Dive Review of Pura Vida divers in
The Continental USA/West Palm Beach

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Pura Vida divers, Jul, 2013, by Bill McManus, TN, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 7113.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Good - There were plenty of turtles and lobsters (though we went just before lobster season so I expect that anytime after August that wouldn't be true. The reefs were better than I knew existed that far north, and the Blue Heron Bridge was an excellent muck dive. The drift dives were very good, the dive briefings were very good and the boat captain picked us up promptly. Strongly recommend you visit Ron's Wall, where Goliath Groupers hang out. The dive shop service was excellent. Bad. The Dive Masters attention to their group ranged from excellent down to seemingly non-existent. These are probably not dives for newbies. The thermoclines were quite severe on several sites - My dive buddy would have brought her 7 mil suit if we'd not been told the water temp was 80 (NOT at depth it wasn't!!)
Websites	Pura Vida divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Grand Cayman, quarries
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	58-80°F / 14-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	-40 Ft/ -12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	buddy dives, no deco
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
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 Pura Vida divers in The Continental USA/West Palm Beach

Pura Vida divers, Jul, 2013,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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

Dive Review of Pura Vida divers in
The Continental USA/West Palm Beach