Dive Review of Toucan Divers/Plaza Resort in
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Toucan Divers/Plaza Resort, Apr, 2006, by Mary Johnson, CA, USA . Report 2478.
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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	I wish I had known that the whole Island "shut down" due to holidays for 3 days! Sat., Sun., Mon, making purchasing any food etc., except at resort restauants impractical! Restaurants were fair to middling. Had I not brought trail bars and dried fruit from home, I would have been hard pressed to make the early call for diving (8:15) with sufficient nourishment! The Plaza is a beautiful resort, beautiful grounds, extensive property, with dive shop as an "add on". Shop is run well, but my personal experience was rough as a single older female diver, due to having to shlep my gear from the lockers to the boat, set it up, change it myself if two tanks, and haul it back off the boat to rinse tanks and lockers. Not even a mask de-fogger was offered on the boat. The diving on Bonaire is uniformly beautiful, without stressful water conditions such as currents, cool water, limited visibility etc. with which to contend. The most disappointing was the apparent disengagement of the dive masters, who were civil, but did not seem eager to share the beauty of this region. A snorkel trip aboard a catamaran highlighted the difference. The guide found something "exciting" every few yards! If I return to the Island, I will definitely book at a different facility.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Tahiti, Big Island, Monterey CA., Cayman Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	70-100 Ft/ 21-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	1500 PSI Dive Turnaround
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Just "kitchen bucket" for rinse tank. Dive Masters not interested in finding or pointing out any sea life. It was swim, swim swim and turn around - until I hooked up with 6 other photographers on this trip who emphasized to the dive master that we wanted to "poke and round, stop, look, and take pictures." As a relatively new underwater photographer getting some nice shots speaks well for the wealth of options given the limited accomodation for photography.

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Dive Review of Toucan Divers/Plaza Resort in Bonaire

Toucan Divers/Plaza Resort, Apr, 2006,

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Dive Review of Toucan Divers/Plaza Resort in
Bonaire