Dive Review of Scuba Caribe in
Dominican Republic/Punta Cana

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Scuba Caribe, Apr, 2006, by Tom Chase, KY, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports). Report 2418.
No photos available at this time
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	Punta Cana is a beautiful beach resort area. It is not a good diving area. Scuba Caribe caters to people taking resort courses. We could not go outside the reef because of high surf. The sites are limited and the coral is pretty beat up. Very little in terms of fish life. My 14 daughter finished her Open Water referral at this location. Her course was SSI and Scuba Caribe is PADI. Even though we were told via email we could do a normal referral, they made her repeat the pool work and take the PADI exam (even though she had already completed the SSI pool training and passed the SSI exam). That being said they did a nice job working with her and provided good one on one instruction. We took a two tank excursion to Catalina Island (also through Scuba Caribe) and that was much better. It takes a full day, but CI has healthy coral and a nice wall dive. There is not much in the way of fish life because I think the locals fish it for food. At the end of the dive, they had an excellent barbeque and beach party. The trip back to the mainland was a regular party boat. It was fun, but not a place for serious divers. It beat making bubbles in a quarry back in Kentucky, but as far as Caribbean diving is concerned, go somewhere else.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	FL, NC, CA, HI, MN, KY, Belize, Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	40-90 Ft/ 12-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with group. 1,500 psi turn around and head towards boat.
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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No accomodations, but they handled camera gear in and out of water.

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Dive Review of Scuba Caribe in Dominican Republic/Punta Cana

Scuba Caribe, Apr, 2006,

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Dive Review of Scuba Caribe in
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