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Dive Review of Marco Vincent Dive in
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Marco Vincent Dive: "Very good diving w variable quality of Divemasters, 50 min limit", Oct, 2019,

by Susan Molchan, MD, US (Sr. Reviewer Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 10 Helpful votes). Report 11339.

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 1 stars
Dive Operation 3 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A

Overall Rating
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments Hotel room comfortable & clean and staff there very helpful. The dive boat had a roomy layout and dive staff very helpful, efficient in getting everyone in and out of the water. As far a making efforts to spot critters, they were variable, with at least one seeming just to relax in the water a bit too much of the time, clearly making no effort. The same one would poke at critters with his pointing stick—an octopus and after he touched a large nudibranch with it as we were leaving, I said something to the more senior one who was in charge. Both reef and muck, with the best reef/walls on Verde Island, an hour boat ride. Lots of nudis, frogfish, interesting shrimp varieties associated with anemones, sponges, eels, sea snakes, beautiful large purple urchins and large variety of beautiful starfish. One flamboyant cuttlefish, spotted my one of my friends.
Websites Marco Vincent Dive   [same]MArco Vincent Dive Resort

Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Australia, Fiji, Maldives, Galapagos, Palau, Yap, all over Caribbean & FLorida, NC
Closest Airport Manila Getting There We flew Wash DC to Doha, Qatar then to manila.Flew Qatar Air--excellent

Dive Conditions
Weather dry Seas calm
Water Temp 80-83°F / 27-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M

Dive Policy
Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions [Unspecified]50 min limit
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw
Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish N/A
Large Pelagics N/A

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

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's 3 stars Shore Facilities 3 stars
UW Photo Comments they had a dedicated photo/camera room but it often wasn't open. No rinse buckets on boat
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By Melando Agudo in CT, US at Jun 07, 2020 20:02 EST  
Thank you for your comment. 1) Photo Camera Room - Included in the briefing that you may always ask the dive shop attendant to open the camera room for you. Currently, your room room may not be used to access it. 2) The boat is equip with four buckets, 2 permanent located on the port and starboard side 36 x 36 inches dedicated for cameras and two buckets on the diving decks fro your mask in addition to two shower heads. 3) Our dive master are fully train in the environmental surrounding and have procedures of reporting included in each dive briefing. We hope that you can visit us again in better health so you may not missed majority of your dives.
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