Dive Review of Dive Tech/cobalt coast in
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Dive Tech/cobalt coast, Jul, 2004, by Christopher Aviles, NY, USA . Report 1225.
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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	Cobalt coast resort was a clean, new, well run establishment. Food was served restaurant style at tables and all the staff were accommodating and very friendly. Rooms were spacious and clean, AC worked great. Dive Tech is on the premises but owned separately. We hated Dive Tech. Most DM were arrogant, rude and one was simply nasty. Several never glanced back at the group after entering the water and regularly pointed nothing out. One younger DM drank beer before we could take our gear off the van that shuttles (5 minute ride) between the resort and dock (“have to replace bad bubbles with good bubbles”). The DM would not touch your gear all week. I mean, not even help you swing your gear bag onto the boat. A 20+ dive group complained in the shop and the next day the DM helped with gear bags but would not help divers who were not part of the group that had complained. The shop was disorganized. I booked my trip 6 months ahead but was put on an afternoon dive the day before a morning flight. When I tried to change it they blamed me for not solving this before arriving. There was mention of a shuttle that would take divers to their sister shop for shore diving, but when I asked they said to rent a car and myself. The dive shop does not communicate well with the hotel either and we were double charged for a dive trip. A few DM were competent and personable but the rest tainted the whole experience. We could not wait for the week to end. Bottom Line: go to cayman diving lodge instead.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Curacao, bahamas, roatan, utila, guanaja, hawaii, yap, palau, truk.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Time limits strictly enforced. Would surface with 1500/1800 psi. DM did not seem to want to spend one extra minute
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Dive Tech/cobalt coast in Cayman Islands

Dive Tech/cobalt coast, Jul, 2004,

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Dive Review of Dive Tech/cobalt coast in
Cayman Islands