Dive Review of Walker's Cay Hotel & Marina in
Bahamas/Walker's Cay, Abaco

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Walker's Cay Hotel & Marina, Dec, 2003, by Robert Morris, Pa, USA . Report 1294.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The shop took me out 2 days when I was the only diver. They use a nice 42 ft.turbo drive boat (no prop). The dives consisted of many caverns and swim-throughs and were short distances from the shop. I wore a 1.5 mm wetsuit and became cold when the bottom temp became lower than 75. Next time, I'll bring a 3 mm suit. My only criticism is that when other divers were on board ( five divers altogether), the briefings were short and did not let the novice divers (<10 dives)realize what they would be getting into on swim-throughs. Some of those swim-throughs were long and had many turns and sometimes very dark ahead and I could see that a few divers were very intimidated but felt that they had no option but to follow the divemaster. I'd rather see 2 divemasters on this type of dive so that one divemaster could take those who were afraid around the tunnels and meet the group on the other side. This small group became separated at one point and it was quite a while before the divemaster went to look for the missing.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Cayman Islands, Guadelupe, Jamaica, Key West, La Jolla, Nassau, Nicaragua
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	73-77°F / 23-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	500 psi in tanks.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Saw many sharks (Blacktips,Caribbean Reefs,Nurse and Bull Sharks)and more Spotted Eagle rays than anywhere I've been. Once, there were at least 8 Eagle Rays swimming in a line along a reef. Not many regular Caribbean fish, only a few Angels, Trumpetfish, Tangs,etc. Reefs in good condition; Shark Rodeo interesting and well done.

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Dive Review of Walker's Cay Hotel & Marina in Bahamas/Walker's Cay, Abaco

Walker's Cay Hotel & Marina, Dec, 2003,

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

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Dive Review of Walker's Cay Hotel & Marina in
Bahamas/Walker's Cay, Abaco