Dive Review of Pura Vida Divers in
The Continental USA/Riviera Beach, FL

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Pura Vida Divers: "Drift Dives from Riviera Beach, FL Atlantic coast", Jul, 2016, by Sue J Estey, CA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 9087.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Next time we will use Nitrox!! And hope that my new Suunto dive computer works well. We took the advice of local divers and joined a boatload with Pura Vida Divers. The boat was completely full and we were elbow to elbow as we geared up and sat to wait for the dive. Their method was to work from the stern forward and we all got in the water fairly quickly. There was a dive guide but most of us dived our own dive. That day the current was running and a photographer had to find a protected spot to take any useful pictures. We dived Juno Ledges, than North Double Ledges. Both were in the 90-foot range. Divers with Nitrox and less conservative computers had substantially longer bottom times than I did diving on air with an Aladin Pro. On the way back to port we ran through a squall and visibility dropped to maybe 50 feet - in air. A safety sausage was essential when we ended our dives. Better yet would be one on a line that could be filled and flown while we were still below the surface. There were snacks and drinks on board for us. There were some rinse facilities back on shore.
Websites	Pura Vida Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	California coast, eastern Indonesia, Fiji, Micronesia, Florida coast, caves and springs, Baja California, Curacao, Easter Island...
Closest Airport	Palm Beach Intl	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	100-120 Ft/ 30-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	The bottom restricted depth - but it was 100 feet or so. My Aladin computer was our main restriction.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Crowded boat makes it a challenge but a few divers took cameras.

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Dive Review of Pura Vida Divers in The Continental USA/Riviera Beach, FL

Pura Vida Divers: "Drift Dives from Riviera Beach, FL Atlantic coast", Jul, 2016,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Pura Vida Divers in
The Continental USA/Riviera Beach, FL