally wicked! Who needs to Dance with Wolves, when you can swim with turtles! Wayne Green , NZ
• Had a fabulous time. Kat - if patience could be measured in pounds, you'd be a millionairess by now! THANKS AGAIN! Peter Barlas, US
• Amazing diving, great people. Cheers to the whole crew. Oliver Armitstead, UK
• Cheers guys! Had a great time and everything actually fitted! Rock on! Jim Waldron, UK