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Dive Review of Dive Dominica/Fort Young Hotel in
Dominica/Caribbean

Dive Dominica/Fort Young Hotel: "Dominica in spring", Mar, 2022,

by Jeffrey D Hubbard MD, NY, US (Top Contributor Top Contributor 32 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 11962 has 2 Helpful votes.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations For Subscribers Only Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude For Subscribers Only Environmental Sensitivity For Subscribers Only
Dive Operation For Subscribers Only Shore Diving For Subscribers Only
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ For Subscribers Only
Beginners 5 stars
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Comments There are now nonstop flights from Miami to Dominica on American Airlines, “Operated by Envoy Air As American Eagle.” This avoids the transfer in San Juan, but substitutes Miami airport, which is overcrowded and inefficient. The American Eagle “departure lounge” has signs about “distancing” but the rows of seating are very close together and there is no possibility of distancing; touching is nearly unavoidable. Service on board flights is poor.
If you must change planes in MIA, you’re probably overnighting. We did, both ways. Wyndham Garden Hotel is a discourteous rat-hole; MIA Airport Hotel is charmless, but clean, quiet and IN the airport. Desk clerk recommended house restaurant. Menu looked good . . . but it was closed! (Dinner at Pascal’s on Ponce, via Uber, does a lot to relieve the misery of the MIA layover.)
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Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Caribbean, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Fernando de Noronha (Brasil), Australia, Fiji, PNG, Micronesia, Hawai'i
Closest Airport DOM Getting There via MIA

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas choppy, no currents
Water Temp 78-°F / 26-°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility - Ft/ - M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions Follow leader - no nagging/chasing
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals N/A Tropical Fish For Subscribers Only
Small Critters For Subscribers Only Large Fish For Subscribers Only
Large Pelagics For Subscribers Only

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter For Subscribers Only Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's For Subscribers Only Shore Facilities For Subscribers Only
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