Epic Diving/Blue Marlin Cove Resort : "Get up and personal with Tiger Sharks", Mar, 2024,by Ellen Marie Smith, MN, US ( Sr. Contributor 26 reports with 14 Helpful votes). Report 13162. |
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best): |
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Accommodations | Food | N/A | |
Service and Attitude | Environmental Sensitivity | ||
Dive Operation | Shore Diving | ||
Snorkeling | N/A | ||
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Epic Diving (Vic, Deb, & crew) are great people to dive with and extremely helpful with photo tips and shark ID. The Blue Marlin Cove resort (where the dive boat docks) is a comfortable place to stay and it was quiet the week we were there. It cost $75 in a taxi to get there from the airport so try to share a ride! We asked the driver to stop at the grocery store to pick up staples for the week so that we didn’t have to eat out all the time and were glad we did. The restaurant was closed but the crew ordered dinner every night (if you wanted). I preferred eating in the room and editing my photos. The wifi at the resort wasn’t great but my T-Mobile worked fairly well during the week. The Cove condos/rooms were nice. A/C ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here |
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Websites | Epic Diving Blue Marlin Cove Resort | ||
Reporter and Travel |
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Dive Experience | 501-1000 dives | ||
Where else diving | Red Sea (North and South), Galapagos, Hawaii, Caribbean most places, California (Catalina), False Bay (South Africa), Cocos Island, Socorro Islands, Baia & Ustica (Italy), Yap, Palau, & Truk, Thailand(Surin Islands), Indonesia (Raja Ampat, Komodo & Lembeh). | ||
Closest Airport | FPO (Freeport | Getting There | MSP-MIA-FPO (though we were rerouted due to weather and had to go to CLT as well) |
Dive Conditions |
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Weather | sunny, windy | Seas | calm |
Water Temp | 74-76°F / 23-24°C | Wetsuit Thickness | 5 |
Water Visibility | 100-200 Ft/ 30-61 M | ||
Dive Policy |
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Dive own profile | yes | ||
Enforced diving restrictions | Dive profile or until bait box is empty and divemaster signals end of dive (90 mins or more) | ||
Liveaboard? | no | Nitrox Available? | no |
What I Saw |
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Sharks | Lots | Mantas | None |
Dolphins | None | Whale Sharks | None |
Turtles | None | Whales | None |
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best): |
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Corals | N/A | Tropical Fish | |
Small Critters | Large Fish | ||
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Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best): |
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Subject Matter | Boat Facilities | N/A | |
Overall rating for UWP's | Shore Facilities | ||
UW Photo Comments | No real camera facilites but I took about 500 pictures on each dive!!! I used a fisheye lens and was thrilled with the results. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here |
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