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Dive Review of
Paguera Divers/Copamarina in
Puerto Rico

in 2005/03
an Instant Reader Report
by
Bill Parks, MO, United States
Report Number 1844

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Reporter
Dive Experience
101-250 dives
Where else diving
Cayman Brac, Cozumel, St. Lucia, St. John's, Tortola

Dive Conditions

Weather
sunny, dry  
Seas
choppy  
Water Temp
0   to 0    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
0
Water Visibility
50   to 75    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
no  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
[Unspecified]  
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
  5 stars
Tropical Fish
4 stars  
Small Critters
  3 stars
Large Fish
1 stars  
Large Pelagics
  1 stars
 
 
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  
Comments
[None]  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
4 stars
Food
3 stars
Service and Attitude
3 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
4 stars  
Shore Diving  
1 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
2 stars   
Advanced
4 stars    
Comments  
PLEASE NOTE:  In order to stay at what appeared to be, and was in fact, a
pretty nice property, we had decided to book the Copamarina in spite of
prior Chapbook reviews that the dive operation repeatedly was problematic. 
For us too, the dive operation at the Copamarina was a disappointment. Just
days before, they said everything was fine.  Once we arrived the story was,
"The Coast Guard lost our license application so we can't go
out."   The much better dive operation according to the reviews in the
Chapbook servicing the very nice reef off the Southwest coast of Puerto
Rico was Paguera Divers.  The Copa dive shop offered to book us with them
which we did; so we drove about 25 minutes west each morning in order to
dive with Paguera Divers.  Like others, we were extremely pleased with the
entire experience with Angel and his crew.  The Copamarina was nicely
landscaped with very nice pools, nice rooms, pretty good patio
bar/restaurant. But the unreliable dive shop, plus the fact they overbooked
badly which bumped our friends and many others we heard about to the Ponce
Hilton for a few days will keep us from repeating there.   
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