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Diving Reviews of Fish 'n Fins in Micronesia

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Fish 'n Fins/ Palasia   Palau   "Pleasant Return to Palau"
This was our first trip back to Palau since February 2020, just before the COVID lockdown. We were again quite pleased with the pr... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
1/2024   Wayne B. Batzer M.D.
1000+ Dives 		Photos available
2Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins/ Sea Passion   Palau   "Palau lives up to the hype."
The trip over was grueling but it was worth it. This was some of the best diving I’ve experienced. If you’re into sharks and manta... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2023   Wayne Leonard
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Full report   Palau   "Once again a super diving experience"
We went to Palau for our ninth trip and our ninth trip with FishNFins. Great diving and great accommodation for conforming to COV... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2022   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Cove Full report   Palau   "Outstanding experience, exciting diving"
Challenging travel due to COVID, but manageable. Many facilities shut down or limited operations. had a few non- diving days due ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2021   James Ringer
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Full report   Palau   "Day Trip diving in Palau"
Shore diving from Koror, is done by speedboat. All of the dive sites are between 45- 60 minutes of high speed travel from Koror - ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2020   Gerald Canning
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
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Fish 'n Fins Full report   Palau   "Palau Shark study"
This was the second year that I volunteered with the Oceanic Society to engage in shark and reef monitoring in Palau. Our shark d... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2019   Donald Greenberg
1000+ Dives 		Photos available
2Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins/ Rose Garden Resort Full report   Palau   "Stunning biodiversity, pristine reefs, many large pelagics and turtles"
We chose to dive Palau due to its rave reviews on Undercurrent, and were not disappointed. We had a truly magical 8 days of diving... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2018   Marshall Kirk McKusick
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Full report   Palau   "Best Dive Trip Ever. Fish 'n Fins Palau sets the bar high!"
Fish ’n Fins Palau has really got it going on. This single operation has two live- aboard dive boats, another dozen or more day tri... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2018   Whitney Holcomb
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins/ Palau Royal Resort Full report   Palau   "Great few days in Palau"
Spent a few days diving with Fish n'Fins before a week on board the Palau Aggressor (see separate review, which also contains addi... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2017   James Castanino
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ West Plaza Desekel Full report   Palau   "Palau and Fish'nFins once again!"
This has been our 8th trip to Palau spanning just about 20 years and once again Fish'n Fins has done a super job. Usually they ha... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2016   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   "Stunning dives in Palau"
Stayed at the posh Palua Pacific Resort, on the site of WWII seaplane base. Beautiful setting on a protected beach w/ terrific sno... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
12/2014   Mark Zahorik
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Palau Plantation Resort Full report   Palau   If you’re looking for gourmet food and/ or bargains, Palau is not the destination for you. If you’re looking for terrific diving –... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2014   Debbie Pasich
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins/ Ocean Hunter 1 Full report   Palau   It is a long way (pretty much from anywhere!) to Palau but it is a great allround dive destination. We had Ocean Hunter 1 to ourse... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
10/2013   Graham McGregor
250+ Dives 		Photos available 
Fish 'n Fins/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   While on vacation in Micronesia, we stopped over in Palau for a few days. We stayed at the Palau Pacific Resort (which is a very ... Full report  
2 stars
5 stars  
3/2013   S Lori Brown
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ PPR and West Plaza by the Sea Full report   Palau   We had to start our stay at West Plaza by the Sea. . . Ugh due to an Asian holiday that had PPR booked. The place is worn down and de... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2013   Jeff Bloomer
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Sea Passion Full report       Would have preferred visiting other dive sites rather than revisiting the more popular sites. ... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
3/2012   Michael W Igoe
250+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Caroline's Full report   Palau   This was my third time in Palau and first time with Fish'n'fins. There was no availability on liveaboards for the period we wante... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
1/2012   DAVID SHEM-TOV
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Palau Royal Resort Full report   Palau   Fish 'n Fins runs day boats out of Koror to the most popular dive sites. The boat rides are about 45 minutes each way. The boats h... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
10/2011   Michael J. Millet
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Carolines Resort Full report   Palau   Fish'NFins is one of the absolute best dive operations we've experienced. Every aspect of it expresses the owners' and crew's stri... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
9/2011   Iddo Kadim
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Desekel West Plaza Full report   Koror Palau   Fish n Fins land based operation was great. Even though we had the edge of a bad storm in the area, they carefully monitored the ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2011   Doug Freer
250+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ West Plaza Desekel Full report   Palau   It's hard to point out "the bad" with a dive operation we've used many times in the past. Fish'N fins has a long history in Palau... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
3/2011   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins/ Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   OH III crew was outstanding, safety oriented, and very accommodating. Staterooms were clean, spacious. Arlee, the chef, serv... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
4/2008   Jeanne Reeder
250+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Full report   Palau   This is a good operation and the boats are nicer than the cattle boats used by other operations in Palau. This is important becaus... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
5/2005   John Kendall
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 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III LiveAboard     "Superb Operations"
This was my 5th trip to Palau. and my 3rd time diving with the Fish n Fins/ Ocean Hunter company. They are expensive compared to s... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
9/2023   Donald Brown
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III LiveAboard Palau   "Great trip, this my 4th time to Palau. "
This was my 4th trip to Palau (I made previous ones on the no longer operating Sun Tamarin and the Sea Hunter 1). This trip was ac... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
6/2023   Mark Vanderlinden
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard     "Palau with Fish-N-Fins"
The trip was, overall, a great live aboard. We travel as a group, so all 14 of us knew each other from Guam. I was a little disapp... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
6/2022   David Cook
250+ Dives 		Photos available 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard     "Post-pandemic return to diving"
I did a group charter. Ultimately only 12 of the 16 of us made it, mainly due to airline problems with very limited flights a... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2022   Mark Rosenstein
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   "Awesome trip on Ocean Hunter 3"
The corals are amazing. The fish life was both diverse and prolific. A reef hook is a must. A number of the dives go down to th... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2020   Gerald Canning
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   "Good Diving in Palau"
We returned to Palau after our last visit in 2002, and the diving was better this time around. The reefs are generally quite healt... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
8/2019   David Marchese
1000+ Dives 		Photos available 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   "Palau, Fish 'n Fins, and Ocean Hunter III will never disappoint!"
This was our 12th time diving with Fish 'n Fins which should tell you something right there. Moreover, I and my son did our Divema... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
2/2018   Bob Fregolle
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard     "Amazing"
Fish N Fins is more than a family business; it's a commitment to the nation of Palau in relation to tourism, environmental develop... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
1/2018   MAX WEINMANN
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   "Beautiful Palau"
Like most liveaboards in Palau, diving is all done from a chase boat, which is commodious but no shower or head. The ride to the... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
10/2015   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard     "Palau lives up to its hype"
awesome diving, boats, crew. Spectacular drift dives with lots of big and small fish. Tethered shark dives lots of fun but some fo... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2015   Randall
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   "A great week on the Ocean Hunter lll"
Palau is not an easy place to get to. Normally there are 5 flights to get there from Chicago. We cut that down to 3, but it actu... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2014   Dave Helms
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   "Ocean Hunter III - Palau"
This is our 3rd trip aboard the Ocean Hunter. Can't say enough good things as the core crew of Ken (Captain), Arlee (Chef) and Ed... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2014   Patti Stewart
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   Palau has some of the best large fish populations I've seen: 20- 30 grey reef sharks on every dive, tuna and mackerel cruise the wa... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2014   Mark Rosenstein
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   "Palau = Fantastic Diving!!!"
We dove with Ocean Hunter III on our 31st wedding anniversary. We have nothing bad and wished for nothing. This is a great and e... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
12/2013   Julianne Ziefle
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   This was my second trip to Palau. I was there 20 years ago and took the day boats out. Being 20 years older I decided to go by l... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2013   Steven Rosenfeld
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard     I had just returned for my sixth trip to Palau, once at Palau Pacific Resort, once with Peter Hughes and four times with Fish & Fi... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2012   Brett Rosenhaus
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   We are liveaboard divers primarily. The upshot on Palau is we traveled 8, 000 miles hoping to be amazed by the diving and were dis... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
5/2012   Kayla Koeber
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   Despite the smallish size of the boat, the great configuration of it makes it feel very roomy. The camera area is one of the best ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2012   Ann Donahue
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   This was a trip of a lifetime and the crew on this boat are beyond wonderful! We were treated like royalty. The food was fantastic... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
2/2012   Mark Myers M.D.
250+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard     My overall trip was poorly planned and I ended up choosing Fish n Fins based mainly on my arrival time and the draw of a small gro... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
1/2012   Michael R Hess
100+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   Ocean Hunter III is a fantastic boat. Every aspect of it expresses the owners' and crew's strive for perfection. The crew is frien... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2011   Iddo Kadim
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   Like most divers we met on Ocean Hunter III, we rate the crew one of the best anywhere. We have been on the Naia in Fiji, Ocean Ro... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2010   Paul Neuman
500+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   Palau diving is awesome, and Ocean Hunter III / Fish'N'Fins provided wonderful service and accommodations. The boat is very thou... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2010   Harvey S. Cohen
250+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard     Flying back to Palau fills us all with great anticipation of superlative diving. Big animals, pristine reef, sun filled days and t... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
1/2010   Max Weinmann
500+ Dives 		 
Fish and Fins/ Ocean Hunter III Full report       Really was not a lot of negative comments to be made. Boat was very comfortable, with lots of room for sleeping, eating and loung... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
4/2009   George Landgrabe
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish n Fin/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   WE've been to Palau 5 times before, so we pretty much knew what to expect with regard to diving, temp, conditions, etc. The Palau ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2009   Lynn Hudak
250+ Dives 		 
Fish N Fins/ Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   The good: The boat is new and the crew is great. Give a 5 for that. The diving was mixed. Some sites were great, but others are... Full report  
1 stars
3 stars  
7/2008   Hardy Sieck
1000+ Dives 		 
Fish N Fins/ Ocean Hunter III Full report LiveAboard Palau   I was on the same boat, (Ocean Hunter III) at the same time as Mr. Sieck, but apparently some of us had a whole different experien... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
6/2008   Greg
500+ 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 		 
Fish N Fins/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Koror   This was our first trip to the Pacific. We were unprepared for the amount of diversity of life on the reefs. Snorkeling in Jellyf... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
9/2001   Elissa and Jody Thompson
250+ Dives 		 
Fish n Fins (FNF) Full report       This was a cattle boat operation from the get go. On our first dive we had a full boat of advanced experienced divers, three of w... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2005   Mark Berger
500+ Dives 		 
Fish n Fins, Ocean Hunter III/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report LiveAboard     I just returned from 3 weeks away in Palau which I must admit was the trip of a lifetime thanks to the Fish n Fins team . Divi... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
11/2008   Max Weinmann
500+ Dives 		 
Fish N' Fins Full report   Palau   We have made several trips to Palau, always pleased with the diving there. This is our second time diving with Fish N Fins and I ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2008   Lynn Hudak
250+ Dives 		 
Fish N' Fins/ Palau Pacific Full report   Palau   Palau Pacific is expensive, but is the only hotel with a beach. The food is so- so and it is expensive to get into town because you... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2006   Dennis Lewis
<100 Dives 		 
Fish n' Fins-Ocean Hunter 3/ Fish 'n Fins/Landmark Marina hotel Full report LiveAboard Palau   I have been to Palau six times over the years (first visit in 1986!). I love Palau; it is by far the most diverse dive destination... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2008   Scott Katz
250+ Dives 		 
Fish'N'Fins/ Palau Pan Pacific Resort Full report       Fish'N'Fins dive operation is a very good. Well organized and easy to arrange dives via e- mail. The boats are fast which helps t... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
10/2006   Steve Dussault
500+ Dives 		 
FishNFins Full report   Palau   This trip was our fifth time to Palau and our fifth trip with FishNFins. While the ride out to the dive sites is generally about ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
1/2007   Michael N. Hofman
500+ 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 		 
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 		 
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