Dive Review of Splash/Palau Pacific Resort in
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Splash/Palau Pacific Resort: "Our Silver Anniversary", Apr, 2016, by Rose Mueller , TX, US ( Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 8892.
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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	We celebrated our 25th visit to Palau. Over these many years we've witnessed many changes, and very few. Our travel here perhaps will be of interest. To use the fewest miles we'd accrued with United Airlines we chose to use foreign carriers. It took us to Beijing first. There were 3 security checks; the final checkpoint was all but a full cavity check. It took over an hour for the transit. It was on to Manila with little sleep in 25 hours. The narcotic officer came for us to identify a bag. We were taken to the entrance of the airport and greeted by about 40 agents and assorted policemen. There was also an audience of about 40 people. Two dogs sniffed and sniffed our "duffle" bag. All we had was dive gear. After an hour of humiliation, questions, video they said they didn't understand. I said I did, that I'd never return! Then it was Taipei and finally Koror. We dove the morning of arrival with Splash. Steven has been our guide for over 15 years. The dives are an average of an hour and 10 minutes. Most everyone insists on the Blue Corner. We've examined it all. There are fewer shark with every year. Mr. Fennell of Australia is the chief guardian of the Marine Park and is doing an excellent job, but the area is vast. The Philippino and Taiwanese trawlers are sneaking in for the shark and fish. The Palauans burned boats, but can't now. They set instead in the harbor as eye sores. We dove with his wife and she proudly acknowledged some strides are being made to cease this activity. Our Japanese friends went to Jelly Fish Lake and saw only two. A day later another couple went and there were none. We don't know if it's chopsticks and sushi for the Chinese, El Nino or Pollution for allowing too many into the lake. There is an abundance of small fish making the reefs dance. It's interesting to compare the macro to the large pelagic. There were mantas, eagle rays, a few black tip to delight. There were nudibranchs, juvi wrasse, juvi snapper, long nosed hawkfish. The large schools of barracuda, big eyed trevally and big eyed scat are frequent. The eagle rays are unlike those in Cozumel. They are like fanthom jets in the sky. They are small bodied with extremely long tails. I snapped one's photo and in an instant it mooned me as it disappeared into the deep. Ulong is by far our favorite dive. The grouper decided to mate early this year. I've never seen so many. My husband aptly names it "Grouper Alley!" They are large and plentiful! The tridacnas are still at the end of the dive and the cabbage coral has survived the many divers that enter that perhaps shouldn't. We miss the shark at the mouth of the channel. New Drop Off has the black tips on the surface. At 108' there is my favorite, my Moby Dick, the Helfrick Dartfish. There is always the chance for a more perfect photo. The spinner dolphins were also mating. A trip to Ulong usually has that as a bonus. Grasslands is a new site. There are 5 yellow leaf fish. Two were mating. There are also several crocodile fish that live there. Palau has in fact EVERYTHING and more. PPR is unindated with the Chinese and they have chased away the Japanese. It is quite dreadful. They are loud and disrespectful. Lucy is back and in control of the resort. She was a welcome sight. The food is good, the people so friendly and the grounds impeccably maintained. We also visit our friends at the Japanese restaurant, Dragon Tei. There is a whole white snapper, deep fat fried always waiting for us. We hope to return.
Websites	Palau Pacific Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Most places it's warm
Closest Airport	Koror	Getting There	best route is Hawaii Guam Koror
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	With Splash the good divers are separated from beginners. The groups are small. There is no hovering, but it's in the best interest to stay with the guides. They are Palauan and know the waters and what they hold.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Splash is not set up for photographers, but they would do anything to accommodate. They have a cooler with fresh water for our cameras and are quite helpful with them. We always take them to our room to service each day.

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Dive Review of Splash/Palau Pacific Resort in Micronesia/Palau

Splash/Palau Pacific Resort: "Our Silver Anniversary", Apr, 2016,

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Dive Review of Splash/Palau Pacific Resort in
Micronesia/Palau