All the points, both good and bad made by everyone about the Plaza are valid. Many thought it was great and many, including people from outside of our group thought otherwise. If you are looking for a luxury hotel, Plaza Resort is probably not what you want. However, if you are booking a dive trip and do not expect to do too much pampering in your room, then these rooms are adequate and spacious. The prices at Toucan Diving are quite reasonable--$30 for a 2-tank boat dive, $18 for a night dive, and $5 for a Nitrox tank. Generally, the boat rides to dive sites are short, so after a 2-tank dive in the morning, there is still plenty of time for a afternoon shore and/or night dive(s). A truck is needed to go around the island for shore dives. If you have access to shore diving, you may want to request the boat to take you to sites which are accessible by boat only. (Which either we didnt ask or the dive shop didnt comply.)
The water temperature was about 83 degrees. Just about every dive, we saw at least one eel. The last dive I did there at Town Pier at night was fantastic. We saw seahorses, frogfish, huge tarpons, octopus, etc. The Salt Pier and Karpata were also very nice dives.
I would have appreciated it if the dive masters were to show us more hidden creatures that only they knew where to find. I also thought we went into the water too early for the night dive
the fish was not quite out yet!
It was a dynamic group we had
full of personality and helpful individuals. Great diving with you all!