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Dive Review of
Dive Dominica/Castle Comfort in
Dominica

in 2002/03
an Instant Reader Report
by
Roger & Donna Soape, TX, USA
Report Number 186

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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  
  
Liveaboard?
no 
Nitrox Available?
N/A 
What I saw
Sharks
None 
Mantas
None 
Dolphins
Schools 
Whale Sharks
None 
Turtles
None 
Whales
None 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  3 stars
Tropical Fish
2 stars  
Small Critters
  4 stars
Large Fish
3 stars  
Large Pelagics
  2 stars
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
4 stars  
Boat Facilities
1 stars
Overall rating for UWP's  
N/A  
Shore Facilities  
2 stars  
Comments
[None]  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
3 stars
Food
3 stars
Service and Attitude
3 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
3 stars  
Shore Diving  
3 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
3 stars   
Advanced
3 stars    
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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