Instant Reader Report
on Dive Dominica / Castle Comfort Inn in
Dominica / [N/A] on
2003/07
by
Ginny Z. Berson , CA, USA
Report Number 030722114142861

 All over the Carribean (Caymans, Belize, Bequia, Saba, Grand Turk, Provo,
Roatan, etc.)and in Fiji 

Dive Conditions

They said 100 feet/60 minutes max, but there was never a dive where going
deeper was an issue and there were several where we were in for over an
hour.  

[None]  

Overall Rating

A word of warning--if you fly to Dominica on American Eagle from San Juan,
be prepared to do without your luggage for the first day.  American Eagle
typically leaves lots of luggage in San Juan because of weight problems.
In our group of 9, 5 people did not get their luggage until late the next
day.  So carry on your mask, reg, bathing suit, shorts, toothbrush, etc. 
Whatever you can't do without for the first 24-36 hours.  In addition, the
flight out of Dominica typically leaves late, with many passengers missing
their connections.  You might want to build in an extra day to get home.

I have nothing but high praise for the dive operation (maximum 8 divers
per boat) and the diving in Dominica. Huge hawksbill turtles, frogfish,
flying gurnards, seahorses, squid, and a veritable nursery of trunks,
trumpets, files, drums, angels, damsels, etc.  There are 9 kinds of eels,
and we saw them all, including some pretty rare snake eels.  I worried
that I might be bored with Carribean diving, but I wasn't at all.  

[The whales and dolphins were not encountered while diving, but on a
separate whale-watching trip run by Dive Dominica.  It was pretty
spectacular]. 

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