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Dive Destination	Dive Op/Resort	Live Aboard?	Review	Rating	Date	Photos/ Helpful Votes
Cayman Islands/Cayman Brac	*Brac Reef Beach Resort/]Brac Reef Resort*		"Good Diving with excellent operator" Good Diving with excellent operatorWater temperature highest ever experienced which explained the severe bleaching. Return to island wa... Full report		9/2023
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan	*Casa Del Mar*		"Cozumel again with another operator" Cozumel again with another operatorLong slow boat rides with too long service intervals, meant only 2 dives in 6- 7 hours daily. Facilit... Full report		12/2022
Bonaire/Harbor Village	*Harbour Village Beach Club*		"good easy diving" good easy divingRotating crew and dive masters with Great Adventures very dependable and friendly. Also had one yout... Full report		3/2022
St. Eustatius	*Scubaqua*		"A return to another time or century!" A return to another time or century!tougher documentation to provide to get to the island through St. Martin. With pre- approval response... Full report		12/2021	1
Red Sea	*M/Y Heaven Saphir*		"Diving the Red Sea" Diving the Red SeaGroup of fifteen divers well treated on boat by crew. Very few trips or boats out due to the Covid. ... Full report		5/2021
Cayman Islands/Litlle Cayman	*Little Cayman Beach Resort*		"Return to Litle Cayman Resort" Return to Litle Cayman ResortIn returning to the resort after more than 20 years, newer facilities, great food and good dive oper... Full report		12/2019	1
Mexico (Western)/La Paz	*Fun Baja/costa Baja Resort*		"Another Haas Dive trip" Another Haas Dive tripVery long boat rides to some sites of 1 1/ 2hours. Pretty country with limited sea life. The exceptio... Full report		9/2019
Mexico (Western)/La Paz	*Sun Baja/Costa Baja Resort*		"Another Haas dive Trip" Another Haas dive TripLong boat rides of 1 1/ 2hours limited diving to 2 or 3 dives / day. Sea life more limited but interac... Full report		9/2019
Maldives	*Blue Force One*		"Manta Pardise" Manta PardiseTen days on the livaboard gave us good exposure to the diversity in the Maldives. With 21 divers/ pho... Full report		5/2019	1
St. Eustatius	*Scubaqua/Old Gin Mill*		"Going back in Time" Going back in TimeVery pristine diving on an untouched island from a different era. If looking for excitement, fast foo... Full report		12/2018
Indonesia/Sulawesi	*Grand Luley and Dive Monado/Grand Luley*		"Indonesia Monado and Lambeh" Indonesia Monado and LambehThe resort went all out to take care of the Dave Haas 25 divers, most of whom, had cameras. The resor... Full report		7/2018
Fiji and Tuvalu	*Nai'a Fiji*		"NAIA just as people good as ever" NAIA just as people good as everNaia crew is just as wonderful as the last 3 times, on my favorite livaboard. The people experience ... Full report		4/2018	1
Fiji and Tuvalu	*Nai'a Fiji*		"NAIA just as people good as ever" NAIA just as people good as everNaia crew is just as wonderful as the last 3 times, on my favorite livaboard. The people experience ... Full report		4/2018	1
Honduras	*Subway Watersports/Turgoise Bay*		"Belw average" Belw average... Full report		11/2017
Bonaire	*Buddy Dive Resort*		"Better Diving in Bonaire" Better Diving in BonaireOperation better than before with 2 dive masters in distinctive clothing making it easy to follow th... Full report		7/2017
Bonaire/Harbour Village	*Harbour Village Beach Club*		"Good Enough" Good EnoughHaving been 15- 20 times to Bonaire, never stayed at the upscale Harbour Village versus Buddy!s or Ca... Full report		12/2016
Philippines	*Atlantis Dive Resorts*		"Atlantis Puerto Galera" Atlantis Puerto GaleraThird time back to the resort with Haas photographers. Good food, staff and great easy diving and cr... Full report		7/2016
Philippines/Dumaguete, Negros	*Atlantis Dive Resorts*		"Good trip but disappointed in missing the livaboard" Good trip but disappointed in missing the livaboardSuperbly run facility;both as a dive operation and as an Inn and restauraunt. Unfortunately our liva... Full report		11/2015
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan	*Scuba Club Cozumel*		"Scuba Club same old slow boats but good crew and food" Scuba Club same old slow boats but good crew and foodReturned to the Scuba Club for at least the 15th time. Well run facility with a dependable staff and... Full report		7/2015	1
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman	*Sunset House*		GoodReturned to Sunset House again with a 12 person Haas group of 11 divers. Comfortable dive operation... Full report		5/2015
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman	*Sunset House*		GoodReturned to Sunset House again with a 12 person Haas group of 11 divers. Comfortable dive operation... Full report		5/2015
Turks and Caicos	*Turks & Caicos Aggressor II*		"Turks and Caicos Aggressor" Turks and Caicos AggressorGood cohesive crew, led by Captain Amanda and her husband Rob the engineer. Well run boat with optim... Full report		12/2014	1
St. Kitts and Nevis	*Caribbean Explorer*		"Caribbean Explorer" Caribbean ExplorerFirst trip with the Explorer Fleet on an old well run boat. Got lucky with only 6 divers, so got our... Full report		11/2014
Philippines/Negros/Oriental Island	*Atlantis Dive Resorts/Atlantis Dumaguete*		Outstanding muck diving with a break to Apo Island for wall diving and some bigger reef critters. Qu... Full report		9/2014
Bonaire	*Buddy Dive Resort*		Bonaire diving is almost always outstanding but noticed with the aging of divers the various shore e... Full report		5/2014
Belize/Belize Sun Dancer	*Aggressor Fleet*		Crew was exceptional from Capt Eddy who both served as skipper and dive master to Megan the enthusia... Full report		12/2013
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan	*Scuba Club Cozumel*		Took a group of beginners to positively acclimate them to the joys of diving and achieved that objec... Full report		8/2013
Philippines	*Atlantis Dive Resorts*		Atlantis runs a first class shore- based operation with excellent food but slightly lower quality tha... Full report		6/2013
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman	*Epic Diivers/Caribbean Club*		Concierge service at a price. Freddy and Jacks picked us up and dropped us off at our Seven Mile Bea... Full report		12/2012
Bonaire	*Buddy Dive Resort*		Returned for the second year in a row with 31 divers under Dave Haas's watch versus the 12 we had th... Full report		8/2012
Philippines	*Atlantis Dive Resorts/Puerto Galera*		Atlantis provides one of the best mixtures of value, great macro diving, food and dive operation. Th... Full report		2/2012
Bonaire	*Buddy Dive Resort*		dramatically better trip than the disastrous millennium trip to Buddy's in 2000. Good dive operatio... Full report		8/2011
Philippines/Dumagette	*Atlantis Dive Resorts*		Superb muck diving. Saw creatures that I have never seen before like a hairy octopus and flamboyant ... Full report		12/2010
Philippines	*Atlantis Dive Resorts*		Biodiversity excellent with an emphasis on macro photography. Very efficient operation set up to comp... Full report		12/2010
Honduras/Roatan	*Fantasy Island*		Fantasy Island physically is a wonderful layout but is lacking maintenance and money to keep it firs... Full report		2/2010
Fiji and Tuvalu/Naia	*Nai'a Fiji*		Third time on the Naia with the same excellent results. The native crew led by divemaster Mo is so p... Full report		1/2010
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel	*Sand Dollar/Wyndum*		The Wyndum resort was was not set up to accomodate divers. Most in our group paid for an upgrade whi... Full report		9/2009
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Holbox Island	*Rodrigo*		Very unique experience going back in time on an island that is unblemished by tourism. Dirt roads go... Full report		7/2009
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan	*Scuba Club*		Our eighth time to Scuba Club. This time i took my grown children and spouses with daughter returni... Full report		1/2009
Cayman Islands	*Sunset House*		[The resort is an older shore- based facilty with a 49 year record of operation. Our package gave us ... Full report		12/2007
Galapagos Islands	*Galapagos Aggrssor II*		The on ship operations were outstanding with the crew and the food excellent. This contrasted with t... Full report		5/2007
Galapagos Islands/Ecuador	*Aggressor II*		Good Dive operation wonderful crew and good food. Office coordination for our reservations ashore ... Full report		5/2007
Australia/Coral Sea	*Mike Ball's SpoilSport*		Good operation with much better food than the previous trip. Due to sronger currents did not see the ... Full report		9/2005
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan	*Scuba Club*		The hotel put on a special effort with a bee- hive of activity in rebuilding the damage. They lost the... Full report		12/2005
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan	*Scuba Club*		I have been to first the Gallapago and now the Scuba Club numerous times{5or 6 times} and it remains... Full report		9/2004

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All Reader Reports Filed by David Demming, OH, US Top Contributor, 45 Reports with 7 Helpful Votes Subscribers' version

All Reader Reports Filed by
David Demming, OH, US
Top Contributor, 45 Reports with 7 Helpful Votes
Subscribers' version