Dive Review of B J DIVING SAFARIS/HOTEL OCCIDENTAL GRAND PAPA in
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B J DIVING SAFARIS/HOTEL OCCIDENTAL GRAND PAPA, Nov, 2005, by THOMAS LOPATIN, NJ, USA . Report 2943.
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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	DIVING WAS DESCRIBED BY DIVE SHOP PRIOR TO BOOKING AS A "MINI COCOS". THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. THERE WERE VERY FEW LARGE PELAGICS. IF YOU WANTED TO SEE PUFFER FISH HOWEVER, YOU WOULD BE IN "PUFFER FISH HEAVEN". I SAW LITERALLY HUNDREDS ON EACH DIVE. NEVER WAS GIVEN A REASON BY DIVE PERSONNEL. THE HOTEL, STAFF AND SERVICE WERE TERRIFIC. IF YOU WANT TO GET A FEW MEDIOCRE DIVES IN WHILE VISITING WHAT TOPSIDE COSTA RICA HAS TO OFFER (WHICH IS A LOT!) YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED...OTHERWISE GO TO COCOS. WHILE IN COSTA RICO IT WOULD BE SINFUL NOT TO DO A CANOPY RIDE AND VISIT THE VOLCANO. WE ALSO TOOK A DAY TRIP TO NICARAGUA (INCLUDING GRANADA, THE OLDEST COLONIAL CITY IN THE AMERICAS), WHICH WAS FASCINATING.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	THROUGHOUT CARIBBEAN, EASTERN, WESTERN, NORTH & SOUTH PACIFIC, EASTERN & WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	79-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	STAY WITH GUIDE
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	RINSE TANK ON BOAT

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Dive Review of B J DIVING SAFARIS/HOTEL OCCIDENTAL GRAND PAPA in Costa Rica/CENTRAL AMERICA

B J DIVING SAFARIS/HOTEL OCCIDENTAL GRAND PAPA, Nov, 2005,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of B J DIVING SAFARIS/HOTEL OCCIDENTAL GRAND PAPA in
Costa Rica/CENTRAL AMERICA