Dive Review of Sam's Tours/Eclipse Liveaboard in
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Sam's Tours/Eclipse Liveaboard: "Best diving in Palau", Feb, 2014, by Michael J. Miller, MD, US ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 7851 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Eclipse is a sailboat run by John and Charlie (his Chinese wife). It is a small, non-air-conditioned sailboat with a small motor. Best for a couple. The accommodations are spartan. Showers are sun showers on the front of the boat. Entries are by 4 foot giant stride. John takes your equipment up after the dive with a rope and then you need to climb up a sturdy wooden ladder. Charlie is the divemaster, cook, and the tender of the scuba gear. John fills tanks when you are diving. Charlie cooks the fish that they catch along with the food that they bring along. Sam's Tours rendezvous for daily food and ice. This is a very small boat and in no way is the food gourmet, but it is tasty and filling and I am used to good food. I should add that John and Charlie have some squabbles and this is a small boat. Now, why would you want to basically camp on the ocean in Palau. I have over 100 dives in Palau and this is the best diving in Palau! If you don't know Palau, most of the diving in Palau is at the southern end of the island group, about an hour by speedboat from the hotels in the Koror area. At about 10:00 each day the major dive sites like Blue Corner have 10 or more dive boats waiting for their entry. And they leave by about 3:00 pm each day. There are several liveaboards that also dive in the off-hours but the competition is manageable. Charlie is a great dive master and photographer. If you don't come back with fabulous photos and memories then you were sleeping. I have been diving on Eclipse 3 times and I want to go back soon! But when I get off the boat I would spend a couple of days at the beautiful Palau Pacific Resort.
Websites	Sam's Tours
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Truk, Yap, Kauai, Bahamas, Bonaire, BVI, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman, Roatan, Key Largo
Closest Airport	Koror	Getting There	Guam
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-120 Ft/ 24-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Drift diving. Must stay close to dive master for 3 minute safety stop for group boat re-entry
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Best location for UWPs that I have ever been!

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Dive Review of Sam's Tours/Eclipse Liveaboard in Micronesia

Sam's Tours/Eclipse Liveaboard: "Best diving in Palau", Feb, 2014,

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Dive Review of Sam's Tours/Eclipse Liveaboard in
Micronesia