My wife and I stayed at CCV last year and had a great time. Good diving, great folks, etc. It was a very well run dive operation. (I say "was" as the Canadian couple that were running it have since moved on but I can guess that the new folks are just as good.)
While we never stayed there, everyone I know that stayed at AKR raves about it. They said it was one of the most professional resorts centers they have seen. Don't get me wrong, I thought CCV was fine and we will certainly stay there again. IMHO it is geared more for folks that are a bit on the hard core side of diving and want to crank out as many dives as possible. (hell a guy did 34 dives the week we were there)
AKR with the Dolphin gig and location has a bit more diversity and seems a bit more family oriented.
As for FI, it is a stone throw from CCV so basically any shore diving you do at CCV can be done w/ FI. You may have to swim an extra 100-200 yards. I agree that FI is less focused on diving but they have a nicelittle beach and protected cove in case one just wants to be lazy...
my 2 cents worth....David
While we never stayed there, everyone I know that stayed at AKR raves about it. They said it was one of the most professional resorts centers they have seen. Don't get me wrong, I thought CCV was fine and we will certainly stay there again. IMHO it is geared more for folks that are a bit on the hard core side of diving and want to crank out as many dives as possible. (hell a guy did 34 dives the week we were there)
AKR with the Dolphin gig and location has a bit more diversity and seems a bit more family oriented.
As for FI, it is a stone throw from CCV so basically any shore diving you do at CCV can be done w/ FI. You may have to swim an extra 100-200 yards. I agree that FI is less focused on diving but they have a nicelittle beach and protected cove in case one just wants to be lazy...
my 2 cents worth....David