25 Jun 2024
Stayed at the Viva Fortuna for seven days since there was a dive shop at the resort.
I have over 200 dives and this place was the worst experience I have ever had. They were severely unorganized and rarely ventured out for diving, but they did venture out for snorkelling, which seemed to be there priority. They were happy to take my money and not refund it. Scheduled dives rarely happened and if they did, they were off by hours. The Coordinator, Michael, was very rude and defensive.
I ended up falling on the boat with all of my gear on while trying to jump in the water (I have never ever experienced this). The fiberglass on the boat was so wet and slippery; it felt like there was oil on the surface. I fell flat on my face and not one of the staff members did a thing to help me get up, or even seemed to care. The dive master did not give us any briefing prior to our dive.
And yes the resort is a dump too.