Dive Review of Wet and Wild Divers/Las Rocas in
Honduras/Roatan

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Wet and Wild Divers/Las Rocas, Jun, 2008, by Don Anderson, Ca, USA ( 2 reports). Report 4164.
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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	Wet and Wild Divers at Las Rocas This was my first dive trip to Roatan and our group of six was impressed with the intensity of sponge life especially on some of the wall dives. Many azure vase sponges, big barrel sponges, large areas of red sponge’s, sea fans etc. This was some of the best Caribbean diving I have done. Roatan is an underwater photographer’s paradise. The only minor negative is that there are fewer reef fish than other Islands I’ve visited. We stayed in a very nice condo (Ocean Reef Villa) located next to the Las Rocas dive resort located on the north west side of Roatan. We enjoyed Happy Hour and bartender Winston’s Monkey LaLa’s and good soul music. We did six days of diving with Wet and Wild Divers at the Las Rocas Resort. The facility had 2 female DM’s, and 2 boats holding about 8 divers each. The dives were within 10 minutes or so of the facility, but they didn’t seem to want to travel any further to other great dive sites. Dives ended as a group, and burning excess air around the mooring line was discouraged. We found out quickly that the DM’s had very different personalities. “Chrissy” was gracious, fun, and professional, pointing out many interesting critters to me, an experienced underwater videographer. We enjoyed her very much. The other DM, “Di”, was a control freak in every aspect of diving. Our group got tired of her very quickly and wanted to move on. I had several encounters with her over “touching the reef”. On one dive, while videotaping, I pushed off the wall with one finger to avoid hitting it. Got a nice reprimand for it. On another, dive we saw a large green turtle munching on red sponge. I circled the turtle while videotaping and slowly settled on to broken, decaying coral rubble and sand being careful not to touch any living coral or sponges. I wanted to get a nice long steady shot of this fascinating scene with my pro HiDef video outfit. A few second later, I felt someone grab my BC and haul me off the bottom, all the while yelling at me. It was Di shaking her finger in my face. Even though we were one third into the dive, she quickly led everyone back to the boat. The dive was over. Our group had had it with Wet and Wild. I confronted Di back at the shop on what she did. I’ve never been manhandled by a DM before. I’ve been diving all over the world for 35 years and am very aware of how fragile the reef ecosystem is. I told her that I heard her say in our briefing to not touch or damage the reef, but I considered decaying coral litter and sand OK to touch. She was totally self-righteous and started to lecture me on how microbes live in sand and can’t be disturbed, etc. This was too much. I asked why she punished the rest of the divers for my perceived misdeed and she continued to justify her action. This was truly unprofessional conduct on her part. I would stay well clear of Wet and Wild. We heard good things about a new dive outfit, GiGi Divers, and signed up with them. We finally started to have a great time with good crew, new boat, and wonderful dives such as Mary’s Place, the Odyssey wreck, Spooky Channel…sites too far for Las Rocas to travel to. Willie, pronounced Villey, is a pro videographer and actually held my BC while I taped many scenes. Talk about a Steadycam! Contact them at gatti.noelle@hotmail.com For the condo info, contact Linda Kay at www.tropicalislandvilla.com
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Tahiti, Hawaii, Dominica, St. Croix, Cozumal, St. Lucia, California, Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	80-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-120 Ft/ 18-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Surface at same time. No burning excess air around mooring line. Don't touch ANYTHING!
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	No fresh water tank for cameras on the boats or shop.

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Dive Review of Wet and Wild Divers/Las Rocas in Honduras/Roatan

Wet and Wild Divers/Las Rocas, Jun, 2008,

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Dive Review of Wet and Wild Divers/Las Rocas in
Honduras/Roatan