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CoCo View Resort, Apr, 2008, by Paul Selden, MI, USA ( Contributor 16 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 4525.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	CoCo View caters to divers in every way. Its location is ideal, stretching out on a narrow beach near two 100+ ft. deep walls, one to the left, the other to the right. Both walls are a short distance from the beach and reached by an enjoyable dive out through a sandy cut that passes between eel-grass covered shallows all the way to the reef. Along the 4-6 ft. deep cut numerous reef fish are found; this made the cut and the grassy shallows ideal for snorkeling and convenient shore diving. If you head straight out for another 25 yards or so instead of making a left (to Coco View Wall) or right (to Newman’s Wall), you reach the Prince Albert, a 140 ft. coastal freighter covered with growth sunk in about 65 ft. of water. Just off the freighter’s bow is a flattened out wreck of a DC-3 airplane. All first-time visiting divers are led on a check-out dive that believe it or not actually included tests for buoyancy control, proper weighting, mask clearing, and regulator removal. This is the first time in many dive-resort trip stays that I’ve seen such a thorough check out dive. The dive operation was also very well organized. They had four large boats (no marine heads, but equipped with big camera and mask buckets) operating when we were there. Boats dock close to handy, large gear lockers, rinse showers, and drying stations. Our driver always stayed on board. All boats leave from a dock just behind the main lodge at 9am and 2pm, with two tanks for each diver. The first tank was a guided dive on one of the popular sites. The second dive was always an unguided “drop off dive,” meaning that the boat would drop divers off onto one of the two walls on the trip back into the dock. Divers don’t have input into dive locations, but this wasn’t a problem since the boats cycle through the most popular spots. Guided dives didn’t repeat in a week and never took us to where another of their boats were going, so we could get the benefit of a well-guided dive on the best reefs. Our guide always pointed out the most interesting fish or critters he could find (like a nudibranch), which I doubt most of us could have discovered on our own. (Photographers: If you go to Calvin’s Crack, bring a wide angle and be prepared to shoot some ambient lighting of the dramatic opening. You can take a lesson and/or consult with Tim Blanton, an on-site photo expert, about how to get the most out of the resort’s wonderful photographic possibilities.) The drawback to the guided dive is that since CoCo View is so popular, close to 15 divers were on board for most of our trips. It didn’t feel crowded on the boat, but it was a bit cramped at times underwater—e.g., when the dive master pointed out a seahorse, a long line would queue up. The benefit of the unguided drop-off dive is that I could explore the walls at my leisure, knowing that the way back through the sandy cut to CoCo View was well marked. Night diving is also well-organized and doesn’t require a boat, with a safety-oriented sign-out/sign-in procedure. Marine life was outstanding. No whale sharks or other larger pelagics, but I saw many macro-life “firsts,” including decorator crabs, secretary blennies, peppermint gobies, and even a bridled burrfish, to name a few. We lucked out with the notorious Roatan no-see-ums and sand-fleas; a steady 15-20 mph breeze blew the entire trip, keeping them away. We stayed in one of the resort’s four romantic bungalow units supported on pilings over the water with balconies, nicely private on a separate boardwalk away from the other units. The over the water cabanas and oceanfront rooms were also roomy, air conditioned and attractive. All meals are served buffet style in a central lodge; all were tasty and included in the price. Beer, wine and booze is not included however. Be ready to tip at checkout, and bring cash to avoid credit card surcharges for shore excursions. The low-altitude float-plane ride and the ½ day excursion around the island in an air-conditioned bus were fun. Bring the best safety sausage you can afford--there is not a lot of current everywhere, but we needed ours on a drift dive.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	California, Florida Keys, Galapagos, Mexico, Carribean, Bahamas, Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-83°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Thorough check-out dive required for all first time visitors. During guided dives, safe diving rules were enforced, in general. You can also do a lot of completely unsupervised "drop off dives" and shore diving on your own profile--the feeling of independence at CCV is awesome.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Large UWP rinse tanks on all boats and shore. On site expert Tim Blanton offered lessons and helped many with camera issues, informally. CCV is macro-heaven, but bring a wide-angle lens for shots of the shipwreck, if you can.

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Dive Review of CoCo View Resort in Honduras/Roatan

CoCo View Resort, Apr, 2008,

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Dive Review of CoCo View Resort in
Honduras/Roatan