Dive Review of Diving Planet in
Colombia/Cartagena

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Diving Planet: "Good Diving in the Caribbean at Cartagena, Colombia", Dec, 2019, by John Yavorsky, NJ, US ( Top Contributor 30 reports with 14 Helpful votes). Report 11391.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Visit divingplanet.org to sign up for SCUBA or snorkeling. They also do discovery dives and open water SCUBA courses. Go to office in old town Cartagena at 8AM. they take you to boat to Rosarita Island (about an hour). there you get SCUBA gear and make 2 dives. My dives in Dec. 2019 had 50-80' visibility depending on the day but the reefs were surprisingly healthy with huge elephant ear sponges on one site and large brain and other corals at another. Lots of Caribbean reef fish but nothing very big and no sharks or even rays on my 3 days. Then lunch at the Cocoliso Resort with chicken rice or vegetarian rice and the ride back to old town, where they drop you off near Plaza de los coches, where cabs line up. Be aware that if PM wind picks up, the ride back could be rough with pounding and spray; take patch or other remedy if susceptible to seasickness. worthwhile if you are in Cartagena. Can also do a 5 dive overnight package with a night dive and stay at Cocolisa Resort.
Websites	Diving Planet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	50 years of diving, including 27 liveaboards and dozens of land-based world wide.
Closest Airport	Cartagena, CTG	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-°F / 29-°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Guide carried float and line. 50-60' for 50 min. don't go below guide
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	They had a bucket for cameras

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Dive Review of Diving Planet in Colombia/Cartagena

Diving Planet: "Good Diving in the Caribbean at Cartagena, Colombia", Dec, 2019,

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Dive Review of Diving Planet in
Colombia/Cartagena