Dive Review of Merlin Dive Centre, Sasúa/Villa Taina in Cabarete in
Dominican Republic

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Merlin Dive Centre, Sasúa/Villa Taina in Cabarete : "Christmas and New Year with diving", Dec, 2022, by Bevan Ratciffe, ON, CA ( 2 reports). Report 12328.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Wonderful time to visit DR. People are friendly and helpful. Merlin Dive Centre is a very competent operation with an international staff and an amazing array of languages including Spanish, German, French and Bulgarian. We had to use English in which all staff were very proficient. First dive was around 9:30 or 10:00 in the morning returning to the shop for the interval. Next dive was up to 2½ hours getting organized and assembled so many di ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Merlin Dive Centre, Sasúa
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Around the Caribbean
Closest Airport	Puerto Plata 🇵🇷	Getting There	Lots of direct flights from Toronto are available. We used Air Canada
Dive Conditions
Weather		Seas
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	5-30 Ft/ 2-9 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
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Dive Review of Merlin Dive Centre, Sasúa/Villa Taina in Cabarete in Dominican Republic

Merlin Dive Centre, Sasúa/Villa Taina in Cabarete : "Christmas and New Year with diving", Dec, 2022,

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

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Merlin Dive Centre, Sasúa/Villa Taina in Cabarete in
Dominican Republic