Dive Review of
Cano Divers/Pirates Cove] in
Costa Rica/Drake Bay

Borneo, Thailand, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Cayman Islands, British Columbia,
Belize, Curaco, Cabos San Lucas, Cocos Island

Dive Conditions

Dive Master Determined max depth and surface interval.   

No rinse tank on the boat. Had to ask the dive master/captain to hand you
the camera.    

Overall Rating

Good:  Lots of White tip reef sharks.  Canos Island makes for a very
comfortable spot for lunch and surface intervals.  At times, there were
many different schools of fish intersecting at the same point.

Bad:  Boat is very unstable. All 3 females were sea sick as soon as the
boat stopped and we geared up (a first time for my wife - 60 plus dives). 
The rental equipment was atrocious.  Their regulators gave out many times
and at one time I thought I was going to have to sacrifice my reg (my own)
so my wife could dive.  

Pirate's Cove has hired an experienced dive instructor who is a whiz at
fixing equipment (fixed two problems with my Air II system).  Given enough
time, Eric will get that equipment in shape.

There is not a lot of variety in Drake Bay to dive about 6 sites on Cano
Island (about an hour boat ride).  No shore diving and no night dives.  I
would keep my eye on this spot as I feel it will only improve in the
future.

The food was very tasty and healthy and the resort is efficiently run by
Suzanne. I liked our accomodations but for $100 to $200 more pp for 4 days,
there were definitely better resorts (e.g. Drake Bay Wilderness) in the
area. 

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