Peter,
February 2002 my wife and I dove with Jack (owner) at Northern Coast. They
arranged for both our pickup and return to the resort we were staying at..
We had made previous arrangements through several back and forth emails to
be allowed to dive our own profiles.  We dive here on the Canadian Pacific
coast on a regular basis.  Warm water is a pleasant change.
Our first dive we were taken out to the Canyon in Sosua Bay.  Big
disappointment.  There was garbage and plastic bags everywhere.  I asked the
dive master if this was typical and was told that it was. Second dive was at
the airport at P.P.  Big improvement however still not anything to jump and
down about.  On our return to shore, Northern Coast wanted to store our
equipment on site.  I politely said no to that and also let them know that
they could keep the money that we had paid (for a 2 week diving package) but
we were no longer interested in D.R. diving.  I wasn't interested going from
diving a pristine environment in BC to diving in a sewer.  That was when
Jack got directly involved and positive things started happening.  We were
taken down to great diving in Rio San Juan where they also keep a boat. They
had just started going into this area a short while before and hadn't mapped
out a lot of sites.  It really became a lets try over here situation. We saw
no other dive boats or people for the time while we were diving there. And
had a great time.
Hope this helps
BJ

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