I have stayed at the Harbour Village Beach Club four times, including two weeks ago. I have always stayed in the beachfront suites, which are roomy, nicely furnished, have really nice bathrooms, free WIFI (hopefully that doesn't matter to you), small refrigerators, coffeemakers, and everything else you'd expect from a $600 a night room. I have no complaints about the service; the staff is courteous, attentive, and reasonably prompt, but it is perhaps not quite to the level you'd expect from a resort at this price, if you are the demanding sort. The beach and landscaping may be the nicest on the island. The dive operation is Great Adventures, I think. You have a pretty good chance of having the boat to yourself or with just a couple of other divers if you book the 9:00 am dive. (They schedule 9 am, 11 am, and 2 pm dives.) The divemasters will generally leave you alone, for the most part--which is important to me. They will supply you with a convenient locker near the dive shop and unlimited tanks. The house reef is a pile of rubble--the worst dive site on the island, in my experience. However, I do jump in for long, shallow, evening macro dives. There are a lot of juveniles (especially near the jetty below La Balandra) a few octopuses, and dozens of eels. Before you book, inquire as to the status of La Balandra. It was out of commission two weeks ago, and it is one of the highlights of the resort; a nice restaurant with good food on a jetty extending out from the beach. They served us the same food poolside, which is not a very charming setting, and has a real mosquito problem in the evening.
