Dive Review of Reef Oasis Dive Center Bayahibe/Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace in
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Reef Oasis Dive Center Bayahibe/Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace: "Diving with friends in Bayahibe", Nov, 2024, by Guy Charlebois, QC, CA ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 13222.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	The Viva Dominicus Palace is a very nice hotel, the room are clean and made every day. They supply driking water bottles in the room as the fauchet water is no good. The food is buffet style and there is different dishes for everyone taste. You also have access to different a la carte restaurant free of charge, they offer specialty wine $$, wine and beer is also free. The hotel has two resort in one the Palace and the Dominicus Beach so it a big one. The dive center is on site, it a 5 stars PADI. The rental equipment is in goog condition. Everyone had it own equipement and there his storage for the gests. The tank are always fill to 3000 psi or more and the offer Nitrox 32% for 5$ a tank. The guide are very attentive to there group . We saw many tropical fishs, Eagleray, turtle, barracuda, stingray etc . We did 10 dives for 378$. It possible to reserve a dive package on line and get 20% off. We could not go to Catalina Island has there was to much rain the day before and visibility was 5 feet du to run off from Chavon River. Visibility on the shallow reef was around 30 feet but on the Altantic Princess Wreck was 50 and on the St Georges Wreck around 80 feet. there was little current
Websites	Reef Oasis Dive Center Bayahibe Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over the caribbean, Red Sea, Mediterranean sea, West coast Mexico, East coast US, Great lakes, St-Laurence River Québec and lakes
Closest Airport	Punta Cana	Getting There	There is regular flight from Montréal, Qc. and also major city in the USA
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-80 Ft/ 8-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	We were a group of 6 from instructor to OWD. The briefing explane the site, who was our guide, dive time around 45 min by always did 1 hour or more and we follow the bottom that was from 30 to 95 feet, except on the St-Georges Wreck that is deeper 130 feet to the bottom
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	On The boat there is a water barrel for them and one for computer and masks

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Dive Review of Reef Oasis Dive Center Bayahibe/Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace in Dominican Republic/BAyahibe

Reef Oasis Dive Center Bayahibe/Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace: "Diving with friends in Bayahibe", Nov, 2024,

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Dive Review of Reef Oasis Dive Center Bayahibe/Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace in
Dominican Republic/BAyahibe