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DIVE DOMINICA/Fort Young Hotel, May, 2008, by Steve Jarocki Jr, FL, USA ( 2 reports). Report 4132.
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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	From South Florida we left our house at 3:00am to catch a flight out of Miami Internat'l Airport at 6:00am, then a lay over in San Juan for 3 hours, arrived in Dominica around 2:00pm and then the hotel van drove us to the hotel an 1 1/2 hour away. The Fort Young Hotel is located on the opposite side of the island from the Airport, I would consider the hotel one of the nicest on the island. Skip the standard room and book the deluxe direct ocean view upgrade suite. Our initial assessment of the hotel staff was that they did not appear to be very friendly, however, by the end of our trip we found the complete opposite. Ken coordinates the dive operation out of the hotel and also owns the company that provides the hiking tours, he does a first class job. If you are uncertain as to the number of days you want to dive, book the minimum, you can always purchase the remaining dives ala carte, the rate is the same. Dive Dominica will not allow you a transfer unused dives to another person, even your spouse. The dive operation will pick up at the dock located behind the hotel around 8:30am, you return around 1:00pm - 2:00pm, only 8 to 12 divers aboard the boat most days with plenty of room. Dives were limited to 100' for 60 minutes, atleast 1 hour S.I., second dive was approx. 60' for 60 minutes, you had to follow the Dive Master on a tour of the reefs (after a few days when they were confident in our diving abilities they were more lenient, provided we informed them of our dive plan). Lots of interesting critters, frog fish, seahorses, anemonones, sponges, not too many large fish and no pelagics. Others have stated that Dominica is inexpensive, I would not consider that correct, it maybe cheaper than other Caribbean destinations but not cheap. Over all we had a wonderful trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	CARIBBEAN, SOUTH FLORIDA, BAHAMAS
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Follow the dive leader, max 100' for 60 minutes
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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	Alot of small critters, soft corals, very few large fish, no pelagics

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Dive Review of DIVE DOMINICA/Fort Young Hotel in Dominica

DIVE DOMINICA/Fort Young Hotel, May, 2008,

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Dive Review of DIVE DOMINICA/Fort Young Hotel in
Dominica