Dive Review of Avalon , cuba Dive center in
Cuba/Garden of the Queens

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Avalon , cuba Dive center: "This is the Caribbean 20 years ago, healthy reef and loads of fish", Jun, 2023, by Lydia S Segal, CO, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 12657 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	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Travel… easy via American Airlines there and back Havana..arranged lodging for a few days via booking.com, also places easily available via Airbnb. The travel agency, Cuba Diving will help as well. Worth visiting. Visas and other paperwork are also handled by Cuba Diving/AVALON DIVING The boat..there are several avalons in their fleet. The IV is the highest, newest and we were in it, very well maintained, excellent food, super helpful staff. The dive op.. the dive deck is big, roomy and once you are set up, the crew puts your stuff on a tender, holds 12 and a tight fit, and all you need to do is get on the tender with your mask and water bottle. Very easy to then back roll into the water, usually a 15 min or so run to the dive site. The diving was easy, and reminiscent of the Caribbean 20 years ago, loads of fish, healthy reef. The bad: clearly there had been chumming as the sharks, which are ever present, circled the boat often. I can’t convince my family that though the pricing is a liveaborad Indonesian rates the flights are much shorts and effectively no time zones from the USA. We are planning to return next year, in the winter when the vis would be better.
Websites	Avalon , cuba Dive center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, PNG, Maldives, Philippines, Bonaire, Roatan, Belize, Cuba
Closest Airport	Havana, camaquay	Getting There	American Airlines Denver to Hav, return American Airlines from Camaquay via MIA
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	60 min and 60 feet, sometimes shorter
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
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
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Avalon , cuba Dive center in Cuba/Garden of the Queens

Avalon , cuba Dive center: "This is the Caribbean 20 years ago, healthy reef and loads of fish", Jun, 2023,

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Dive Review of Avalon , cuba Dive center in
Cuba/Garden of the Queens