Dive Review of Orca Dive Centre/Park Plaza Verudela in
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Orca Dive Centre/Park Plaza Verudela, Aug, 2013, by David Schwab, AE, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 7088 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	My dive buddy and I spent the first night in another hotel ... the Park Hotel. It was a HOT night (34C/low 90's F) and the hotel had NO Air Conditioning. Rooms were small, no fridge, small bathroom, etc. On day 2 we checked out and checked into the Park Plaza Veredula . . . had a nice apartment with AC, kitchenette, etc. The Orca Diving Centre serves the resort area of Veredula; it is located at the Park Plaza Histria (5 Hotel). The centre itself is adequate, plenty of rental equipment that is in good shape . . . although finding a wetsuit that fits properly might be a problem; the dive staff is well qualified and provides first class service. Dive sites are a) on the house reef just outside the dive centre; b) at local dive sites accessed by a small boat; or c) wrecks and other sites reached by a larger boat provided by another dive centre. I dived all three; viz was terrible at all three (although I was told this is not always the case) . . . the house reef is full of rocks and cement blocks; the local site ("Fraskeric") was an interesting tour through some tunnels and thermoclines (16C-28C), bit better viz, couple of crabs, lobsters, small fish; the wreck ("RN Giuseppe Dezza") was at 33m, 2m viz . . . a real challenge, but a 3 hour round trip for a one tank 30min dive. On the third day all diving was cancelled because of a forecasted storm which didn't appear until much later. It appeared that diving was available just for occasional divers, not for more serious divers. Other than diving: food at restaurants in the Veredula area was fair . . . some good (eat at the "Fisch Huette"), some not so good ("Yacht Restaurant" at Park Plaza Histria). Some sites in Pula worth seeing (the Arena & the Aquarium).
Websites	Orca Dive Centre Park Plaza Verudela
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Red Sea, Maldives, England, Scotland, Norway, Germany, Hawaii, Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, Turkey, Spain
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	16-28°C / 61-82°F	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	1-5 M / 3-16 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits; accompanied by dive guide
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Concern for cameras, but nothing on the boats.

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Dive Review of Orca Dive Centre/Park Plaza Verudela in General Travel/Other Locations/Pula, Croatia

Orca Dive Centre/Park Plaza Verudela, Aug, 2013,

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Dive Review of Orca Dive Centre/Park Plaza Verudela in
General Travel/Other Locations/Pula, Croatia