Dive Review of Parguera Divers/Parador Posada Porlamar in
Puerto Rico/Southwest coast/La Parguera

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Parguera Divers/Parador Posada Porlamar, Jul, 2003, by Karren & Tom Darone, VA, US . Report 780.
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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
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Comments	I wish we'd known it was the start of a four-day holiday weekend. Seems like most of San Juan joined us on the road to La Parguera. Parador Posada Porlamar is part of a network of 18 "paradores" in Puerto Rico -- sort of a three-story eclectic country inn overlooking the south coast. We unfortunately got a room right next to the outdoor wooden staircase, and listened to stair climbers for most of our first three nights. Also had problems with air conditioning, since the influx of holiday visitors to the town quite overloaded the town's electrical capacity. The onsite restaurant, La Pared, was excellent (but pricey) for dinner. Buffet breakfast was included with dive packages but service was quite slow. And for some reason, the waterfront bar was never open. Never! Now....the diving, with Parguera Divers (Angel Rovira and wife Roberta Santos are owner operators -- www.pargueradivers.com) was just spectacular. Parguera Divers is one of the best, most thorough dive ops we've seen. The ride to the wall can be pretty choppy, we learned. EVERYTHING not stowed away in the fore cabin will get wet. Water temps were consistently 83 degrees top to bottom - balmy! Saw a huge crowd of Atlantic spadefish on one dive, an overly intrusive remora on another. Lots of black durgon, parrotfish, chromis, tangs, gobies. Corals were great and varied (sea fans and rods, black coral bushes, wire corals, brain and sheet and encrusting corals) and the walls just wonderful--particularly a swim-through at 120 feet marked by an eleven-tube lavender stovepipe sponge. We did a night dive one evening (I didn't enjoy it...too many people and too little viz) and afterwards Angel took us over to swim in the Phosphorescent Bay, which was unbelievable. Recommend Guacataco for open-air local food, or Golden City (Chinese/criollo in the local mall) for lunch, followed by naps!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Grand Cayman; Bonaire; Cozumel; Palm Beach & Key Largo in Florida; Cape Hatteras & Morehead City in NC
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	83-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Divemasters were scrupulous about checking everyone's air consumption and making sure the group stayed together.
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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Parguera Divers/Parador Posada Porlamar in Puerto Rico/Southwest coast/La Parguera

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Dive Review of Parguera Divers/Parador Posada Porlamar in
Puerto Rico/Southwest coast/La Parguera