Dive Review of Parguera Divers in
Puerto Rico/La Parguera Wall

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Parguera Divers, Nov, 2006, by Mort Rolleston, DC, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports). Report 3648.
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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
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	While attending a big family get together at Rincon, my wife and I decided to drive an hour and a half to the southwestern side of the island to explore Parguera Wall for a day. We dove two sites: Steps and Mojarra – both of which averaged about 60-70 feet in depth. The weather was nice, the water warm (low 80s), and the waves only a small issue (three feet or so). The Steps site was disappointing on various counts. First, the dive shop (which was perfectly fine otherwise) had the rule that all divers had to follow a guide – no exceptions. I don’t know if that is a law or is in response to past problems or if the shop gets a lot of beginners and just wants to be overly safe. Given we had about a dozen divers, this was frankly a pain as we had to dive to the proverbial lowest common denominator. Indeed, we had to wait at the start for ten minutes under the boat for a couple of divers who had trouble descending. In addition, what few fish there are were scared away by the large group. Second, our tanks were only filled to 2800 psi. Third, the wall itself was not particularly awe inspiring (compared in my experience anyway to walls off New Providence and the Great Barrier Reef or even the ledges off Catalina Island). On the plus side, the small canyon in the coral that paralleled the edge of the wall was fun to explore and the soft coral (similar to Bahamas or Key Largo) seemed quite healthy. And the visibility was exquisite. The fish highlight was a very interestingly colored hogfish who was definitely not camera shy and hung out with me for quite a while. Mojarra was a much better dive. In part, it was because we hung out way behind the big armada of guided divers chugging away at full steam and took some time to explore. It also had more fish (but still pretty underwhelming), including small black triggerfish and blue chromis above the reefs, a pair of angelfish, goatfish, grunts, small wrasses, and butterflyfish. We did see a couple of nurse sharks under the ledges. Indeed, the whole site was basically several very large rock/coral formations with wide sandy channels in between and many crevasses beneath. The coral, mostly soft, also seemed quite healthy and featured some very bright green/yellow barrel sponges. As I said in another entry, overall, diving in western Puerto Rico is perfectly fine in the sense that any diving in clear tropical water with a few fish and some reefs is never a bad thing. However, I don’t think I’d recommend going only or primarily to dive.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Nassau, Bonaire, Great Barrier Reef, wrecks off North Carolina and in St Lawrence River Canada, Key Largo FL, Ko Samui Thailand, Catalina Island CA, Monterey CA
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	83-0°F / 28--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	100-0 Ft/ 30-0 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	All divers in boat had to follow a guide as a group
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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 Parguera Divers in Puerto Rico/La Parguera Wall

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Dive Review of Parguera Divers in
Puerto Rico/La Parguera Wall