Dive Review of Divi in
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Divi, Nov, 2002, by Peter Golitzen, CA, USA . Report 266.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Had we known, we would skip the meals included package, service was horribly slow at lunch & dinner. Short walk into town for many choices (but not too cheap) The breakfast buffet was great is usually included with the dive package. Rooms were okay and I recommend staying there, but not perfect. BYOB - beer retails over $1 for 25cl bottles (i.e. about 8 oz.) and Divi charges about $3-4 for one of those teensy beers. Wish I had brought a bottle of hard stuff along. Dive operation excellent (although they did cram 15-17 divers on a boat, but it was an exceptionally busy week) Sometimes we had as few as 8 on the boat. Wind usually wipes out the bugs, but once in a while I got eaten alive while waiting for dinner. Needed some DEET one time. Restaurants are open-air, rarely need screening due to wind. Although Dutch is official language, english spoken by most. A "pidgin" Papiamento is bantered about (relic of slave days) Bring cash for casino purposes, else credit card does a lot. Flew in American Eagle from San Juan, no problem except late arrival and early departure. Dutch Caribbean I beleive the ghost of ALM notorious for losing luggage, and they did it again to some friends.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Kona Aggressor, Solmar V, Kona shore, S.Calif, Coco view (3 times), Florida keys
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	First dive 70' max, else 50'. Time 45 min in AM, 60 min in single PM dive. NOT VISIBLY ENFORCED - quite relaxed.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Not a photog - but they seemed to cater to them quite well

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Dive Review of Divi in Bonaire

Divi, Nov, 2002,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Divi in
Bonaire