ddawson
Contributor
We had a great trip at Cocoview in March 2012.
It was so good, we are going back in July.
CCV 2012 slideshow link at the bottom of the page
[URL]http://www.wix.com/daws80/dawson-scuba-adventures[/URL]#
click on Dive Trips and then click on Roatan
CCV 2012 pictures are at
[URL]http://www.pbase.com/kimdawson/roatan_ccv_2012_march[/URL]
Details of the trip are written by Kim as given below.
Darren
We made our sixth trip to CocoView this year from March 17th-24th. As usual, we flew Delta non-stop from Atlanta on Saturday morning and were in the water by mid-afternoon. The only issue we had with travel was that one of our bags was taken off the plane on the return flight because of a weight imbalance, so that delayed us for about an hour in Atlanta. Also, the return flight was lacking a bit in amenities there were no blankets (they dont restock for the return trip), and they ran out of snack boxes for purchase about half-way through the plane, so if you need a blanket or plan on eating anything of substance on the return trip, you should bring it with you.
I wont go into detail about resort operations, lodging, etc. as those are found in our earlier trip reports and excellent trip reports from other divers. We stayed in an over-water cabana again and enjoyed the spacious room and balcony. The food was standard CocoView fare breakfast is always good with fresh fruit, breakfast meats, eggs, pancakes, etc. Lunch and dinner are okay not great, but certainly fine given the price you are paying. We noticed more improvements around the property thanks to Mitch and Debbies management. As usual, all of the staff members were wonderful and attentive. I was especially thankful to Tim in the photo shop - he helped me one morning when my strobes wouldnt fire - were still not sure what the exact problem was, but he unplugged and re-plugged the sync cables and fixed the problem.
We were assigned to the red boat with Captain Dave and DM Kirk and really enjoyed our boat Dave and Kirk are both fabulous. We also had a fun, low-key group of divers on board that made the week very pleasant. Kirk was particularly good at spotting tiny macro critters like wire coral shrimp and damselfish eggs that I had never seen before. I used my 100mm macro lens more on this trip than on previous trips. Darren really got into the macro critter search as well and found a well-camouflaged lancer dragonet on his own. Kirk also coaxed a toadfish out of his hole on one dive - of course I was using my macro lens, so I didnt get a shot of him, but it was neat to see the toadfish out in the open. We also saw sea horses on multiple dives as well as the standard fish and critters and a couple of free-swimming green morays. We only did two night dives one on the Prince Albert and one on CCV wall. As usual, lots of interesting crabs and shrimp to see, especially on the Albert. We had signed up for the 3-tank trip to the east end, but it did not go due to rough seas and not enough people being signed up.
This was our first time to visit Roatan in March. Overall, the weather was very nice clear skies and no rain, but the water was a bit rough a couple of days. The water temperature was just a bit too chilly to be comfortable. I got pretty cold in the water by mid-week and used my shorty over my skin and wetsuit for the last couple of days.
Overall, this was another great CCV trip.
It was so good, we are going back in July.
CCV 2012 slideshow link at the bottom of the page
[URL]http://www.wix.com/daws80/dawson-scuba-adventures[/URL]#
click on Dive Trips and then click on Roatan
CCV 2012 pictures are at
[URL]http://www.pbase.com/kimdawson/roatan_ccv_2012_march[/URL]
Details of the trip are written by Kim as given below.
Darren
We made our sixth trip to CocoView this year from March 17th-24th. As usual, we flew Delta non-stop from Atlanta on Saturday morning and were in the water by mid-afternoon. The only issue we had with travel was that one of our bags was taken off the plane on the return flight because of a weight imbalance, so that delayed us for about an hour in Atlanta. Also, the return flight was lacking a bit in amenities there were no blankets (they dont restock for the return trip), and they ran out of snack boxes for purchase about half-way through the plane, so if you need a blanket or plan on eating anything of substance on the return trip, you should bring it with you.
I wont go into detail about resort operations, lodging, etc. as those are found in our earlier trip reports and excellent trip reports from other divers. We stayed in an over-water cabana again and enjoyed the spacious room and balcony. The food was standard CocoView fare breakfast is always good with fresh fruit, breakfast meats, eggs, pancakes, etc. Lunch and dinner are okay not great, but certainly fine given the price you are paying. We noticed more improvements around the property thanks to Mitch and Debbies management. As usual, all of the staff members were wonderful and attentive. I was especially thankful to Tim in the photo shop - he helped me one morning when my strobes wouldnt fire - were still not sure what the exact problem was, but he unplugged and re-plugged the sync cables and fixed the problem.
We were assigned to the red boat with Captain Dave and DM Kirk and really enjoyed our boat Dave and Kirk are both fabulous. We also had a fun, low-key group of divers on board that made the week very pleasant. Kirk was particularly good at spotting tiny macro critters like wire coral shrimp and damselfish eggs that I had never seen before. I used my 100mm macro lens more on this trip than on previous trips. Darren really got into the macro critter search as well and found a well-camouflaged lancer dragonet on his own. Kirk also coaxed a toadfish out of his hole on one dive - of course I was using my macro lens, so I didnt get a shot of him, but it was neat to see the toadfish out in the open. We also saw sea horses on multiple dives as well as the standard fish and critters and a couple of free-swimming green morays. We only did two night dives one on the Prince Albert and one on CCV wall. As usual, lots of interesting crabs and shrimp to see, especially on the Albert. We had signed up for the 3-tank trip to the east end, but it did not go due to rough seas and not enough people being signed up.
This was our first time to visit Roatan in March. Overall, the weather was very nice clear skies and no rain, but the water was a bit rough a couple of days. The water temperature was just a bit too chilly to be comfortable. I got pretty cold in the water by mid-week and used my shorty over my skin and wetsuit for the last couple of days.
Overall, this was another great CCV trip.
