Dive Review of
Dive Palau/Palau Dive.com in
Micronesia/Palau

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Overall Rating

March 1st thru the 14th…I believe this is my 7th trip report on Palau in as
many years. Again this year I had a very well known person sitting next to
me flying to Palau. Dan Bailey who has discovered many of the wrecks in
Truk and Palau. He pulled out his books he has published on Palau and Truk
and showed me many of the original wreck pictures as they were discovered
before “us” divers got to them. He does remarkable work with the
BentStar.org people who are still trying to locate MIA’s from WWII. I was
fortunate to be able to attend his talk during wreck week at Sams and have
dinner with him one evening. During the week I was there, Pat with BentStar
along with other speakers was giving a presentation nightly about WWII.

The Diving, again the best and diving with Keith Santillano of Dive
Palau..(Palaudive.com) was again the best! This year for the first time I
noticed a few thermoclines down to a bone chilling 79 degrees…..usually is
and was 82 to 83. Also visibility was not as good as usual but the weather
was a vast improvement over last year. With the cooler currents rising from
below a few people had been spotting the Great Hammerheads….Not me!....The
first dive at the Blue corner was fabulous as usual. I was Down at about
95’ I could see about 30’ below me a very large school of schooling Grey
reef sharks with a big Silvertip (about 9’) in the middle of them. Did the
Ulong channel a couple of times what a great dive….the Cabbage patch coral,
croc fish, sharks, wrasses, giant clams etc etc….Had my first 75 minute
dive. One of my favorite dive sites Turtle cove this year had visibility
problems….although Turtle cove usually only has 60’ vis this time it was
30’ to 50’ a little disappointing. The further north you went the vis was
better. Overall this is still the most diversified place I have dove.  

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