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CoCoView Resort |
Speaking of accommodating dive resorts; Canidlover
and I think CoCoView, Roatán, Honduras is Paradise, and we recently returned from our third trip in as many years.
We had a some pleasant conversations with Betty and Scott Lumbert, who manage CCV for Bill and Evelyn Evans. Betty does the resort side, and Scott the dive side of things. We found them to be very cordial and capable people; if you travel to CCV after reading this, please tell them "hello" from Neal and Andréa.
Banded (Barber pole) Coral Shrimp |
I like the resort because with the dive shed open from five a.m. to eleven p.m. I can easily do five dives a day: two boat dives in the morning, two boat dives in the afternoon, and a night or early morning shore dive. My companion, who prefers to snorkel, likes it because she says the "backyard" has much to offer - she sees as much life in five to 25 feet of water as I do in 60 feet (but I get closer to that life), or she sits on the beach, reads a book or plays with Blenny or Reggae, the resort's canid mascots. Bill and Evelyn's canine companion, Killer, is also around, but he is of the age that is better suited for appreciation than that of playmate. The divemasters let you set your own dive profiles, and if you have a computer you can use it to extend your dive time on those sawtooth trips, checking out the marine life in some of the sand canyons that are scattered along the walls on the route back to CCV. You can do this twice day as a "drop-off" dive, once at CoCoView Wall and once at Newman's Wall
QuickTime Movie Dive at CCV 1.6MB |
Hawksbill turtle & Diver |
Shore diving/snorkeling is made simple with a chain across the ocean floor to lead you in and out of the pass in the reef wall. (This makes it impossible to get lost!) The chain starts just off the beach at a handy dive platform, and stops at the bow of the Prince Albert a 120 foot long "wreck" to dive located in about 70 feet of water near the middle of the two channels.
On night dives, the first team to go out hangs a strobe light on an underwater beacon in about six feet of water above the chain. The divers attach their respective room I.D. tags to the chain; at the end of the night the diver whose I.D. tags are the last on the chain brings in the strobe! The strobe can easily be seen from quite a distance in any direction so nocturnal journeys along the walls, or to the wreck, can be accomplished confidently, knowing that you will not end up coming ashore in the wrong place.
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