Dive Review of island dive and watersports in
The Continental USA/San Juan Islands, WA

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island dive and watersports, Oct, 2005, by jerry, or, usa . Report 2136.
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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	We live in Southern Oregon and there's not alot of ocean diving available unless you are extremly desperate. I picked up a copy of Northwest Dive News from local dive shop and was encouaged with the possibilities of quality diving in the San Juan islands. Thus contacted Mike and Dawn at Island Dive out of Friday Harbor on San Juan island. They were very helpful and even arranged for a buddy since I was diving alone ($75 per day). The diving was great. Because I was the only paying diver for the two days, we took the smaller boat. The first day we found 3 giant pacific octopuses and too many to count lingcod etc. The diving was perfect but cold. With water temp at 53 F my dry suit was required and then I still got cold after an hour. Dawn then let me try out argon for the dry suit and boy did it help. They include 119cf steel tanks and weights with the charter fee. Everything was firstclass. Divers are lucky that the really good diving season starts in the fall after the tourist season, thus motels are half price.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]Bonaire, Belize, Honduras, Cozumel, Truk lagoon, california channel islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	53-0°F / 12--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	30-59 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[noneUnspecified]
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		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[table available for camera but no rinse tank.

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Dive Review of island dive and watersports in The Continental USA/San Juan Islands, WA

island dive and watersports, Oct, 2005,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of island dive and watersports in
The Continental USA/San Juan Islands, WA