Dive Review of Kosrae Nautilus Resort in
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Kosrae Nautilus Resort, Jun, 2009, by Martha & Jeff Hubbard, ny, US ( Top Contributor 33 reports with 18 Helpful votes). Report 5074.
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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
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Comments	This was our second visit to Kosrae Nautilus. The hosts are Doug and Sally Beitz, expat Queenslanders who have perfected the art of making guests comfortable and happy. From the greeting at the airport (Flight 6 hours late? Hot dinner brought to our room by Sally shortly after we checked in at 10 PM.) through days of perfect dives and good meals to a farewell back at the airport, we felt like family. Diving is from a 6-8 pax boat with good sun cover and plenty of room to move. No head or camera tank, but a dry forward cubby for cameras and gear. No nitrox, but no need for it. Most dives are on the fringing reef which, Kosrae being way east and south, never gets the big cyclones, and the corals have been undisturbed for centuries – many of the pristine bommies are 25 feet wide and 15 ft tall. Visibility is excellent. Many operators try to avoid night dives. Doug’s response? “Right. We’ll leave at 5:30. Order dinner before, and I’ll call the kitchen when we’re back at the dock so they can have it ready to bring to your room.” And what night dives. For only the third time in 1500 dives, we saw flashlight fish (Photoblepharon.) Not (only) in caves, but swimming among the coral for anyone with night-adapted vision (turn off your flashlight) to see. We also saw many big (8-12”) apparently Cubomedusae jellyfish out spawning one night. The Kosraen staff are friendly and cooperative, though not all proficient in English (though much better than we are in Kosraen.) Salik and Alik, seemingly everywhere on land or sea, helped with dive gear, guided dives, found stuff for us . . . and Salik works the restaurant, too! After only a few days, we felt like visiting family. The rooms are spacious and well designed. Well air-conditioned (wusses that we are, we find this essential in Micronesia) and quiet. The pool is large and inviting. The diving is what most of Micronesia used to be like, though Kosraen coral shows the benefits of its favored geographic location. Nautilus is a lovely resort,, with hospitality and diving that will bring you (like us) back soon.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Truk, Yap, Palau, Hawai'i, PNG, Caribbean, Hawai'i, Australia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
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 Kosrae Nautilus Resort in Micronesia/Kosrae

Kosrae Nautilus Resort, Jun, 2009,

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Dive Review of Kosrae Nautilus Resort in
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