Diving in the Dominican Republic?

Hello everybody

I seek your opinion on the Dominican Republic, for those who know.

In the perspective of going to soak our fins in the warmth this winter, I looked with a friend (N2 and about 80 dives each) on a few budget destinations.

After reading a magazine on the theme “where to dive this winter”, we stopped on a rather laudatory article on the Dominican Republic, at least in the cheap category (around 1000 € per week), knowing that we break the piggy bank every year, but that the little pig is thin ...

I did not find a “REP. DOM. ” on Scubapeople and finds very little return on the net. It seems that Samanà Bay is the best choice…? Is it really a nice destination?

Can you advise / advise us if you know the region? We made our first trip in warm waters this spring in the Red Sea on the Hamata side, and keep a great memory, we would not want to crash for the choice 2013 out of respect for our little piggy-piggy bank :))

Thanks in advance to the whole community!

Camille