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Dive Safari, Feb, 2003, by C.F.Ward, CA, USA . Report 367.
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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
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Comments	[None] Costa Rica, Pacific Coast, upper northwest corner, February 8-15, 2003. Bill Beards’ Diving Safaris Water temp 70 to 75 degress, viz 6 to 20 feet in pond scum, thus only 4 dives. Puffer fish in large numbers, three large rays, 2 scorpion fish. Tougher group did 2 more dives further off the coast, somewhat better viz. Four dive sites I saw were just lumps of rocks with occasional swift currents. The second dive site per day is selected for proximity not interest. Slow boat to the sites just out of, or in, the Bay of Popagayo. Crew member who set up my gear was clueless, misrigged the BC and when the reg leaked, was told “need an O ring” by another crew member, so he handed me the reg back and repeated “need an O ring.” Did not see him again after the first trip. First dive, dive master lost a diver for 20 minutes on the surface post dive(we had to tell him one was missing) then we motored about looking for him until we saw him in another surface group 100 yards away. Post dive, board the boat via a 2 foot (tough first step) ski-boat ladder, 3 round rungs, that hurt the feet when climbing out with a weight-integrated BC-which you do because the crew takes weight belts and ignores the BC, unless you make a big deal out of it. They have a faster boat that takes you back, after trading all the dive gear between boats at sea, that oddly enough has a proper dive ladder, so they know the difference obviously. One diver ran out of air early in a dive-which is only significant because it was the dive master, who reported that she must have taken her dad’s rig that did not match her hoseless computer in some fashion. At some point, I heard another diver hum the musical theme from “Gilligan’s Island” which says it all. Pick another season and another dive shop.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]Fiji, Mexico, Ccocos Islands, T & C
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	68-75°F / 20-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	5-20 Ft/ 2-6 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
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	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 Dive Safari in Costa Rica

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Dive Review of Dive Safari in
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