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Rick Bates, ON, CA
Contributor, 16 Reports with 7 Helpful Votes
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Diving Experience: 1000+ dives, diving in
"Indonesia(Wakatobi),Indonesia(Misool),Komodo Islands,Papua New Guinea,Australia(Melborne/Sydney/GBR),Fiji,Florida (east coast),Florida Keys,Bahamas (Abaco),Curaçao, Roatan, Bonaire, St. Maarten, Belize(Ambergris Key), Turks & Caicos, Cozumel, Great Lakes, St Lawrence River, North Carolina, Fiji"

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Dive Destination	Dive Op/Resort	Live Aboard?	Review	Rating	Date	Photos/ Helpful Votes
Philippines/Dumagette	*Atmosphere Resort & Spa*		"Beautiful Resort, great diving, great staff" Beautiful Resort, great diving, great staffGetting to anywhere in this area can be a challenge. But its all worth it! Having dove in Indonesia... Full report		11/2023	1
Curaçao/Sint Willibrordus	*Dive Destination*		"A nice week of diving, but....." A nice week of diving, but.....This was a return trip to Coral Estates Luxury Resort. I previously said I would probably not retur... Full report		11/2023	1
Indonesia/Raja Ampat	*Misool Eco Resort*		"9 Days in paradise! Wonderful staff, rooms, food, GREAT Dives" 9 Days in paradise! Wonderful staff, rooms, food, GREAT DivesAfter numerous delays due to Covid, we final got our trip to Indonesia. We had just finished a 7 da... Full report		9/2022	2
Indonesia/Bali-Komodo-Bali	*Mermaid II*		"Great liveaboard diving! Superb crew, great dives!" Great liveaboard diving! Superb crew, great dives!We booked this trip in 2018 for travel in 2020, however postponed several times because of Covid. M... Full report		9/2022	2
Saba	*Sea Saba/Juliana's*		"Julianas was lovely, dives were great!" Julianas was lovely, dives were great!The operation between Julianas hotel and Sea Saba was like clockwork. Pick ups and return rides all ... Full report		4/2022
Curaçao/West side	*Coral Divers/Coral Luxury Resort*		"Rooms Okay, Food pretty good, Diving great" Rooms Okay, Food pretty good, Diving greatWe were a group of nine, all very experienced divers. Booking was done through Squba Holidays in On... Full report		11/2021
Cayman Islands/Cayman Brac	*Brac Reef Beach Resort/Cayman Brac*		"Great Dive Destination! Good Food, Good Rooms, Good Boats, Good Dives" Great Dive Destination! Good Food, Good Rooms, Good Boats, Good DivesThis was my first time at Brac Beach Resort after two visits to their sister resort on Little Cayman... Full report		11/2019
Bonaire/Bonmaire	*Buddy Dive Resort*		"Bonaire always fun, resort great, diving getting tired" Bonaire always fun, resort great, diving getting tiredThird visit to Bonaire, first stay at Buddy's. We were a group of 8 divers, and Buddy Dive provided... Full report		3/2019
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman	*Little Cayman Beach Resort*		"Great diving at Little Cayman Beach Resort" Great diving at Little Cayman Beach ResortOur second trip to LCBR. Things were just about the same as last time, rooms, buildings and grounds... Full report		5/2018
Belize/Ambergris Caye	*Ramon's Village Resort*		"San Pedro, Ambergris Caye great stay, but mediocre diving" San Pedro, Ambergris Caye great stay, but mediocre divingOur fourth Christmas diving vacation where we put the emphasis on accommodation and variety of resta... Full report		12/2017	1
Curaçao/Westpunt	*Go West Diving/Kura Hulanda Lodge & Beach Club*		The diving: Go West is a top notch operation with very friendly and helpful staff. Boats were quic... Full report		10/2013
Bonaire	*Bonaire Dive & Adventure/Sand Dollar Condos*		My second trip to Bonaire in as many years. We were quite happy with the dive shop and condos so we... Full report		5/2009
Indonesia/Sulawesi	*Waktobi/Wakatobi*		Travelling to Wakatobi can be complicated and lengthy. Overnight in Bali is necessary, and we shoul... Full report		10/2009
Mexico (Western)/Puerto Vallarta	*PV Scuba/Melia Hotel*		Alex, the owner was great to deal with before hand via emails, and later on arrival. Good operation... Full report		4/2009
Bonaire	*Bonaire Dive & Adventure/Sand Dollar Resort*		We flew from Toronto to Newark in the afternoon, and then the Continental overnight to Bonaire. Cus... Full report		11/2007
Fiji and Tuvalu/Rakiraki, Viti Levu	*Kai Viti Divers/Wananavu Beach Resort*		We did extensive research on diving and resorts prior to selecting Wananavu/ Kai Viti and were not di... Full report		6/2007

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All Reader Reports Filed by Rick Bates, ON, CA Contributor, 16 Reports with 7 Helpful Votes Subscribers' version

All Reader Reports Filed by
Rick Bates, ON, CA
Contributor, 16 Reports with 7 Helpful Votes
Subscribers' version