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Coconut Tree Divers/private, May, 2014, by Larry A. Malato, WA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 7611.
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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	This is a sloppy dive opperation.Plagued with compressor issues. The compressor had to be shut down every time the neighbors had a fire to "roast beans". A hole had worn in the intake line inside the dark, dusty, oily smelling compressor shed. On the first dive my wife suffered from CO2 poisoning. Extreme confusion, diorientation, hyperventilation, nausea,and nearly lost conciousness at depth. The shop could never get our EAN % correct. We cancelled planned normoxic dives. We made a wreck dive down a line that went to a 150 ft bottom with no wreck in site. The shop did not know which buoy went to the wreck. The boat was tiny and would nearly capsize when we tried to get our doubles on board at the end of a dive. The boat crew was incompetent kids. The owner and lead instructor smoked constantly. Our personal wreck instructor Ted was good but was not supported well by the shop. The rinse tanks reeked of urine and had dirty plates in them. Avoid this dangerous sloppy operation. Details available on request. DAN has been informed and we are now seeing DAN doctors to determine if my wife has any long term issues as a result of the CO2 poisoning. She has no memory of the events underwater on that first dive. This was an extreme event. Roatan has become an armed narco state. We were told not to walk the beaches, avoid down town. I have not seen that many automatic weapons since the war. Uniformed troops, para military, civilians and just scary looking young guys with M16s everywhere. West End was a bit less scary but not too safe either. We had an armed gaurd at our villa. Eight years ago Roatan was wonderful but it looks like it is gone to narco state. Recommend only the large all inclusive walled resorts for recreational diving only. Not a safe place for tech diving.
Websites	Coconut Tree Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Great Lakes, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Gulf, Hawaii, Vancouver, Pudget Sound, Florida, StCroix,
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-90°F / 27-32°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-70 Ft/ 18-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	normoxic tech
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Coconut Tree Divers/private in Honduras/Roatan]

Coconut Tree Divers/private, May, 2014,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Coconut Tree Divers/private in
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