CoCo View trip report and photo essay

[saudio]

Hi Everyone. I don't post here often, but I prepared this trip report after returning from Coco View in December, and I thought folks here might enjoy it. As you will read and see, I had a pretty darn good time, and more fun than I expected.

The report is hosted on Awoosh.com, a private and non-profit website hosted by JudyG. There is a wealth of travel and other diving information there, along with thousands of wonderful photos and videos. It's a place well worth visiting when you are dry and longing for a virtual nitrogen fix.

The report header is not on the main Awoosh page for the moment while Judy works through some issues with a new computer, for now you can view the report by clicking on the link below. I hope you enjoy, and I'll make an effort to answer any questions you may have.

All images were taken with a Canon 7D, Nauticam housing, Inon z240 strobes.


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Cheers,

Mike

 

[Doc]

Well that was tremendous.

I am now selling my u/w camera

 

[peeweediver]

Absolutely great trip and pics. We're going in June and I have two questions. Due to some side effects we're leaning against malaria meds. Did you determine that most everyone there had taken them? Second, you only paid $10 per diver to get your orientation separate? Was it a Saturday? The staff has offered us Saturday afternoon orientation, but for $35 per diver. Still a good deal since it really is their day off. Just wondering if your's was on Saturday. Anyway, thanks so much for a great posting.

Rob

 

[craracer]

Absolutely fantastic photos, and a great writeup. I wish my shots looked a tenth as good as yours.

 

[saudio]

Well that was tremendous.

I am now selling my u/w camera

thank you doc, and I've seen your photographs. If you sell your camera, I'll buy it and sell mine ;-)

 

[saudio]

Absolutely great trip and pics. We're going in June and I have two questions. Due to some side effects we're leaning against malaria meds. Did you determine that most everyone there had taken them? Second, you only paid $10 per diver to get your orientation separate? Was it a Saturday? The staff has offered us Saturday afternoon orientation, but for $35 per diver. Still a good deal since it really is their day off. Just wondering if your's was on Saturday. Anyway, thanks so much for a great posting.

Rob

Thanks PeeWee. Regarding the malaria meds, I really didn't ask around but I doubt everyone was taking them. But as for side effects, I'm pretty sensitive to medications, and last summer I took my family to Tanzania and after some research we all took Malarone with no side effects whatsoever. It's very expensive, but once I knew I would have no side effects I decided it was not worth the risk to go unprotected. I think the odds of you contracting malaria there are slim if you are careful with mosquito exposure, but malaria is a nasty disease.

As for the orientation charge, I seem to recall that we got the $10 price because we organized a group of 6 divers (it actually became about a dozen eventually) for the orientation. The $35 charge may be for a single diver. And ours was on a Saturday.

Hope that helps.

 

[saudio]

Absolutely fantastic photos, and a great writeup. I wish my shots looked a tenth as good as yours.

That is very kind. I'll bet yours are better than you think. Being critical is part of learning though. I hate most of mine.

 

[Byte Me]

Great write up and really great shots. I logged 20 dives the week my wife and I were there a couple years ago. It's the leader on the board right now for our 2012 trip and I'm not the one pushing it, my non-diving wife is!! Happy to hear nothing has changed since we were there!

 

[saudio]

Great write up and really great shots. I logged 20 dives the week my wife and I were there a couple years ago. It's the leader on the board right now for our 2012 trip and I'm not the one pushing it, my non-diving wife is!! Happy to hear nothing has changed since we were there!

That's remarkable. I like CoCoView, but I definitely wouldn't want to spend a week there if I wasn't diving...

 

[CajunDiva]

Thank you so much Mike for taking the time to compose this piece. Your write-up is very informative and well written...I enjoyed it very much! Pictures are amazing too