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Dive Review of Coco View/Coco View Resort in
Honduras/Roatan

Coco View/Coco View Resort, Dec, 2002,

by Dave White, CA, USA (Reviewer Reviewer 6 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 299.

No photos available at this time

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 1 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 1 stars Shore Diving 4 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments The diving itself was very good. The working staff at the resort were always plesant and helpful, however the management had an indifferent attitude and it showed in the quality of the operation.
Nearly everyone(including some staff that ate at the resort) at the resort got some sort of intestinal sickness either due to bad water or poor food prep. The manager's attitude was "it must be that cruise ship thing", and walked off. We had bad air on several days, bad enough to make people sick and cause dives to be cancelled. The excuse: " a filter problem with the compressor, it won't hurt you". Most likely lack of compressor maintenance. On two occasions the boat wouldn't start (at the dock luckily). When they ran, the boats were good. Divemasters and boat crews went out of their way to make up for management indifference. The manager was always easy to find, look in the bar.
The shore diving is very good and gives some extra value to the trip. Macro life was very good as was smaller and intermediate sized fish. We saw a number of Eagle Rays. No see-ums were a very minor problem for us, although some people were seemed to have more of a problem. Take DEET and some sort of anti itch medication.
Overall we had a good time, but it could have been so much better. We will not return and while we would recommend Roatan we would stay away from Coco View Resort.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 251-500 dives
Where else diving Cozumel, Little Cayman, California
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 80-82°F / 27-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 0
Water Visibility 40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions No deco dives
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 2 stars

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

Subject Matter 4 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Desigated camera tables and rinse tanks. Boat staff always willing to hand cameras after entry.
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