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Instant Reader Report
on
Dive Dominica / Castle Comfort in
Dominica /
[N/A] on
2002/03
by
Roger & Donna Soape , TX, USA
Report Number 020920095401856
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Reporter
Dive Experience
251-500 dives
 
Where else diving
 Chinchorro Banks (Mexico), Cozumel, all three Belize atolls, Little Cayman,
Grand Cayman, Saba, Turks & Caicos, St. Vincent  

Dive Conditions

Weather
windy  
Seas
choppy  
Water Temp
78   to 79    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
3
Water Visibility
60   to 90    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
yes  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
  
What I saw
Sharks
None 
Mantas
None 
Dolphins
Schools 
Whale Sharks
None 
Turtles
None 
Whales
None 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  ***
Tropical Fish
**  
Small Critters
  ****
Large Fish
***  
Large Pelagics
  **
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
****  
Boat Facilities
*
Overall rating for UWP's  
N/A  
Shore Facilities  
**  
Comments
[None]  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
***
Service
***
Food
***
 
 
Dive Operation
***  
Shore Diving  
***  

Overall Rating

Beginners
***   
Advanced
***    
Comments  
The prettiest eco-island in the Caribbean, with beautiful waterfalls,
plants, birds, hiking.  Two dives per day (only) - both in the morning -
leaves time for island touring, which is arranged (and encouraged) by
Castle Comfort but well worthwhile.

Fishing by locals means very few fish of any size.  Try not to look at the
fish traps while you are diving.  Still, lots of frogfish and seahorses.

Dive operation okay but a different divemaster nearly every day meant
divers never established much rapport with any one of them.  It also
caused divemasters to be overly cautious with experienced divers since the
day's new divemaster had never seen any of us in the water.  As a
consequence, we dove the easier sites except for the last day when we
finally convinced the crew to go outside the protected harbor.  Great
dives outside. 

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