Dive Review of Sleeping Lady divers/Kosrae Village Ecolodge & Dive Reso in
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Sleeping Lady divers/Kosrae Village Ecolodge & Dive Reso, May, 2009, by Gil Zeimer, CA, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4996.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Kosrae Village Ecolodge and Dive Resort offers guests an ecotourism experience in traditional Kosraean thatched cottages. Katrina Adams told me, “I think Kosrae’s coral is a bazillion times better than other Micronesian islands.” To prove her point, we motored in a covered 8.5-meter catamaran boat a few minutes out of Utwe-Walung Marine Park on the island’s southern side to Hiroshi Point at Buoy #15, then to Buoy #16, Boundaries. As one of the island’s most celebrated sites, Hiroshi Point is another easy, shallow drift dive for any skill level. Close enough for shore dives during high tide and low surf, divers can view large coral heads estimated to be more than 2,000 years old. Again, the air and water temps were balmy at 29o C, with visibility ranging today from 20 – 25 meters. A handful of stinging jellyfish floated nearby, but was no danger to the divemaster and me. I focused my attention on macro critters like the colorful Christmas tree worms, Anemonefish eggs, a single barracuda checking me out, and watching Parrotfish voraciously attack the coral.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Caribbean, California, Mexico, Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	90-92°F / 32-33°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	I dove with the divemaster as he and I were the only divers on the boat that day. We dove a shallow profile at two of the island's 58 moored buoy dive sites: Hiroshi Point and Boundaries.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
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
UW Photo Comments	I brought my Sea & Sea film camera but it jammed on my first dive. Katrina Adams, co-owner of the Sleeping Lady Divers and Kosrae Village Ecolodge, was kind enough to give me a CD with hundreds of fantastic images on it of the island's kaleidoscope of colorful corals, tropical fish, turtles, sharks, rays and barracuda, plus amazing images of Kosrae's rainforests, mangrove forests, waterfalls and friendly people.

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Dive Review of Sleeping Lady divers/Kosrae Village Ecolodge & Dive Reso in Micronesia/Kosrae

Sleeping Lady divers/Kosrae Village Ecolodge & Dive Reso, May, 2009,

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Dive Review of Sleeping Lady divers/Kosrae Village Ecolodge & Dive Reso in
Micronesia/Kosrae