Dive Review of Fish 'n Fins/Palasia in
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Fish 'n Fins/Palasia: "Pleasant Return to Palau", Jan, 2024, by Wayne B. Batzer M.D., HI, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12880 has 2 Helpful votes.
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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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Comments	This was our first trip back to Palau since February 2020, just before the COVID lockdown. We were again quite pleased with the professionalism and care provided by Fish ‘n Fins. They set up accommodations and very pleasant kayak and land tours, as well as diving. Dives were two per day, with lunch provided (usually on a Rock Islands beach) with option of a third dive. Dive boats are very comfortable with plenty of room for both wet and dry gear, and good locations for backroll entry. The ladders are substantial and crew quickly takes cameras and other gear handed up, and will take BC’s if desired. The guides are very conscientious about the environment and clearly enjoy showing off the wonderful underwater life of Palau. The boat drivers are also happy to show off the Rock Islands, including reminders of WWII (bunkers, guns, cave storage areas). The weather was quite windy and often rainy, limiting options for dive sites but the boat drivers and guides were good at picking best options (including those with fewer dive boats). There are almost always interesting wrecks such as the Iro when conditions outside the reef are not good. Palau has clearly benefitted from limitations on fishing, with sea life and coral improved significantly since my first visit in 2001. Accommodations at the Palasia were clean with excellent housekeeping. The hotel could use of bit of updating and the breakfast buffet was not as good as it was pre-COVID. There are excellent restaurants in Koror and we especially love the Taj. The Etpison Museum is worth a visit and also has a nice, large gift shop.
Websites	Fish 'n Fins Palasia
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All Hawaiian islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap, Guam, Northern Marianas, Philippines, New Zealand, Florida, BVI, Okinawa
Closest Airport	Koror	Getting There	United Airlines, Honolulu to Guam, Guam to Palau. Return flights to Guam are very early (2 am) in the morning.
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Duration of dive specified during the briefing
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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
UW Photo Comments	Plenty of space and dedicated rinse tanks on shore. Dive staff attentive to photographers needs but no specific camera areas on the dive boats.

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Dive Review of Fish 'n Fins/Palasia in Micronesia/Palau

Fish 'n Fins/Palasia: "Pleasant Return to Palau", Jan, 2024,

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Dive Review of Fish 'n Fins/Palasia in
Micronesia/Palau