Dive Review of Pacific Coast Dive Center/Tamarindo Diria Hotel in
Costa Rica/Guanacaste-Catalina Islands

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Pacific Coast Dive Center/Tamarindo Diria Hotel : "Catalina Islands boat from Potrero Bay", Nov, 2016, by Lee Little Haponski , TX, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 9298.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Nice resort dive day. Modern van for hotel pick-up at 7am, stop at shop outside Flamingo to do release forms, Ccard check and fitted equipment included in the $110 pp price. Returned directly from boat dock to hotel via the vans, back in time for a late lunch! All the equipment was in good to excellent condition - I took only my mask, computer and gloves as I was traveling with only carry-on luggage. Dropped at boat launch in Potrero Bay, ferried out to dive boat where staff set-up tanks on the ½ hour trip out to eastern side of Catalina Islands. Water was ~72F with some noticibly colder layers. I opted for the 3 mil full wetsuit because I usually don't get cold but the 5 mil would have been fine. Green water viz ~30-40ft. 45-50 minutes total, win 3 minute safety stop hanging below guide's safety sausage waiting for boat pick-up (several shop's boats were in the area). Volcanic rock with very small amounts of new coral growth - saw both hard orange and white whip varieties emerging. NO sharks or Mantas but a few different types of stingrays, moderate amounts of tropical fish including parrots and morays. Live shells, lobster. I'll go again next time I'm in the area but I wouldn't plan an entire week of diving, at least not in Nov.
Websites	Pacific Coast Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Pacific, Caribbean, Indonesia, GBR,
Closest Airport	LIR	Getting There	Multiple flts with all major US carriers from southern USA hubs.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	70-75°F / 21-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stuck with guide as this was my first time in Costa Rica. Spots we dove - sandy shallows and Sombrero averaged 40-60 ft. Asked for air checks a couple times, nothing too annoying.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
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	I'm no a photographer but, except for a freshwater bucket, there were no facilities - it's a day boat.

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Dive Review of Pacific Coast Dive Center/Tamarindo Diria Hotel in Costa Rica/Guanacaste-Catalina Islands

Pacific Coast Dive Center/Tamarindo Diria Hotel : "Catalina Islands boat from Potrero Bay", Nov, 2016,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Pacific Coast Dive Center/Tamarindo Diria Hotel in
Costa Rica/Guanacaste-Catalina Islands