Hi all,
I was in Utila 3 years ago and dove with Alton's. While it was generally good, there were a couple of things I wasn't happy with so want to see if anyone had better experience elsewhere:
1. bottom time: I was told I can dive my air but that wasn't the case since they need to be back for afternoon tour so often I was told to come up after 45 mins. Which is ok but I wonder if there's any shop where I can really dive according to my air consumption which is around 1 hour.
2. DMs: Beto is very good (and hopefully he's still there) but some of the newly trained ones could be a bit poor. I was also not happy being grouped with newly qualified AOW divers as they consumed air much faster. Half the time I had a DM to myself since I was diving Nitrox, half the time I was grouped with others. Being pretty experienced with around 300 dives I just need a DM who guides and lets me do my thing. This time I will have a buddy whereas last time I was on my own so hopefully that will help.
We are planning to stay at the Lighthouse hotel so Alton's is very convenient, but would be interested from hearing from other divers.
We plan to be there for April so fingers crossed for whale sharks as well!
Thanks.
I was in Utila 3 years ago and dove with Alton's. While it was generally good, there were a couple of things I wasn't happy with so want to see if anyone had better experience elsewhere:
1. bottom time: I was told I can dive my air but that wasn't the case since they need to be back for afternoon tour so often I was told to come up after 45 mins. Which is ok but I wonder if there's any shop where I can really dive according to my air consumption which is around 1 hour.
2. DMs: Beto is very good (and hopefully he's still there) but some of the newly trained ones could be a bit poor. I was also not happy being grouped with newly qualified AOW divers as they consumed air much faster. Half the time I had a DM to myself since I was diving Nitrox, half the time I was grouped with others. Being pretty experienced with around 300 dives I just need a DM who guides and lets me do my thing. This time I will have a buddy whereas last time I was on my own so hopefully that will help.
We are planning to stay at the Lighthouse hotel so Alton's is very convenient, but would be interested from hearing from other divers.
We plan to be there for April so fingers crossed for whale sharks as well!
Thanks.