Dive Review of Sueno del Mar/Hot,el Pura Vida in
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Sueno del Mar/Hot,el Pura Vida, Oct, 2003, by Mike Frayn, FL, USA . Report 845.
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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	For those of you familiar with the Bay Islands, Roatan’s West End is a big Utila Town. If you are looking for Bay Islands’ quality diving with topside nightlife, West End is the place to go. Sueno del Mar Diving Center was well run with an enthusiastic staff. The dive center sits out on stilts with a small dive shop, dive gear storage area and the dock. There is a bar & restaurant upstairs from the dive shop. They go out 3 times a day at 8:30, 10:45 and 2:00 for single tank dives. Since the fringe reef is so close to shore it never takes more than 15 minutes to get to a dive site. Sueno dives off pangas despite the picture of the large covered boat on their web site. My divemaster was a cute little Kiwi named Kirsty. She did a great job and was probably one of the best divemaster’s I have come across. She kept her group in sight but never crowded them. She had an amazing eye for finding the small stuff on the reef. The only thing I wasn’t completely happy with was the length of the dives. No dives ever exceeded 50 minutes. Rainy season lasts from October to February so visibility was not as good as previous trips. We stayed at Pura Vida Hotel. The hotel was clean and well maintained. There was nothing special about the rooms. The sheets and towels were clean and there was adequate hot water. The kitchen didn’t open until 7:00 so you need to go in search of coffee if you are an early riser. I would probably look for a different place to stay next trip. However it was across the street from Sueno del Mar so you couldn’t beat the location. Sundowner was the place for happy hour which begins promptly at 5:00 with 15 Lempira beers. There are a number of good places to eat; Argentina, Belvedere’s, Pinocchio, Buccaneer and Cannibal Café. Shoes are not required at any establishment in West End. My kind of place.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Cayman, Cozumel, Utila, FL Keys, Bahamas, Catalina, Curacao
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Usually stayed at 100 ft or less.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Sueno del Mar/Hot,el Pura Vida in Honduras/Roatan

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Dive Review of Sueno del Mar/Hot,el Pura Vida in
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