Dive Review of Oliver’s Dive Little Corn/Little Corn Beach and Bungalow in
Nicaragua/Little Corn Island

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Oliver’s Dive Little Corn/Little Corn Beach and Bungalow: "Remote tropical location with some good diving", Jan, 2024, by Kirsten Olson, AB, CA ( 2 reports). Report 13045.
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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	Little Corn is a very remote location and has a backpacker vibe. There is only one fancy resort on the island, a couple small hotels, but lots of 2 and 3-star bungalows with no A/C, etc. rustic but serene, and several good local restaurants. Getting over to LCI on the panga can be rough and nasty OR calm and lovely. Luck of the day. I’ve been there twice; the first time (2016) dove with Dolphin Dive Shop, but they were booked for the week. We went down the beach and found Oliver’s, run by a young French couple who speak great English! They were friendly and energetic, had brand new rental gear (we had our own computers) and had all our gear ready for us on the panga each morning. The diving is pretty good for the Caribbean. SCTLD has not arrived in this area as of yet, and we actually thought the reef was way healthier than in Bonaire, where we went a month later. There are colourful corals, lots of soft feathery corals, and a good variety of tropical fish. We also saw tarpon, barracuda, nurse sharks, eagle rays, and turtles. One dive was rather dull, but then an enormous turtle emerged from a cave! And one dive was a hunt for the elusive hammerheads, so we hovered around on the sandy bottom waiting to see one quick glimpse of a hammerhead and one large reef shark. Not my favorite kind of dive but I was one of 7 divers so I went with it. The dive team knew the sites well and took us to a good variety of sites over three days. We really enjoyed diving with them; friendly, hard-working and knowledgable, not pretentious, and small groups (max 8 divers).
Websites	Oliver’s Dive Little Corn Little Corn Beach and Bungalow
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	México, Caribbean, Philippines, Galapagos, Hawaii
Closest Airport	Big Corn Island	Getting There	You must fly from Managua to Big Corn and take a panga over to Little Corn. There are private pangas available to book but we took the public one. Flights to/from Managua generally align with the public boats.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	28-30°C / 82-86°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Had some specific instructions to follow when we were out waiting for the hammerheads but nothing else
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Oliver’s Dive Little Corn/Little Corn Beach and Bungalow in Nicaragua/Little Corn Island

Oliver’s Dive Little Corn/Little Corn Beach and Bungalow: "Remote tropical location with some good diving", Jan, 2024,

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Dive Review of Oliver’s Dive Little Corn/Little Corn Beach and Bungalow in
Nicaragua/Little Corn Island