Dive Review of Fort Young Hotel and Dive Resort/Same in
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Fort Young Hotel and Dive Resort/Same: "Great diving, rest ‘meh’", Apr, 2026, by GERALD WILSoN, MI, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 13812.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	First thing first: The diving was quite good for the Caribbean. Plenty of healthy corals, sponges, etc. A lot of small eels. Some medium size eels and a couple greens. Several snake eels. Bearded fire worms. Good small stuff: Hermit crabs, decorator crabs, gobies, anemone and cleaner shrimp, and quite a few juvenile fish, including puffers and trunkfish. Visibility was pretty good. Favorite sites included Solomon and Swiss Cheese. Water temp was 81F. Shore diving is available but only when there is no cruise ship docked (for some reason, the staff blamed Hamas - I doubt the reach of Hamas is that long). Visibility on the shore dives was not good. I was bored. The dive crews had some positives and negatives. The main ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Fort Young Hotel and Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Cayman, Bahamas, Florida, Roatan, Jersey Shore, Maldives, Bonaire, Indonesia, Great Lakes, etc.
Closest Airport	DOM	Getting There	Direct from EWR
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents, no currents
Water Temp	81-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	-100 Ft/ -30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Had to stay with guide. 60 minute limit.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
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Dive Review of Fort Young Hotel and Dive Resort/Same in Dominica

Fort Young Hotel and Dive Resort/Same: "Great diving, rest ‘meh’", Apr, 2026,

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Dive Review of Fort Young Hotel and Dive Resort/Same in
Dominica