baricat
Guest
We've stayed at the Allegro 8 times since the mid-90s. We love Dive Palancar. The dock is right on the property, and they have lockers for your gear, 2 rinse tanks, camera tables on some boats, and they observe and group you with others of your experience level for the week. Nice guys, excellent divemasters. Sergio is good, but we also love William, Josue, George and especially Ismael. We haven't been in 3 years - were intending to go next week for our 9th time, but with the swine flu scare, we rescheduled our trip to Allegro in Costa Rica. We were so disappointed. Going to the Allegro and diving with Dive Palancar feels like going home. Anyway, they're reasonable, convenient and safe. BTW, they return to the dock in between dive 1 and 2 each day, so if you only want to do one dive, that's perfectly OK. Plus, you can jump off the boat, get a drink at the bar, or check on your family. BTW, if you dive with them, they'll give you tanks for free for shore diving. Although the beach isn't a fabulous dive, we've seen lobster, scorpionfish, splendid toadfish, barracuda and the usual small tropical suspects, so it's an OK shore dive, and very cost effective. BTW, if your'e getting "attitude," sometimes the guy at the desk can be a bit of a jerk, but don't let it dissuade you from giving them a try. I promise you that the divemasters are nothing like that.