Dive Review of Sam's Tours/Palau Pacific in
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Sam's Tours/Palau Pacific: "Palau or bust", Apr, 2017, by Jeff Bloomer, IA, US ( Contributor 19 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 10046.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	www.jeffbloomerphoto.com
Websites	Sam's Tours
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over
Closest Airport		Getting There	We book travel to stop in Oahu for a couple of days. After booking another couple who was going with us, and have a condo on Maui, convinced us to travel to Maui. Instead of booking the change with United we booked directly with Hawaiian Air. Big mistake. On the day we were to depart for a few days in Yap Hawaiian Air didn't load our bags on the same flight as ours. By the time the bags arrived our friends were on the plane to Guam/Yap and United had closed the flight. We had to skip Yap.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	100-200 Ft/ 30-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No real restrictions were imposed.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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
UW Photo Comments	Gone are the days when photographers were given any sort of preference. The equipment is so robust now that there isn't as much of a need for pampering although a dedicated rinse bucket on a boat is still a nice touch when its available. I use a collapsable cooler and have the crew fill it with water.

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Dive Review of Sam's Tours/Palau Pacific in Micronesia/Palau

Sam's Tours/Palau Pacific: "Palau or bust", Apr, 2017,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Sam's Tours/Palau Pacific in
Micronesia/Palau