Dive Review of Ocotal Beach Resort in
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Ocotal Beach Resort, May, 2007, by Cindy Cook, Texas, USA . Report 3387.
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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	We had a WONDERFUL experience staying at the Ocotal Beach Resort which we had read about in the Divers' Chapbook. We will definitely return. The hotel accommodations were excellent although not luxurious. Our patio view of the Pacific was breathtaking and all three pools were very well kept and all had a different theme.We particularly liked the one at the top of the moutain.All staff were very friendly and happy to accommodate. We stayed at the "300" level rooms up the mountain from the beach but there is a van available at any time to drive someone down to the beach and back up. Food at the resort was very good although we ate dinner mostly in town (Playa de Coco)because it was fun. It is definitely a quiet resort but still fun. Our single brother in law who does not dive went and he had a great time.The dive shop is one of the best operations we have ever dived with;very safety conscious but never over-restrictive. They always have two DMs so one lead and the other follows up to try to insure no one gets separated since visibility can be very very low. Definitely plan on a wetsuit.My husband who usually doesn't wear one needed a 3 mm and a shorty.I was fine with my 3mm and I always were a suit.I was apprehensive about the diving due to the low visibility but quickly overcame any anxiety when we all met on the bottom after follow the mooring line down. The marine life is incredible and well worth giving up some diving freedom. Several seahorses, clown shrimp and marine life I had never seen before. I recommend the Ocotal without reservation.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Mostly the Caribbean areas also Bonaire and Turks Caicos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	surge
Water Temp	70-78°F / 21-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	5-15 Ft/ 2-5 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Due to low visibility issues the group was instructed that in the event a diver lost sight of other divers they should try to find the other divers no longer than 1 minute and then to slowly surface. Other than that safety precaution, there were absolutely no restraints
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	There was a clean water bucket on the boat for cameras and, of course, they crew was very accommodating about handling the camera getting in and out of the water. The dive masters were also very good about hanging back on a particular site for anyone with a camera. This would not be an issue for clear water diving but diving the sites we dived required two D/Ms - one in front and one in back. So the back end D/M would hang back to facilitate locating the remainder of the dive group.

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Dive Review of Ocotal Beach Resort in Costa Rica/Guanacaste

Ocotal Beach Resort, May, 2007,

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

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Dive Review of Ocotal Beach Resort in
Costa Rica/Guanacaste