Dive Review of Neco Marine/Palau Pacific Resort in
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Neco Marine/Palau Pacific Resort: "Trip of a Lifetime", May, 2019, by Craig Williams, AL, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 11267 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
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Comments	This is a very long flying trip. All legs of the flights were on United. All of the flights were on time. Once on Koror, a hotel manager had advised us to look into flying from the west coast to Narita (Japan) then taking a direct flight to Koror. The Palau Pacific Resort (PPR) is the luxury property on the island. A hotel van picked us up from the airport. Transportation on the island is easy and relatively inexpensive or free. A number of restaurants in Koror have their own shuttle vans that will pick you up for meals. Just tip the driver. Neco Marine is a modern up to date facility, shop and operations. Every aspect of the business I encountered ran smoothly. The dive boats are well maintained, fast and comfortable. The divemaster guides were extremely knowledgable and helpful about local diving and conditions. We did several "corner" dives where reef hooks were required. The divemasters took great care to teach, demostrate and make sure everyone on these dives got hooked in. These current dives were of the highlights of our trip. The marine life and corals are excellent. We dove one WWII wreck that was beautifully undisturbed. Most of the wrecks sunk during the war are in protected lagoon areas, so they haven't experienced much degradation due to marine and weather conditions. We did get to snorkel the Jellyfish Lake that recently reopened. There were thousands of the non-stinging jellyfish. The dive staff told us that several years ago, at peak, it was probably four or five times more jellies. Our one disappointment would be the environmental sensitivity. The locals preach it, but don't necessarily follow. The trip to the Jellyfish Lake is case in point. It is a short hike up and over a ridge on a rough trail to the docks on the lake. All sunscreens are strictly forbidden in this area, with reminder signs. The staff advised us to put your sunscreen on before getting off the boat for the walk to the docks. Sigh.....
Websites	Neco Marine
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Roatan, Bonaire, Hawaii, Thailand, other Caribbean locales
Closest Airport	ROK	Getting There	United from SFO to Honolulu to Guam to Koror, Palau
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	60-70 feet, 45-60 minutes. All dives escorted (that's a good thing!)
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Neco Marine/Palau Pacific Resort in Micronesia/Palau

Neco Marine/Palau Pacific Resort: "Trip of a Lifetime", May, 2019,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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Dive Review of Neco Marine/Palau Pacific Resort in
Micronesia/Palau