Dive Review of Cocotinos in
Indonesia/Manado

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Cocotinos, Apr, 2009, by Steven Kovacs, FL, U.S.A. ( 2 reports). Report 4901.
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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 $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Cocotinos is a very clean and well kept resort. Rooms were spacious and everything worked beautifully. The attitude of the staff was fantastic. Very pleasant compared to the terribly arrogant attitude of a well known resort in the Lembeh Strait that we had to endure the week before. The food was hit and miss but the staff was very accommodating. Even though the menu was limited if you liked something and wanted to eat it everyday they would make it for you no problem. The staff was a breath of fresh air. The diving in Manado was quite nice. Cocotinos doesn’t actually have a true house reef. No shore diving. Their “house reef” is actually a 10 minute boat ride away. Had plenty of critters to keep us happy but also had plenty of wide angle sites with great viz. A nice mix. Bunaken wall was interesting with great viz and wild currents that could change in an instant but the beauty is over-hyped. It was nice but really wasn’t that amazing. Didn’t see any pelagics are large fish. Only one turtle. Because Bunaken was an hour away by boat, the usual schedule was a 3 boat dive trip leaving at around 8 and returning around 3 or 4. Night dives at 6pm were available with a minimum of 2 people. Even though during the dive briefing the divemaster would always say that dive times were 50 minutes the dives were always at least one hour and usually longer. There were only 3 of us on the boat during the entire week so I don’t know if this would be the case with a boat filled with 20 divers. The only problem during the week, which was very quickly fixed, was that the first 3 days we had a dive guide that we were thoroughly happy with. We clicked and he understood out diving style and we were very pleased with his spotting skills. Suddenly one day we were set up with another dive guide who we were unhappy with. Their excuse was that they like to rotate dive guides (we didn’t necessarily buy that explanation). After requesting our old guide back we were reunited the next day. Again they were very accommodating to requests. Overall a very enjoyable experience.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Philippines, Lembeh, Tulamben, Bahamas, Honduras, Curacao, Florida, British Columbia, Galapagos, Red Sea, Cozumel, Solomon Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	no currents
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-100 Ft/ 6-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Cocotinos in Indonesia/Manado

Cocotinos, Apr, 2009,

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

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Dive Review of Cocotinos in
Indonesia/Manado