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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / May 2005CoCo View Roaton
Has anyone been there lately? How are the accomodations AND DIVING? I was there in January for a week. Great place, great diving. Comfortable diving camp. All rooms have a/c, but unless it's stifling, you might prefer to open the doors and listen to the waves on the beach. Food is good and abundant, good variety. Diving is first rate, and close by. Most of your dives will be in the front yard, but you'll always have plenty of variety. Boat crews are excellent and work their a.ses off. Rest of the staff does a great job, too. No TV in the rooms, but if that's a problem for you on a dive vacation, you probably should take up golf. gc Husband and wife team. No more then six divers at a time. Personable and professional. http://www.scuba-do.com/ ~|>I was there in January for a week. Great place, great diving. ~|> ~|>Comfortable diving camp. All rooms have a/c, but unless it's stifling, ~|>you might prefer to open the doors and listen to the waves on the ~|>beach. Food is good and abundant, good variety. ~|> ~|>Diving is first rate, and close by. Most of your dives will be in the ~|>front yard, but you'll always have plenty of variety. Boat crews are ~|>excellent and work their a.ses off. Rest of the staff does a great job, ~|>too. ~|> ~|>No TV in the rooms, but if that's a problem for you on a dive vacation, ~|>you probably should take up golf. ~|> ~|>gc ~~~Fortes Fortuna Juvat~~~ ~~~~~Veritas Vincit~~~~~~~ > Husband and wife team. > No more then six divers at a time. > Personable and professional. > http://www.scuba-do.com/ What the heck does this have to do with the CoCo View question? Take your spam elsewhere. >>Husband and wife team. >>No more then six divers at a time. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Take your spam elsewhere. If they were somebody else on Roatan I'd figure he's trying to steer the OP to somebody else, but they're in Key Largo. Since there is a Key largo thread, maybe Ratfish just got a bit confused and replied in the wrong spot. Otherwise it's a very strange way to go about spamming.  SignatureSteve The above can be construed as personal opinion in the absence of a reasonable belief that it was intended as a statement of fact. If you want a reply to reach me, remove the SPAMTRAP from the address. > > Take your spam elsewhere. > > If they were somebody else on Roatan I'd figure he's trying to steer the OP to > somebody else, but they're in Key Largo. That was my thinking when I first saw the post. >Since there is a Key largo thread, maybe > Ratfish just got a bit confused and replied in the wrong spot. Otherwise it's a very > strange way to go about spamming. Subsequently, I saw the Key Largo thread, but by then, I'd already posted. Still, this may call for a Jammer. Steve is correct, reading through I clicked the wrong message and posted to the incorrect thread. No spam, just a fat finger on the keyboard error. Steve thank your for the benefit of doubt ~|> ~|> ~|>chilly wrote: ~|>> "Ratfish" <Ratfish45@yahoo.com> wrote ~|>>>Husband and wife team. ~|>>>No more then six divers at a time. ~|>>>Personable and professional. ~|>>> .scuba-do.com/ ~|>>> ~|>> ~|>> ~|>> What the heck does this have to do with the CoCo View question? ~|>> ~|>> Take your spam elsewhere. ~|> ~|>If they were somebody else on Roatan I'd figure he's trying to steer the OP to ~|>somebody else, but they're in Key Largo. Since there is a Key largo thread, maybe ~|>Ratfish just got a bit confused and replied in the wrong spot. Otherwise it's a very ~|>strange way to go about spamming. ~~~Fortes Fortuna Juvat~~~ ~~~~~Veritas Vincit~~~~~~~ Took a small group last June to CoCo View and have no regrets. The cabanas over the water just added to the experiance. (no tv?? a plus in my mind) Crew, boats and general dive operation were pushing a five out of five on the happiness scale. I understand that the resort was sold but a friend of mine that just returned said all is well. Meals are nothing to rave about, 2.5 out of five. Shore diving is easy with your choice of two walls or an average wreck dive. While it is very easy to get at least five divers per day in, I was saddened about the overall condition of the reefs with all the development and divers who have no clue what buoyancy control is all about. We had an average viz of over 50' on most dives but does drop to under 10' at times on the wreck. I understand that CoCo View is the most returned to resort and I think that is because of the ease of diving. They treat you as an adult which I liked a lot. Make sure that you bring an extra t-shirt to post on the billards wall near the bar. Our group was celebrating with a honeymoon couple and ALL had a great time. > Crew, boats and general dive operation were pushing a five out of > five on the happiness scale. I understand that the resort was sold > but a friend of mine that just returned said all is well. The new owners apparently have a background in the hotel business and are supposed to be very customer oriented. We were there in January, and everything seemed to be running pretty well. > Meals are nothing to rave about, 2.5 out of five. We thought the meals were quite good for the most part. The salad fixings were a bit on the lean side and I didn't care for the dressings, butt that's really my only complaint. Several of the desserts were excellent, and while our friends took advantage of the free shuttle to dinner in town on Thursday night we stayed behind and had a turkey dinner that was almost a sgood as Thanksgiving. > We had an average viz of over 50' on most dives > but does drop to under 10' at times on the wreck. Rain the week before our arrival resulted in a lot of runoff, which lead to chily temps and poor viz near the wreck. When there were a lot of divers around (mostly when people were heading in after the dropoff dives) things got stirred up quite a bit. I don't think we ever saw less than 25 near the wreck, but near the buoy at the beginning of the trail back it got pretty bad a couple of times. > I understand that CoCo View is the most returned to resort and > I think that is because of the ease of diving. They treat you as > an adult which I liked a lot. The only rule I remember hearing was to limit boat dives to an hour so that others wouldn't have to spend alot of time waiting around on a rocking boat. Other than that you're free to grab a tank whenever you want and go make your own decisions. We thought the diving was generally pretty good, and the DM on our boat did a great job of finding lots of critters. Other places in the Caribbean offer some great diving, but Cocoview gives you a lot of bang for your buck. Air fares are pretty high right now (no higher for Roatan then elsewhere, though), but there aren't many places where you can get all the good diving you can handle, along with your meals and lodging for about $800. SignatureSteve The above can be construed as personal opinion in the absence of a reasonable belief that it was intended as a statement of fact. If you want a reply to reach me, remove the SPAMTRAP from the address. > Air fares are pretty high right > now (no higher for Roatan then elsewhere, though), Taca is running a special out of Miami right now on the Sunday direct flight for around $250 rt... Hurry it won't last. > Has anyone been there lately? How are the accomodations AND DIVING? Rudy is returning home today from a two week stay. He'll probably post a trip report. > Has anyone been there lately? How are the accomodations > AND DIVING? It's Scuba Camp. Better accomodations are available nearby. > It's Scuba Camp. Better accomodations are available nearby. Better accommodations are available in Newark, too, and I'll bet both bits of information are similarly useful. SignatureSteve The above can be construed as personal opinion in the absence of a reasonable belief that it was intended as a statement of fact. If you want a reply to reach me, remove the SPAMTRAP from the address. >> It's Scuba Camp. Better accomodations are available nearby. > > Better accommodations are available in Newark, too, and I'll bet both bits of > information are similarly useful. The reef diving is better on Roatan. |
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