In August of this year our local government, during our annual budget meeting, will decide whether or not we can afford to open Bikini Atoll in 2009. The web site will remain unchanged until then.
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Index of Dive Tour Information:
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All divers must read Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Dr. William Robison's report on the Estimates of Radiological Dose to People Living on Bikini Island for Two weeks while diving in and Around the Sunken Ships in Bikini Lagoon and all divers must sign medical and liability waivers before coming to dive or visit Bikini Atoll:
Liability Waiver in .pdf [download]
Medical Waiver in .pdf [download]
Robison Report in .pdf [download]Need a free .pdf reader from Adobe to read the above files?
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.htmlTraveling to Micronesia? Visit the Micronesia Handbook online.
Marshall Islands VISA REQUIREMENTS:
Please be advised that the following countries are exempted from the requirements of entry visa into the Republic of the Marshall Islands:
*United States and all of its territories
*Federated States of Micronesia
*Republic of Palau
*Pacific Islands Forum Countries including Australia and New ZealandEntry visa will be issued on arrival to citizens of the countries listed below provided the duration of the intended visit is no more than (30) thirty days, the person traveling to the Republic possess a roundtrip or a transit ticket, and has a valid passport:
*Japan
*Korea
*Republic of China (Taiwan)
*Philippines
*All Members of the European Union (EU)
Citizens of all countries not listed above must present a valid passport with an entry visa, a roundtrip or a transit ticket before boarding and traveling to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Download a Republic of the Marshall Islands visa application. Please note that the application should be accompanied by a $100 fee made out to the Secretary of Finance.
ALL passports must be valid and be 12 months before the expiration date to enter the Marshall Islands.
ALL divers who dive with us on Bikini Atoll MUST have proper dive/medical evacuation insurance or they will not be able to dive with us, no exceptions will be made.
We generally look for three main characteristics in a dive insurance plan:
1) Ability to evacuate an injured diver anywhere in the world.
2) Ability to pay for medical treatment of an evacuated diver anywhere in the world.
3) Ability for the diver to dive below 130 feet anywhere in the world and still be covered by the insurance plan.
BIKINI ATOLL DIVERS highly recommends the following dive insurance plans [the links take you to their websites]:
DAN Preferred Plan or DAN Master Plan but NOT the DAN Standard Plan
PADI Dive Insurance Platinum or Gold plans but NOT the PADI Silver Plan
NAUI dive insurance plan Deluxe Dive and Travel Plan or Deluxe Dive and Travel Family Plan but NOT the NAUI Standard Plan
Diveassure Gold, Platinum or Diamond programs
DAN EUROPE Basic, Master or Super Plans
If you do not see your dive insurance plan on this list, please email us with either a website or other direct contact information for your insurance company so we can check their policies.
NOTE FOR DIVERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM: Some insurance companies from the UK will not cover divers on Bikini unless you have a qualification to carry out 2 decompression dives a day. Please read the small print of your policy as sometimes it states that the insurance company will only pay for injury related expenses if divers are diving within their qualification level. Not many training agencies allow 2 decompression dives a day, so please make sure of this with your insurance company before coming to Bikini Atoll. Most of our dives go beyond the 130 foot/40 meter limit of many dive insurance programs.
Read a letter from the manager of Bikini Atoll Divers.
READ THIS!
BIKINI ATOLL DIVERS DEPOSIT AND CANCELLATION POLICIES FOR INDIVIDUALS
