Dive Review of All Star Avalon in
Cuba/Jardines de la Reina

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All Star Avalon: "Jardines de la Reina corals blasted; Goliaths and sharks abound", Jan, 2024, by Rick Morgan, OH, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 13254.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We were with a group of shark-centric photographers on a two-week (12 dive-day) Backscatter trip. The vessel, Avalon III, is large, and was limited to 2/3 capacity, so there was ample room. The boats head 40 miles offshore, but then reposition only a couple of times, with dive sites served by pangas. Cabins are fine, food was great; crew and dive op excellent. Scent boxes were used on almost every dive to bring in silkies and reef sharks. The reefs, long known as pristine, suffered terrible bleaching in 2023. We had a nice tour of Havana before heading to Jucaro Port, a seven-hour bus ride on a comfy coach. Batteries, and a lot of them, were charged in the lounge; devices could be charged in cabins. We had numerous lovely skiff rides through beautiful mangrove islands. We hope to revisit Havana and mourn the apparent profound compromise of another stellar Caribbean reef system.
Websites	All Star Avalon
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia; Bonaire; Costa Rica; Fiji; Florida Keys; Grand/Little Cayman; Saba; St. Croix; Galapagos; Papua New Guinea; Bali; Wakatobi; Tuscany; Raja Ampat; Cuba; Lembeh; Bunaken; Bangka
Closest Airport	Havana	Getting There	Easy
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Avalon III has three large camera tables on the dive deck—many mega rigs on our trip, but nobody was especially crowded

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Dive Review of All Star Avalon in Cuba/Jardines de la Reina

All Star Avalon: "Jardines de la Reina corals blasted; Goliaths and sharks abound", Jan, 2024,

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Dive Review of All Star Avalon in
Cuba/Jardines de la Reina