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TRUK - SS THORFINN Liveaboard

Sailing out of Guam, the SS Thorfinn offers comfortable liveaboard accommodation and excellent diving, and is operated by a crew with an intimate knowledge of the dive sites that are visited. Onboard, the vessel caters for 22 guests with 11 double cabins, most ensuite. There is a lounge, bar, dining room, spa, entertainment centre, TV/video, sundeck, boutique and photo lab. As well as the wrecks there are over 800 species of marine life including sharks, jellyfish, clownfish and rays. The diving season is also year round with water temperature from 29C/85F; visibility is between 20-30 metres/60-100 feet guaranteed.

Thorfinn - Guest Lounge

A spacious comfortably furnished 'C' deck salon features a multi system Plasma TV / VCR / DVD players, a CD video-audio player, all connected to a surround sound 6 speaker system.A fully stocked DVD and VHS video library with more than 600 films, indirect lighting and view windows add to ambience of this cozy guest area.

The bar provides all types of beverages from coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and soft drinks, to beer, wine and many spirits and liquors. Pre-ordered beer and wine will be delivered within our ability to secure them. Surround sound 4-way speakers add music ambience to lounge and outer spa deck as desired.

Thorfinn - Guest Quarters

Eleven air conditioned staterooms accommodate 22 guests in double occupancy.

All rooms feature vanities, in room multi-system TV/VCR's and DVD players, indirect lighting, full length closets, bright carpeting and modern décor. Eight rooms located on 'D' and 'E' decks have double or queen size beds plus adjacent single berths. Private showers and toilets are fitted in each of these quarters. Three additional large rooms on 'C' deck are bright and spacious with semi private two shower rooms and two toilet rooms.

Thorfinn - Dining Lounges

Dedicated dining lounges on 'D' deck provide full guest eating in three connected areas.

Two chefs create a variety of delicious meals and daily fresh baked goods, with attention paid to all dietary needs. Friendly dining room staff serve a la carte in sit down comfort and convenience. A well stocked paperback book exchange here, offers reading on almost any subject and language, reflecting customer diversities.

Thorfinn - DIVING

Spectacular remains of nearly 70 coral draped Japanese ships and countless aircraft were condemned to watery graves by U.S. Naval air attacks during "Operation Hailstone" late in World War II. Now lying scattered upon the floor of Truk's huge 40 mile diameter tropic lagoon, they are easily accessible to all sport divers seeking maximum attractions.

'THORFINN' began diving Micronesia 21years ago, with Truk as a terminus for outer island cruises. Truk's sheltered lagoon with the world's finest shipwreck diving led this choice. Warm, relatively clear, current free waters of this great ocean lake provide comfortable diving for novice to expert. Captain and dive crew have long lived the wrecks and documented their configurations in a published sketch book. Much historic detail and information will be related at tableside conversations during your visit.

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TRUK - Truk Stop Hotel

The island of Truk offers something unique to the diving fraternity with a 100 kilometre diameter graveyard of nearly 70 coral-draped Japanese battleships and countless aircraft sunk by the American naval air attacks during World War II. This graveyard and underwater museum offers the chance of a lifetime for spectacular diving in warm, relatively clear and current free waters offering diving for both beginners and experts. It is a truly memorable experience.
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The Truk Stop hotel offers a variety of accommodation easily accessible to all major dive sites. Set within a lagoon, this small and friendly 23-bed hotel offers clean and comfortable surroundings along with an award winning restaurant offering excellent cuisine and personal service. There is a patio adjacent to the restaurant and to add to their excellent service, there is also a bakery and gift shop.

Facilities also include free WiFi internet and cable TV, as well as seminar rooms. There is also the 'Body Shop' - their in-house massage therapist is available to give massages 7 days a week from 8am-9pm! The hotel is close to Weno Island, the port and various local establishments, including their own Hard Wreck Café and Bar - known as the islands premier watering hole.

Diving

Working alongside the hotel, and only a 30 second walk away, is the Truk Lagoon Dive Centre. Opened in 1991, it is TDI and PADI affiliated, boasting 3 customised dive boats with experienced crew offering uncrowded, personalised dive itineraries around the many wrecks.

Local guides refer to these wrecks as the Ghost Fleet as it is made up of 41 WWII dive wrecks although there are over 50 wrecks in total, the biggest of these being the submarine tender, Heain Maru. Other popular sites include the famous Fujikawa Maru containing zero fighter planes and the Shinkoku, which was a tanker that is full of artefacts and is now smothered in soft corals and fish-life.

The Dive Centre is well-equipped to support technical divers with manifolded doubles, stage and rebreather bottles available to rent. Medical grade oxygen, helium and sofnolime are kept in stock - and they have the best prices in Truk!

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