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Is Dominica the same as the Dominican Republic?
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no.scrapdizzy:Is Dominica the same as the Dominican Republic?
I could care less what awards they've won.
I was there for a week last July and the diving SUCKED. It's the worst dive destination I've been to.
There is nothing larger than a grouper to be seen at any site. Even with the marine park, the entire island has been overfished. Nearly all of of our dives were in the marine park.
Dive Dominica was a horrible operation. They refused to go to any sites other than the ones they selected, even though they ended up repeating several sites several times. The DM repeatedly took new divers to 100 feet in strong currents, even after he was repeatedly asked not to. The DM and DMC were HORRIBLE examples of marine conservation. They BOTH destroyed several barrel sponges and were constantly hanging on to coral.
The locals were incredibly rude. Several of our female travelers were accosted by locals demanding money. Another of our party had a group of locals tell him to get off their island and go home.
The island is gorgeous, but does not have the infrastructure to support the amount of tourism they are drawing.
I happen to love the laid back pace, but diving on Dominica is TERRIBLE.