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Dive Review of Parguera divers/local apartment in
Puerto Rico/Parguera Wall (SW)

Parguera divers/local apartment, Jan, 2006,

by Mary Herndon, MA, US (Reviewer Reviewer 5 reports). Report 2683.

No photos available at this time

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

Accommodations 3 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 1 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 4 stars
Comments Angel, Victor and the rest of the crew run a great operation - one of the best we've dove with! Diving is fun, relaxed and safe. Divermasters and captains provide excellent, friendly, personalized service. Nice boat with dry storage area, plenty of room and some shade. Groups were generally small (<10 people). The wall is beautiful and coral very healthy. Lots of very large nurse sharks and schools of blue chromis. Great variety of small fish. Short boat rides to dive sites. La Parguera is somewhat undiscovered, so dive sites are not too crowded. We originally booked a room at Andy's Chalet, which was very filthy and disappointing. The "2 bedroom apartment" had only 1 bedroom. The "fully equipped" kitchen had no coffeemaker, dishes or utensils. Roxanna, from the dive shop, heard our complaints and found a vacant apartment we could rent for the week, which was very nice, clean and even cost less than Andy's! Town has plenty of restaurants and tourist activities. There are no sandy beaches in the area, and Parguera is a tough drive from San Juan. But if you like funky, less developed locations, the diving is very nice and Parguera Divers runs a top notch operation.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 51-100 dives
Where else diving Mostly in the carribean - Grand Turk, Saba, Mexico
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, dry Seas calm
Water Temp 78-83°F / 26-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions Follow the leader, return with 500 psi, buddies
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

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

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

Subject Matter 4 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities 3 stars
UW Photo Comments Camera tank on the boat.
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