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Dive Review of Truk Lagoon Diving/Truk Stop Hotel in
Micronesia/Truk Lagoon

Truk Lagoon Diving/Truk Stop Hotel: "Truk Lagoon", Jun, 2017,

by Ron Carlisle, TX, US (Sr. Reviewer Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 9908 has 2 Helpful votes.

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments Weather was sunny, but towards the end of our stay, we had periods of rain showers and choppy seas.
Hotel was nice and clean. Food was good. Some items may not be readily available because the banana boat had not arrived. They get three supply boats a month. As an example , we did not have some condiments on hamburgers at the beginning of our stay, but arrived on a supply boat and were available.
Great dive operation, with lockers to dry and store gear, accurate mixed gas fills and Nitrox.
Technicals divers were all open circuit with stage cylinders. We dove 12 wrecks. Deepest dive of the trip was 190 feet. We could choose between following the dive guide or doing our own thing.
Recreational divers dove shallow wrecks on a separate boat. They could choose between following the dive guide or doing their own thing.
Websites Truk Lagoon Diving   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Bahamas, Grand Turk, Bonaire, Florida Keys, Cayman Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Cozumel, Roatan, Channel Islands, Indonesia, Micronesia
Closest Airport Getting There Fly thru Guam.

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas choppy
Water Temp 85-85°F / 29-29°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions Part of our group was Technical diving, so wrecks were chosen by how deep we wanted to go and maximum time at depth inside a wreck. Recreational divers
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles None Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish N/A
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish N/A
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 3 stars
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Wreck Photography, so I shot wide angle for the entire trip. Lots of coral growth on the ships, so closeup photography was possible.
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