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The Cotton Dive Centre/Cotton Bay Hotel, Rodrigues, Jan, 2007, by Stanley Zuk, NY, USA . Report 3165 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Rodrigues is a quiet and lonely island situated in the southern Indian Ocean, a brief 2 hours flight from Mauritius. It's a dry rocky land, surrounded by beautiful beaches and rocky lagoons. I stayed in a gorgeous Cotton Bay Hotel, which hosts Cotton Dive Centre. It's a very good operation with very skilled guides and owners, Fifi and her husband Jackie. The reefs surrounding Rodrigues are in superb shape, with many tropical fish. The best dive was done under the reef in a very strong current with many huge silver jacks and trevally jacks, and excellent coral garden. It was very interesting and beautiful, however, Rodrigues lacks many large pelagics, which are usually far away from the healthy reefs. What the island offers is a completely different set up than Mauritius, and remarkable serenity. You really feel like you are on the end of the world. The beaches are great and the hotel offers some tours and Sega dance performances, done by the locals.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Mexico, Cozumel, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Bonaire, Fiji, Cook Islands, Emirates, Australia, PNG, French Polynesia, Bora Bora, Rangiroa, Fakarava, Toau, Micronesia, Hawaii, many others
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	60-0 Ft/ 18-0 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	safety stop
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
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of The Cotton Dive Centre/Cotton Bay Hotel, Rodrigues in General Travel/Other Locations/Indian Ocean, Rodrigues Island

The Cotton Dive Centre/Cotton Bay Hotel, Rodrigues, Jan, 2007,

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Dive Review of The Cotton Dive Centre/Cotton Bay Hotel, Rodrigues in
General Travel/Other Locations/Indian Ocean, Rodrigues Island