Dive Review of Sam's Tours in
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Sam's Tours: "Great diving with Sam's Tours", Apr, 2017, by Julie Finley, CA, US ( 2 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 9735 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	[None]Great variety of dive sites from walls to canyons with swim throughs to coral filled channels. 80 degree water and 80' visibility. Reef sharks on almost every dive, with an occasional bull shark or thresher. Blue Corner deserves its fabulous reputation. You can hang on a reef hook in a ripping current with thousands of fish swirling around you and schools of barracuda a few feet away, and lots of sharks cruising by you, then the next dive with no current and turtles, spotted eagle rays, lettuce coral, etc. German Channel can have 8-10 mantas feeding, sharks herding jacks, octopuses hunting in the rocks, feather tailed stingrays in the sand -- all in one dive. Sam's Tours has great boats and excellent, experienced dive guides who can find almost anything you want to see in these waters. Both Palau Royal Resort and Palau Pacific Hotel are first class, with beautiful rooms and acceptable food. There are excellent restaurants. The Taj for world class Indian Food, Kramer's for a variety and an Americans hangout. The bad is that Internet service is slow and spotty and non-existent when it is raining. Cell phone service is good with a local simm card. Verizon works but AT&T does not. No shopping, except for wood carved story boards, dive stuff, a few art and jewelry stores, tourist stuff. All in all, a great place with lots of WWII history, an excellent day in Pelileu on your surface day, or kayaking. Jellyfish Lake is temporarily closed due to drought damage to the jellyfish.
Websites	Sam's Tours
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]Dumaguete and Moalboal in Philippines, Oahu, Maui
Closest Airport	Babeldob	Getting There	Easy on UAL, but a long trip
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents, no currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]must carry safety sausage and use computer. All dives are guided except the wall at Sam's Tours dock.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	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	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Rinse tanks at Sam's, just set up in your hotel. Some supplies available in town. Styrofoam box with water available on dive boats on request.

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Dive Review of Sam's Tours in Micronesia/Palau

Sam's Tours: "Great diving with Sam's Tours", Apr, 2017,

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Dive Review of Sam's Tours in
Micronesia/Palau