Dive Review of Neco Marine/Palau Pacific Resort in
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Neco Marine/Palau Pacific Resort, Apr, 2005, by Dale Thompson, CA, USA . Report 1643.
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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 $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Stayed at Palau Pacific Resort for 7 days, probably nicest place on the island, where guest population during our stay was split between Japanese tourists and American divers. Rooms small but well furnished, service excellent, restaurant very good with reasonably priced a la carte or lavish breakfast and dinner buffets. Part of Pan Pacific upscale hotel group, I'd recommend it to others. Neco Marine had clean, well maintained, fast (35 kt) boats with sun canopies, side bench seats fitted with tank racks. Crew of two, one being the divemaster. We had two divemasters, one excellent, the other competent but not as good at pointing out items to divers. Most sites 30 - 45 ride on boat. Provided adequate lunches (sandwich or bennto box), lots of water and soda. After first day picked us up at Pan Pac dock. On last day returned to Neco to wash gear and settel up and found a very nice open air bar run by Neco adjacent (watch the semi-lethal Mai Tais) Diving was excellent. Good visibility, typically 60-80 feet. Most sights (walls and caverns) were along perimeter reefs with current varying from nothing to 1-2 knots. Reef anchors were handy and used to "hover" at edge of reef where current comes up from depths onto reef tops. These edges were collection points for tremendous variety and numbers of larger fish, schooling fish and sharks. Reefs very healthy - coral, soft coral, sponges, etc. Many fish and macro subjects along walls and reef tops including lionfish, turtle, eels sighted nearly every day. Went to Jellyfish lake - well worth it, but once is enough. Climb up and over ridge to lake from boat dock is steep, 10 minute, clamber over rocky trail and requires sturdy sandals or tennis shoes not the average wetsuit bootie.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	S. California, Cazumel, Cayman, Little Cayman, Bahamas, Kona coast, Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Buddy system, loosely monitored, allowed to dive to 130 feet without comment by divemasters.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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

Neco Marine/Palau Pacific Resort, Apr, 2005,

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

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