Dive Review of Parguera Divers/Posada Porlamar/Villa Parguera in
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Parguera Divers/Posada Porlamar/Villa Parguera, Apr, 2003, by John Yasaki, CA, USA . Report 488.
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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	Porlamar Posada is a wannabe luxury hotel, needs to figure out that service is important. Bar on patio was open, but unstaffed, when staffed, anything ordered was picked up from restaurant upstairs. Go figure. Everything involved a wait. The restaurant, however, has great food, but you (again) have to wait for it. Villa Parguera is a little more pricey, but a much nicer place to stay. Beautiful grounds, a somewhat stodgy front desk, but all around relaxed and friendly once checked in. Restaurant is average, though the service was pretty good. Parguera Divers is a great operation; boat is a little small for the offshore conditions, but not a problem if you don't get seasick. Angel Rovira and Jose (the DM) do a great job making sure you are happy. Lots of fun on the boat. Unfortunately, we arrived after 2 weeks of heavy rains, so vis was poor, and fish life was very sparse. Corals seemed to be in pretty good shape, though. Inverts seemed plentiful.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Costa Rica (Playa Hermosa), Belize - Ambergris Caye, Dominica, N and S California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	82-0°F / 28--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay above DM (not enforced much); back on boat with 500psi (also not enforced.) Pretty lenient once you proved you knew what you were doing.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Supplied camera rinse bucket on request. Pace was a little fast on dives, but that may have been because we didn't make noise about it.

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