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Sam's Tours/ West Plaza, Desekel Full report   Palau   My second time here. Nice to be back after 5 years. I noticed Sam's had expanded operations from about 4 boats to 8 boats now. Sea... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   Charles Menbeck
100+ Dives 		 
Sams/ West Plaza Malakai Full report   Palau   This was my fifth trip to Palau, my fourth with Sams and my third Diving with Keith Santillano. In the three years diving with Kei... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   Scott Johnson
100+ Dives 		 
Sleeping Lady Divers/ Kosrae Village Resort Full report   Kosrae   First trip to Kosrae, if nothing else this island has the best and most healthy hard corals then I have seen in years and plenty o... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   James McMeins
1000+ Dives 		 
Truk Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk   The Truk Odyssey deserves its awards as the top liveaboard anywhere. We have dived dozens of liveaboards, and the Odyssey has the... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2005   Ann McGrath
500+ Dives 		 
Yap - Manta Ray Bay Hotel/ Same Full report   Yap and Palau   Like many went there for the mantas and was not disappointed. During three days of diving (about the right length of time for Yap... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   Dale Thompson
500+ Dives 		 
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Beyond the Reef/ [same] ESA Hotel Full report   [N/A]Yap   EXCELLANT SMALL very personal operation, good local Divemasters with lots of local info, each boat had captain and DM, one t... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   embry rucker
250+ Dives 		 
Fish N Fins/ West Plaza Desekel Hotel Full report   Palau   Palau was a wonderful place and the locals were always very polite. I put together my two week trip by calling Fish N Fins [. . . ] ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   Lucius Foster
100+ Dives 		 
Peleliu Divers Full report   Peleliu   Peleliu a very good alternataive to diving from the main island (Koror) of Palau because of boat rides of 5- 20 min instead of 60- 9... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
2/2005   Jim Haynes
100+ Dives 		 
Sam's/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   Sam's is big and well organized very well run. ALSO they give very good personal service . We were on a 452' boat with 13 divers ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   embry rucker
250+ Dives 		 
The Village Full report   Pohnpei   Pohnpei was great - a beautiful island & the Village is a super place to stay . each room is like a treehouse looking over the jun... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   embry rucker
250+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard     ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
12/2004   Hardy Sieck
1000+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report LiveAboard Palau   A diver oriented boat with a professional crew to meet any and all diver needs. Captain Mike set the tone for the week and the cr... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2004   Bill Shepherd
500+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers Full report   Yap   The typhoon in April or so of 2004 had an impact on the trip; home- grown fruits are non existent, everything has to be shipped in;... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
9/2004   John Kendall
100+ Dives 		 
Bako Divers/ Hotel Robert Reimers Full report   Marshall Islands - Majuro   We stopped in Majuro for a few days on the way to Bikini Island to see what the diving was like and to get rid of some jet lag. Fr... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
8/2004   Jeanne & Bill Downey
1000+ Dives 		 
Ocean Hunter I Full report LiveAboard     We hit bad weather and couldn't get to many dive sites and visibility was affected. Runs to the dive sites we could get to were l... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
8/2004   Bob & Doris Schaffer
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk   This was our fourth trip to Truk and second on Odyssey. Unfortunately, we encountered bad weather, arrived 2- 1/ 2 days late (becau... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
8/2004   Bob & Doris Schaffer
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk   This was our first liveaboard and it was fantastic! I have been diving for over 17 years and my wife just got certified. You are... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2004   Tim Imwold
1000+ Dives 		 
Thorfinn Full report   Chuuk   "Diving at Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon"
Truk (or Chuuk) Lagoon is a tiny landmass in the Pacific Ocean, just north of the equator and is part of the Federated States of M... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
8/2004   Andrew Falconer
500+ Dives 		 
Ocean Hunter II Full report   Palau   The only thing I wish I had known before leaving home was that they were not booked for the following week!!! This boat was our ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2004   William Zaggle
100+ Dives 		 
Beyond The Reef/ N/A Full report   Yap   ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
6/2004   Beth & Matt Dodd
250+ Dives 		 
Beyond The Reef/ N/A Full report   Yap   Despite a recent typhoon, we found Yap to be as wonderful as it was when we visited 4 years ago. As an island, they have really p... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2004   Beth & Matt Dodd
250+ Dives 		 
Sams Tours/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report       This was our second trip to Palau in 12 months and again for a diver, this is a wonderful place. The staff at Sams in one in a mi... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2004   Joan Traylor
<100 Dives 		 
Yap Divers/ Traders Ridge Full report       We were afraid that with the typhoon in April that the diving would not be up to the standards we were anticipating. The diving w... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2004   Joan Traylor
<100 Dives 		 
Fish 'N Fins/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   Second trip to Palau, arranged on short notice when previous destination messed up by a typhoon- - kudos to Trip 'n Tour for their h... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
5/2004   John Sommerer
250+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk   This is a superb dive operation. It's a long way and a long time to get there from the East Coast of US, but worth the travel. I c... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
5/2004   Tripp Jones MD
500+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Truk (Chuuk)   This was our 2d Odyssey trip in nine months. The first trip was too short, so this one was two weeks. Odyssey is home to Captain... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2004   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
Truk Aggressor Full report LiveAboard Truk   Truk Lagoon is wonderful! This is some of the most interesting diving I have experienced in the 30 plus years that I have been inv... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2004   Greg Regnier
250+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor Full report LiveAboard Palau   The Palau Aggressor is a clean, well- maintained, and carefully run boat. The food was excellent. There were 18 of us on board and ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2004   Diana Dickinson
100+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor Full report LiveAboard Palau   The Palau Aggressor is a great boat. The crew, extremely helpful, friendly and fun. The cuisine, superb, given the limitations of ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
4/2004   Greg Regnier
250+ Dives 		 
Big Blue Explorer Full report LiveAboard Palau   This was my second trip to Big Blue. The year prior I went with my buddie and found the boat that advertized 18 max divers had 24. ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
3/2004   Tom Lathrop
500+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Bay and Palau Pacific Resort Full report       Saw many mantas on our three dive days with Yap Divers. Water was very murky in the channel so photography not great. Life in the... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2004   anne warburton
100+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau   Palau remains my favorite dive location worldwide. Aggressor provides a dependable, if somewhat structured, week of excellent liv... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2004   Steven Goldstein
100+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ Palau Pacific Full report   Palau   Hotel was excellent, probably the best hotel catering to divers I have ever stayed in but it had quirks. While dining room (which... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
2/2004   Harry E. White
1000+ Dives 		 
Sleeping Lady Divers/ Kosrae Village Edolodge Full report       Most people fly from Truk Lagoon to Hawaii via Guam; we experienced the island- hopping route—Pohnpei, Kosrae, Kwajalein, and Majur... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
2/2004   Jeanne & Bill Downey
1000+ Dives 		 
SS Thorfinn Full report LiveAboard Truk   Went with a group of 5 Northeast divers and 1 California diver; there were no others on the boat. Because we all were friends, ou... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2004   Harry White
1000+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ West Plaza Hotel Coral Reef Full report   Palau   One huge difference is always the dive guide and other crew. I reserved a week with Jonas Bernburg, but he was busy with another ... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
1/2004   Carl Scott
100+ Dives 		 
Truk Odyssey Full report LiveAboard     This was our third trip to see the wrecks of Truk Lagoon, our first trip on the Truk Odyssey, now our liveaboard of choice. The si... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
1/2004   Jeanne & Bill Downey
1000+ Dives 		 
FishNFins Full report   Koror   Third trip to Palau and third trip with FishNFins. Having been there with the original owners and new with Tova and Navot (who ha... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2003   Michael N. Hofman
250+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   At Sam's they went out of their way to please us. Minor complaints were immediately and satisfactorily addressed. A couple of Sa... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2003   David Shem-Tov
100+ Dives 		 
Sleeping Lady Divers/ Kosrae Village Resort Full report   Kosrae   This was our second trip to Kosrae and Kosrae Village Resort. Bruce and Katrina and the rest of the staff are so friendly that it... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
12/2003   Michael N. Hofman
250+ Dives 		 
FishNFins/ West Plaza Desekel Hotel Full report   Palau   Our fourth trip to Palau and our fourth trip with FishNFins. Even though the boat rides take about an hour to the dive sites, the... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
11/2003   Michael N. Hofman
500+ Dives 		 
Dive Palau/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   What a wonderful trip. Started out suspect as light rain and winds greeted us on arrival day, but blew out for a week of sun and c... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
10/2003   Marc & Maureen Duggan
<100 Dives 		 
Beyond the Reef/ Oceanview Hotel Full report   Yap   Spent a week in Yap, diving with Beyond the Reef. Small, boutique- type operation. Just about every dive was just our two divers ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2003   Phil Hamilton
100+ Dives 		 
Beyond the Reef/ Traders' Ridge Resort Full report   Yap   The accommodation and food at Traders' Ridge is first class and the staff there do everything to ensure the visitor has no problem... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2003   Julian Lamborn
500+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk Lagoon   Getting to Truk is difficult and time- consuming. I left the UK on a Tuesday and arrived Truk Friday AM. I would recommend a day of... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
9/2003   Russ Snyder
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Truk   Odyssey has two things which make it very different from other top- end liveaboards. First, it was planned, designed and is run da... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2003   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Adventures Full report LiveAboard Truk Lagoon   This trip was all about the wrecks for us, and did the Odyssey ever deliver. Absolutely incredible wreck diving. Truk has the site... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
9/2003   Rod & Jeannie McLean
250+ Dives 		 
Big Blue Explorer Full report   Palau   The ship is an old Japanese communication vessel. The good news is that it is huge! There is lots of room to move around and the... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2003   Rick Hart
100+ Dives 		 
Sams Tours/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report       The trip was beyond belief. This was my first dive trip. I was certified for 1 week before I went and my husband was an experien... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
7/2003   J Traylor
<100 Dives 		 
Truk Odyssey Full report LiveAboard     I would try to avoid Los Angeles on the way over or back. I fly frequently, but LA is by far the worst airport to fly through. L... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
6/2003   Terry Gee
1000+ Dives 		 
Blue Lagoon Divers/ Blue Lagoon Resort Full report   Truk   Truk Lagoon has some of the best wreck diving in the world. This was our fourth trip to Truk and we spent two weeks diving. The g... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2003   Larry and Terry Roth
1000+ Dives 		 
Beyond the Reef/ Traders Ridge Resort Full report   Yap   Traders' Ridge Resort is fabulous. A stunning property! The grounds are beautiful, the pool area is landscaped exquisitely, the ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2003   John and Sandra Quick
250+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes Full report LiveAboard     This was the best live aboard trip we have been on so far. The reefs were just great. I think what made the trip was the boat crew a... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2003   Russ
100+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ Sunrise Villas Full report   Palau   Incredible diving. First time we could say visibility restricted by huge quantities of fish. Hundreds of Pyramid butterflies, Po... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2003   John and Sandra Quick
250+ Dives 		 
Truk Agressor II Full report LiveAboard     What fun! We would have done this years ago if we knew how much fun a live aboard could be. Captain Niall, first mate Tom, and ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2003   John and Sandra Quick
250+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report LiveAboard     We chartered the entire boat for our dive group of 16 from our friend's dive shop in Pennsylvania, all experienced divers. The Ag... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2003   JoAnne & Michael Amoroso
100+ Dives 		 
Yap Divers/ Manta Ray Bay Resort Full report   Yap   Yap is a wonderful place and excellent diving. Bill Acker has carved out a diver friendly business here. Resort is excellent for... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
2/2003   Mike Garrison
100+ Dives 		 
Aggressor Full report LiveAboard [NPalauA]   nitrox was down from most recent refit. Otherwisw a very friendly crew on a good boat They were very attentive to our needs ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
1/2003   D.Demming
500+ Dives 		 
NECO Marine/ Waterfront Villas Full report   Palau   NECO Marine was excellent. They took us on night and afternoon dives with only two divers. Unfortunately, the night dives were a... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
1/2003   Douglas Hansen
100+ Dives 		 
Beyond the Reef/ Traders Ridge Full report   Yap   We stayed at Traders Ridge, dove with Beyond the Reef. Both were well run by friendly people who tried hard to get you the dives y... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
7/2002   H. C. Wood
1000+ Dives 		 
dive ulithi/ ulithi adventure resort Full report   ulithi, yap   The accomidations were new and quite comfortable but the water was turned off at night, and you were alone in the hotel till morni... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
5/2002   rick frost
100+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau   Palau Aggressor II (April 21- 28 2002): This was the second trip on the Palau Agressor II (my first trip was in Feb of 1997). A f... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2002   Dennis Johnson
250+ Dives 		 
Truk Aggressor II Full report   Truk   Truk Aggressor (April 14- 21, 2002): This was the absolute best overall liveaboard experience I have ever had. Capt. Tom Kleefeld... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2002   Dennis Johnson
250+ Dives 		 
Blue Lagoon Resort Full report   Chuuk (Truk)   This was a return trip; we were surprised at the deterioration of the wrecks. The coral is as beautiful as ever. This is a wreck ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2002   Nikki Mahan
500+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Hotel Full report   Yap   This was a return trip so we dove many more sites than just the mantas. Yap is underutilized as far as the other awsome diving av... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2002   nikki Mahan
500+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Hotel Full report   Yap   This was a return trip so we dove many more sites than just the mantas. Yap is underutilized as far as the other awsome diving av... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2002   nikki Mahan
500+ Dives 		 
Ulithi Adventure Resort Full report   Ulithi   Ulithi is pristine diving. The operation is very new but everyone is eager to learn. We pointed many critters out to the divema... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2002   Nikki Mahan
500+ Dives 		 
Bako Divers/ Robert Reimers Hotel Full report   Majuro, Marshall Islands   I was diving there after a stay in Bikini, and I was probably spoiled. . . Every dive (total of 9) was lead by Jerry (owner of the ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
10/2001   Thomas Lippert
250+ Dives 		 
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