Dive Review of None/Black Durgon Inn in
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None/Black Durgon Inn, Apr, 2009, by Clay Coleman, LA, USA ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 4774.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Black Durgon is a small, inexpensive, quiet, quaint, friendly, and relaxing place to stay and dive. Most guests are repeat visitors (this was our 4th visit). The house dives are Small Wall (very nice) and Black Durgon Reef (significant storm damage to the reef to a depth of 40'). 3 tanks (either 80s or 63s) daily are included in the dive package, and tanks can be dived on-site or taken anywhere on the island for shore dives. There is no on-site compressor, boat, or restaurant. Accommodations are relatively Spartan, private and very quiet--the antithesis of places like Buddy Dive or Capt. Don's. The perfect place to relax and dive on your own schedule. If a sighting of a pipefish excites you as much as sightings of large or obvious sea life, then this is the place for you. Go with someone you like; you might be the only ones there.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Extensive Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Cayman, Roatan
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	surge
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-70 Ft/ 12-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
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
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The Black Durgon has a nice dive pier, a nice reef, and a rinse tank large enough to accommodate a housed SLR with dual strobes. What more could one ask for?

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By Robert Goodman in PA, US at Mar 08, 2013 15:42 EST

Does anyone know whether Al(from New Jersey) runs the Black Durgon amymore?

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Dive Review of None/Black Durgon Inn in Bonaire

None/Black Durgon Inn, Apr, 2009,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of None/Black Durgon Inn in
Bonaire