Dive Review of Sam's Tours in
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Sam's Tours, Jul, 2007, by James Knieling, NV, USA . Report 3574.
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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
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Advanced
Comments	Sam's Tours is an excellent operator. They have excellent fast and covered boats. The dive crew catered to their American clients. They used Neco Marine Boats, no restroom or padding and had mainly twin 150 Yahama motors which really moved. Most of the other operators used twin 100 Yahama motors. They have FREE NITROX! FREE HOTEL PICKUPS! REALLY FAST BOATS! This turned the NECO Tours hour ride into 30-minutes average and made the long daily runs as short as possible. They offered packages with local hotel operators. They got me a nice room at the West Plaza Marasical Island which was surrounded with 4-very tempting dance bars. Lots of night life there, but it can be very expensive. The food at the adjacent restaurant was very good. I walked to Sam's Tours my last day of 5-days and it is a 5-minute walk. I notice the Aggressor moors just around the inlet from their operation. Their facility is well run and has several large vans to make pickup fast and easy. The Blue Corner & Blue Hole dive is INCREDIBLE! No visit to Palau should be completed without Blue Corner! It is a location where you use a hard coral blunt hook and 4' of line. You float up and watch the parade of dozens of sharks, about a 100 barracuda, and schools of 40-100 different kinds of fish racing by as the waters swells up and mixes with the warm and cold water. AWESOME SITE! I did it twice in 5-days of diving. They went to Jelly Fish Lake and German Channel, but Blue Corner was the Best of the Best! I am going back to Palau, but this time I am going through the Philippines avoiding Continentals rip off fare! Tip: Get an American Express Card and you can take advantage of their great Baggage & Trip Delay Insurance for $12. I really needed it since Continental trashed all three of my bags and has jerked me around with their, "WE MIGHT PAY YOU SOMETHING AFTER YOU WAIT FOR 90+DAYS POLICY! AMEX paid me for 3-NEW bags in 14-days from receiving my claim!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	On this trip I dove in Palau, Yap, Truk & Bikini Atoll. The week before I dove Lake Mead Nevada.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	noCurrents
Water Temp	83-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Sam's Tours was fairly liberal and very liberal in their rules. Most if not all divers followed the dive master who new the area the best.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
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		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Sam's Tours in Micronesia

Sam's Tours, Jul, 2007,

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Dive Review of Sam's Tours in
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