Buddy Dive Resort/ June 1995, Nancy London & David Clark, Grand Rapids, MI. "Great; people friendly and helpful. Clean, spacious accommodations, but maid came only once in seven days. Buddy's reef is located only 30­40 yards off the dock and makes for a great shore dive. Reasonable prices."

Buddy Dive Resort, December 1995, Trip Becker, Pottstown, PA. "Fit our needs well. Full kitchen, so we could eat breakfast and lunch there. Bonaire diving is easy; must for beginners. vis: 80­100 ft. water: 80°­84°. Depth limits 120 ft."

Buddy Dive, April 1996, Curt Laney, Port Orange, FL. "Excellent. Let you dive your own profile. No hassles. Night dive of town pier was great. Only used 4 of 6 boat dives included in our package to dive Klein Bonaire. Package included pickup truck perfect for shore diving. Plenty of grouper, lobster, eels and tropicals. vis: 80­150 ft. water: 74­78°."

Buddy Dive, August 1996, Clay Coleman, Baton Rouge, LA. "Quad with kitchenette; clean, roomy, comfortable, plenty of hot water. No tub for soaking cameras. Cable T.V. Get transformer for sensitive electronic gear; $15/week at the Sand Dollar next door. Good burgers at on-site restaurant, reasonably priced. Groceries nearby but little fruits or veggies. . . . Dive operation excellent. Divemasters Bart, Jean Paul and Merphyn exemplary. Shore dive at Buddy's very good. Plenty of macro at night - anemones with shrimp, arrow crabs, orange ball. Divemasters can put you on frogfish but seahorses have been blown about by tropical storm Cesar. No photo operation on premises, but processing at Sand Dollar."

Captain Don's Habitat, July 1995, Scott Cook, Stateline, NV. "Full dive package a waste; rent a Seasick mini-van and shore dive. Buy a six boat dive package for Klein Bonaire and the extreme north part where you may not want to drive."

Capt. Don's Habitat, August 1995, Leanne Foster, Pleasanton, CA. "Very friendly. Super accommodations. Private dock for divers at the resort. Easiest shore diving imaginable! vis: 50­100 ft. water: 84°."

Captain Don's Habitat, September 1995, Carol Ott, Floyds Knobs, IN. "Dive when, where, and how you want. Boats overcrowded, divemasters mostly disinterested; diving from shore much better. Some best dives in front of Don's. Food, pricey. Bring snacks and powdered drink mixes; these are expensive. . . . Many dive lockers in disrepair. Bring a small lock to secure your gear. Water: 84° to 86° F. Vis: 90 to 100 ft."

Captain Don's Habitat, September 1995, Jamie & Stephen McKay, New York, NY. "Pretty dives up north - Old Blue, 1000 steps diving off Klein Bonaire (small island) very pretty. Town pier night dive; 20 feet depth. Incredible sponges on pilings, plenty of macro. Dive operator good; leaves you on your own, could have pointed out a few special things. Suzi Swygert at Photoshop was very helpful. A highlight is sunset dinner cruise on the Oscarina, a sailboat moored off Captain Don's. Saw the green flash!"

Captain Don's Habitat, October 1995, Robin Henspeter, Spokane, WA. "Decide on your own profile. Great walls of coral and several shipwrecks. Captain Don's is a truly great deal."

Captain Don's Habitat, November 1995, Robert Simon, Teaneck, NJ. "Rooms excellent, food first-rate. No beach at hotel, few lounge chairs at pool. Reefs beautiful, few large fish, but plenty of eels, grouper, damsel, angelfish etc."

Captain Don's Habitat, November 1995, Joseph Griffin, East Falmouth, MA. "Excellent diving, good staff. Treat you like intelligent, experienced divers. Conscious about preventing damage to coral and reefs. Accommodations very good, food above average. Everyone seems to smoke, dive staff included. Apparently the real-life negative effects associated with foreigners has not dawned on them yet."

Captain Don's Habitat, January 1996, C. Douglas Rorex, Olney, Il. "Orientation informs about not abusing coral or critters. Divers free within their limitations. Easiest good diving in the Caribbean. Walk to the end of dock, day or night, and step into the water. Shore dives clearly marked; dive at your own choosing. Like to dive solo? Captain Don's allows it. Twenty-four hour a day, unlimited shore diving. Staff offer advice on which shore dives they enjoy, their difficulty. Our favorites: Red Slave Huts, Angel City and Karpata. My wife likes the small 50' cubic tanks. May see spotted dolphins, the occasional large black grouper and tarpons. Incredible variety of fish and invertebrates. Water 81 degrees, vis: 70 to 100 ft. Air's 78 to 84 degrees. Rooms nice, food good, people friendly."

Captain Don's, January 1996, Richard Madlener, McLean, VA. "Third trip to Don's. Plenty of sunlight, enough cloud cover to keep from roasting. Air 80's, water 78­80, vis: 60­80 ft. Little or no current. Saw dolphins and pilot whales. Fewer large groupers and large barracuda than previous trips, fewer fish except in evening. Shore dives off pier at Don's between 5 and 6 PM: more eels, large octopus, scorpion fish, large groupers, mahogany snappers, and Charlie, a four foot tarpon. . . . Dive operation well run, staff friendly. Boats comfortable and not crowded. Divemaster Sharine always on lookout for interesting sights; got to know the sound of her tank banger. . . . Rooms clean and comfortable. Extended my stay due to Eastern blizzard; provided excellent room at reasonable price. Food at Don's restaurant, Rum Runners, is acceptable. Lunch service is good so no concern about missing afternoon dives. Enjoyed Mexican and Barbecue buffets. Oceanfront Restaurant next door; 10% discount to people who stay at Don's. . . . Slide shows: Jerry Schnabel on Bonaire Above and Below, Dee Scarr gave excellent Touch the Sea presentation. Capt. Don Stewart showed us slides (made from his original black and white negatives ) and told stories of developing sport diving in Bonaire. Bugs non-existent. . . . ALM has never lost a piece of my luggage. Scheduled on United because ALM represents United in Bonaire. When I decided to stay an extra four days, I had new tickets in 30 minutes. Others changing American reservations had a longer, frustrating time."

Capt. Don's Habitat, February 1996, Michael Ford, Manchester, MI. "Been staying at Habitat for six years; first time that mosquitos were a problem. Vis: 75­100 ft. water: 80°­81°."

Captain Don's, February 1996, Scott Cook, S. Lake Tahoe, CA. "Guides excellent. Resort food worth the money, but very good reasonable meals in town. Tanks: fair share of bad "o" rings and leaky valves. The 80's often had "light" loads. Vis: 50­75 ft. water: 76°­78°. . . . Cats at resort are allowed in the eating area and sometimes jump on the tables. Wild cats are not good for a destination that prides itself on bird watching."

Captain's Don's Habitat/Happy Holiday Homes, February 1996, David and Joan Maislen, LaHabra Heights, CA. "Great shore diving. Bungalow well set up for divers and priced right. Wonderful accommodations and hosts! Took a night dive at 2 a.m. vis: 80­150 ft. water: 76°­78°."

Captain Don's Habitat, June 1996, No Name. "Best trip in 6 years at Don's. Weather perfect, vis 100'. New air fill station on boat dock. New large flattop. Divemasters knowledgeable. Extreme water temperatures in 1995 placed stress on coral."

Carib Inn, June 1995, Doug Hook, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "Bruce Bowker has completed a new rock wall, new dock, and BBQ pit. Now 115V, meaning no more transformers or overheated battery chargers. Dive staff great. J.J. master at finding the Big Stuff.' Sting rays, nurse sharks, turtles; snorkeled with 40+ dolphins. South coast shore dives are wonderful."

Carib Inn/Port Bonaire Resort, October 1995, Eric Rokicki, Millersville, MD."Port Bonaire: five star facility across from Airport. Apartments new and impeccably clean. Signed with Carib Inn for shore diving; helpful in discussing sites. water at 100': 84 deg. East and south different than west. Lots of sea fans, big fish, interesting topography. Four dives a day, including Wash. Park. Nukove and Karpata. Red Slave, Sweet Dreams, Atlantis and Red Beryl, fantastic and rarely dived - turtles and stingrays."

Carib Inn, December 1995, Steven Carey, Piscataway, NJ. "Staff friendly, courteous and knowledgeable. Divemasters available for 'Guided Tours' but divers can do own profiles. Warm, clear water, abundance of moorings. Bruce Bowker treats everyone as personal guests in his home."

Carib Inn, April 1996, Richard W. Zuckerman, Peoria, IL. "Pleasant dive operation. Attitude towards reef protection is almost messianic, a plus. World's's easiest diving. Rooms comfortable. Hard to get reservations but worth the effort whether you are a snorkeler or a diver. Despite concerns about ALM had no problems; others who flew Air Aruba lost luggage. Water: 78­82 degrees, Vis. 60­80 feet"

Dive Inn/Leeward Inn, March 1996, Alan Mitchell, Colorado Springs, CO. "Motel Six accommodations; air conditioned and livable. Excellent innkeepers. Good bargain for single diver; restaurant serves killer pizza! Dive operation small and friendly. Caters mostly to Dutch. Afternoons would have been only diver so used Sunset Beach cattle boat; made me appreciate Dive Inn. Michael and Ernest great divemasters. Vis: 80­100 ft. water: 79°­80°. Small town with decent restaurants and nobody hustles you. Budget rent-a-car van was old but serviceable. ALM on time. They ve affiliated with United Airlines."

Divi Flamingo, March 1995, Joseph Palma, Franklin Square, NY. "Unhappy with accommodations. Had to go into town for roach spray and roach hotels. Dive staff were "bus drivers" to the dive spot, barely no briefing. 100 ft. for 30 mins., back to the boat. Back to shore. When you spend the bucks we do, you want to be spoiled a little bit. vis: 70­90 ft. water: 80°­82°."

Divi Flamingo, June 1996, Doug Hook, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "Rooms clean, in poor repair. . . . Tanks: most have damaged valves and corrosion at the neck; leak where valve meets cylinder. Bad tanks refilled and put back in service, unprepared, unchecked. Best fill 2900 psi, worst was 250 psi. Divemasters great. Boats often too full. Rinse tanks and tables on boats. Time and depth limits: 100'/60 min for morning, 50'/50 min for PM boats. Limits not strictly enforced. Camera equipment stolen from hotel room. Local police not surprised."

Divi Flamingo, July 1995, Frank Nelson, N. Hungtingdon, PA. "Arrived at 5:30 PM; no one to carry our bags to the room. Some roaches in room and corridors. Workers weren't friendly. Prices for food and sundries high. The name "Peter Hughes" was thrown around a lot, but Peter Hughes has nothing to do with this place anymore. E-6 same day or next day processing is nonexistent."

Divi Flamingo, July 1995, Buddy Medbery, Oklahoma City, OK. "Excellent dive operation. Unlimited shore diving, including nights. Dive staff helpful, knowledgeable. Town Pier not worth doing anymore (too many divers). Divemasters sometimes don't offer adequate assistance in finding less obvious creatures."

Divi Flamingo Beach, August 1995, John A. McCormac, St. Petersburg, FL. "Took 20 divers for 6 day/5 night package. Nearly unlimited diving. Not as service-oriented as typical Peter Hughes' operation. Peter must not be involved. [eds. note - he isn't; Divi bought his name]. Lugged gear from my room, a long way from dive shop. Dive profiles too rigid for experienced divers with computers. Poor and inconsistent tank fills. . . . Resort clean, but needs renovation. A/C inconsistent: some rooms worked well, others did not. Food O.K. Nice pool; Advertised two pools, but one exclusively for time-share units. Good value package. . . . Drive to small inlet just before oil refinery entrance. Dive to west at 340° to 1st large tank on beach. In 35 feet are two masts crossing. Follow down wall to wreck "Windjammer" in 195 ft. water. Great!"

Harbour Village, July 1995, Todd Wilber, Gulfport, FL. "Best dive staff and dive facilities I've used. Had my own dive boat a few times. Great resort. Beautiful property. Food average."

Harbour Village, August 1995, Joy Bomze, Philadelphia, PA. "Several steps above any other resort on the island. Personal service, beautiful rooms and grounds. Staff always trying to please. The dive operation is very personal. New dive boat, very comfortable and spacious. Diving groups are small; feels like a private trip. The divemasters are excellent, most particularly Jose. He is terrific and makes the whole experience a pleasure."

Harbour Village, September 1995, John Badham, Los Angeles, CA. "Dive operation small, excellent. New boat handles 12 divers though 4­5 was the norm. They check out the skills of new divers offshore before taking them for a boat dive. Dive crew friendly, knowledgeable and helpful."

Harbour Village, September 1995, John Larsen, Marlton, NJ. "DAN trip for conference on diving and hyperbaric medicine. Excellent accommodations. Excellent diving. Water 85 degrees. Vis 100 feet. Excellent reefs. Well organized, on time. Luggage transfer delay from Curaçao to Bonaire with Antilean Airlines."

Harbor Village Beach Resort, January 1996, Waller S. Clements, Evansville, IN. "Required diving with no gloves and check out shore dive. They handled tanks, put equipment together on boat. Helped with putting on and taking off. Very good service, rental equipment in good shape. Good snorkel locations. Eagle rays, squid, barracuda, morays, many tropicals. vis: 70­100 ft. water: 80°­82°. . . . Hotel and beach good. Health spa nice for nondiving wife. Richard's restaurant: good food and service."

Sand Dollar, August 1995, Glory Moore, St. Pete Beach, FL. "Diving beautiful, staff exceptional. Toys Grand Cafe a must. Call ahead to be sure they are open. If you explore take a lot of water; two large bottles of frozen water not enough. . . . Drained the pool while we were teaching someone to snorkel. Claimed they had contacted our travel agent to let them know this would take place during our visit. I was the travel agent and they did not contact me."

Sand Dollar, September 1995, David Lake, Savannah, GA. "First time back to Bonaire in 15 years. Picture-perfect weather while Luis was devastating St. Martin. Dives limited by depth and time and cut short because boat had to be back to take out the next group. Surprised by growth and good places to eat, including the Green Parrot, Oceanside Restaurant, and Kasa Coral."

Sand Dollar, September 1995, Judi Brooks, Bellevue, WA. "Not the spectacular diving of the South Pacific, but abundant hard corals, huge purple tube sponges and giant orange elephant ear sponges; sea horses and frogfish pointed out by divemaster. Dive operation superb. Andre Nahr, a naturalist, is a divemaster and available for questions on sealife and wildlife. Free buoyancy clinics and reef critter identification clinics."

Sand Dollar, October 1995, Lorrie & Evan Wolfe, Colifax, CA. "Best dives at 4:30 PM off the dock. Great seeing the shift change between day and night fish. Sand Dollar market a rip-off."

Sand Dollar, October 1995, Debra Addeo, Littleton, CO. "Excellent for beginner to intermediate. Sea horses, eels, large barracuda, manta, squid, scorpion fish, triggerfish. ALM always late so allow for plenty of time for connections through Miami."

Sand Dollar, November 1995, Clayton S. Fuller, Chula Vista, CA. "Relaxing place to dive. Long summer of warm water turned much coral white, Juvenile fish and soft corals great for photographers. Not much to do on the island but watch the waves. It could be I'm becoming jaded. vis: 50­70 ft. water: 81°­82°."

Sand Dollar, December 1995, Joe and Mary Schutz, Elgin, IL. "Green Parrot food good; eating out is expensive, use the kitchen; bring dry cereal, taco mix, dry milk, Kool Aid, coffee from home. Supermarket selection isn't like US. . . . Dive shop has big rinse tanks and store room. Signing out tanks day or nice. Pepe patient, thorough and fun instructor for advanced course; went the extra mile. vis: 50 ft. water: 80° to 82°."

Sand Dollar, December 1995, Craig and Delira Frame, Germantown, MD. "One-bedroom unit in excellent condition; complete kitchen and a safe! AC only in bedroom but breeze blowing in living room area was comfortable. No room telephone. . . . The best restaurant was Richard's; great service, delicious dinners, a fantastic view. China Garden expensive, small portions, and overall not good. Green Parrot service slow. . . . Made 19 dives, eight boat dives. Dive operation excellent, excellent photo services, plenty of courses. Three dive boats in excellent condition. Divemasters gave good presentations on conditions. Dive computer recommended. Saw only one turtle and one seahorse, some large grouper, plenty of spotted eels. Night dive at Sand Dollar excellent. "Charlie" the tarpon used our dive lights to spot bait fish. . . . Drive through Washington Park took an hour due to poor road. Needed the four-wheel Seasick Samurai. Need a full day to see and dive the Park. $10 fee for each diver. Bring your lunch and drinks. Dive shop has tank carts to roll you tanks and gear. . . . Several north side sites have steep stairs or ladders leading to the water. The South side has the most dive sites for easy access. At Sand Dollar, divers can request dive sites for the next day. . . . Personally transferred our luggage between AA and ALM in Curaçao to be sure we arrived with everything."

Sand Dollar, December 1995, Ben Wellington, Chestnut Hill, MA. "Dive operation competent. Absolutely everything is available for rental including regs, cameras. Excellent photo and video courses. Dive limitations are suggested. They never check your computer. Avoid ALM! vis: 40­80 ft. water: 81°­84°."

Sand Dollar, January 1996, Bob Speisman, Irvington, NY. "Dive operation top notch. Rent a pickup or van, load up in the morning and dive unencumbered with your buddy and computer all day; some entries a little testy. Town pier night dive - seahorses - was terrific. vis: 100­120 ft. water: 80°. Perfect for beginners."

Sand Dollar, January 1996, Patrick Flynn, Washington, DC. "Some of best windsurfing in the hemisphere; lessons too. Bad food, except Richard's. Taxi driver tried to stuff us in back seat, so Richard drove us to Sand Dollar. . . . Staff uninterested in whether we enjoyed ourselves, locals seem hostile. They like the money though. Sand Dollar's garden is coming along nicely. Nice layout and accommodations. Klein Bonaire is the best."

Sand Dollar, January 1996, Lewis Smith, Somerset, MA. "Abnormal rain - mosquitoes. Even balcony doors screened, we were covered in bites. No one sprayed the room, even when asked. Excellent dive staff: they care about their reefs."

Sand Dollar, February 1996, Darrell Terry, Northville, MI. "Dive operation flawless. Well organized and on time. Reefs are in great shape but no fish, no critters, just a lot of great coral. Saw one lobster, one small turtle, 5­6 eels, one scorpion fish, two squid, two seahorses, reef fish. Taxes and surcharges on everything - $300 surcharge on the condo we rented and had paid in full up front." vis: 50­80 ft. water: 78°­80°."

Sand Dollar, February 1996, Jim Schwalbe, Weatherford, TX. "Must reconfirm ALM return 72 hrs. before departure; did it by phone and when we got to airport we had been cancelled. "No record in our computer." Several others had same problem."

Sand Dollar, February 1996, Tim Warren, Barrington, IL. "Three bedroom condo; comfortable, clean. Well equipped kitchen, large grocery store in town closed on Sundays, small store on premises open. Large clean pool, lighted tennis courts. Sand Dollar has a list of recommended babysitters. Green Parrot - best cheeseburger on the island. Great weather, drinking water no worry, locals friendly. . . . Bonaire looks Arizona or New Mexico desert. Beaches few, though pink beach on southern end worth the short drive. Dive shop made us sit through an orientation the first morning which was more verbal island tour than dive orientation. Warm-up shore dive before you hit the boats. Ample gear and camera rinse tanks; large gear drying/storage shed. Diving crowded. Five boats, four times a day. Signed up on a big chalk board but frequently filled. Use the request book: a presign-up book that will help you get to the sites you wanted. Divemasters courteous, helpful and informative. Go your own way or lead you on a guided dive. Beautiful reefs, smaller fish - creole wrasse, blue and brown chromis, and bogia. Saw coral bleaching."

Sand Dollar, March 1996, E. D. Russell, Greensboro, NC. "Condo needed refurbishing. Upholstered furniture, curtains dirty. Daily maid service. Kitchen well equipped. . . . Dive operation is well run, impersonal. (Except for Carlos). Gave help grudgingly. The boats have no stern entry; you set up your own gear in front of you, once reaching the site and do a backward roll. No particular space for cameras and limited overhead cover. Used our computers, but maximum diving time was 60 minutes. Reefs are wonderful; thousands of tropical fish! Bari Reef, in front of the resort, has everything that you could imagine. We dived it on many occasions, both day and night. We did not do a night dive on the Town Pier, as the 2 boats that went filled to overflowing! vis: 30­50 ft. water: 81°. . . . The food at the Green Parrot was average, with slow service. Go to Richard's; food is delicious, service is great, reasonably priced and the view is magnificent!"

Sand Dollar, May 1996, Roger Addis, Vail, CO. "Water 80 to 82 Degrees, Vis 60 to 80 feet. Bonaire has a crime problem. When you pick up you rental car the first thing you get is the The Club . On nights shore dives many rental cars were broken into. Police do not even make up a report. Too much paper work, they say. Our room and 3 others we dove with were broken into. Money, cameras and dive equipment is what they want. One day on a dive boat 8 out of 10 people had cars or rooms robbed! This is a shame as Sand Dollar is such a great professional dive operation."

Sand Dollar, May 1996, David W. Eubank, Golden, CO. "Island wonderful, though it is a desert. Dive service good, could draw tanks day or night, and dive anytime we wished. Food was wonderful. Forget the driving tour of Washington Slagbaai Park. A few unexpected costs when checking out, but nothing major. vis: 75­100 ft. water: 78°­81°."

Sand Dollar, June 1996, John Stubbings, Northbrook, IL. "Great trip! Loved everything. vis: 80­100ft. water: 78­80°. Sand Dollar is a first class operation. Sand Dollar's restaurant good. Den Laman Richards's were better. Rendez-Vous was the best."

Sand Dollar, June 1996, Carole Ott, Floyds Knobs, IN. "Rooms clean, but could use new furniture. Only the bedrooms have A/C. 70­80 ft. water: 80°­82°. If you rent a vehicle, watch out for taxes added on."

Sand Dollar, July 1996, Gary Kuchcinski, Houston, TX. "Water: 81­81 degrees, Vis: 80­100'. $360/week to rent a van from Budget - seats 6 with dive gear. Explore the island, get to restaurants, grocery shopping and shore diving. . . . Condos have nice balconies (wet gear!) A/C in bedrooms. Dive and Photo do a good video of dive for $29. Some didn t like back rolling off boats. Not a lot of hand holding. Restaurants good but pricey. No lobster."

Sunset Beach Resort, February 1995, Roman Pibl, Denver, CO. "Hilma Hooker needs more years of coral growth, but still a nice dive. To dive the Town Pier or the Salt Pier you must check in advance with the harbor master or the salt company. . . . Rooms plain, but do the job. Take a day to windsurf on the East end of the island. vis: 50­100 ft. water:80°."

Sunset Beach, May 1995, Jim & Lou Franklin, Tucson, AZ. "Hour limit on boat dives; freedom with unlimited tanks (3000 or more psi) for shore diving. Short boat ride to Klein Bonaire with lots of gorgonians shallow, lots of tropicals, coral and sponges deeper for experienced divers. Rent a minivan, load up with tanks, and watch for yellow stones marking shore accessible sites. . . . Dive staff at hotel friendly and helpful; briefings on boat skimpy but adequate for experienced divers. Town Pier night dive a must; look at the pilings not the trash on bottom."

Sunset Beach, June 1995, Herbert Clifton. "Diving excellent. Fourth trip. Dive operation getting sloppy. Service still good and diving makes up for any short fall. Saved boat dives for Klein Bonaire. Caradonna Tours got our vouchers to us four days before the trip - a little late for us worry warts."

Sunset Beach, August 1995, Larry & Ginger Hindman, Manassas, VA. "Boat dives off Klein Bonaire; fewer fish than on shore dives off big island. More life last time. Good briefings about not touching, but yet when they observed it they did not reprimand the offending divers. ALM service was terrible, including ticket agents, stewardess, stewards, schedule, etc."

Sunset Beach, August 1995, Ronald Scholer, San Jose, CA. "Caradonna Tour's $899 includes airfare from Miami; Nice wreck 110 ft (The Hooker). Good boats, air conditioned, food P.O.W. camp stuff. No big fish, many big morays."

Sunset Beach, November 1996, Michelle Ginsburg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. "Good shore dive Slagbaii Park - feed the lizards at Funchi Beach. Vis not great, but ease of diving excellent. Hotel undergoing noisy renovations. Town Pier dive organized by the dive shop was outstanding. Nice but no adventure."

Sunset Beach, February 1996, Steve Klegman, Grand Rapids, MI. "Resort run-down. Breakfast same boring stuff every day. Beach great, diving too. Some locals just obstructionist enough to make some meals unpleasant or front desk instructions less than efficient. Vis: 80­100 ft. water: 79°­83°."

Sunset Beach, April 1996, Mac Cauley, Tampa, FL. "Nothing fancy. Clean, comfortable. Good shore dive; lots of critters.vis: 50­100 ft. water: 80°­82°. Well organized operation. Good buffet breakfast, but have dinner in town."

Sunset Beach, July 1996, Dennis Munden, Del Mar, CA. "Best buy. Hotel doing some upgrading but it stills needs plenty. Rooms adequate, service needs improvement. You have to fight for towels; demand them. . . . Walt and May make everybody happy. Boat captains and divemasters bright, funny and good people. Our adult daughters had a great time. Diving not the most challenging but fun! Reefs in great shape even with the coral bleaching."

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