Dive Review of Seascape Dive/Sheraton in
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Seascape Dive/Sheraton, Oct, 2002, by Susan Sampson, WA, USA . Report 238.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Diving: The lee side of Curacao offers a reef no more than 100 feet from the shore, dropping off quickly into nearly a wall. The reef is healthy, with little evidence of bleaching, algae or battering from hurricanes. The reef is decorated with a broad variety of corals and sponges and populated by mostly smaller fish: durgeons, chromis, damsels, parrots, squirrels, rock hinds, gobies, and a few rock beauties and angels. We saw several hawksbill turtles, many trumpets, a school of hundreds of needlefish near the surface, more burr fish and balloon fish than we have seen in any other Caribbean location, the largest seahorses I have seen (5 to 6”), spiny urchins, puffed urchins and other urchins, and a school of squid. But to a photographer, the real wealth of the reef was its abundance of feather duster and Christmas tree worms in every color, and a variety of anemones. There is abundant fire coral to remind the diver not to touch anything. Next, the Dive Shop and Boat: Seascape Diving at the Sheraton near Willemstad offered friendly service, a 30’ boat with drinking water, shade, and a dive step at the stern. A dive master was in the water, and the captain remained on board to offer a hand to divers returning to the boat. Rides to dive sites varied from 5 minutes to 45 minutes. We saw six or eight divers on board at the most (usually fewer, but we picked up a group from the Marriott when its boat had engine troubles.) The dive master offered close guidance and care to the divers on our boat who lacked experience, but allowed the experienced divers to dive their own profiles with a request that they return to the boat within l hour. On shore, the dive shop offered a large clean locker room with a rinse tank, clothes lines, shower, individual lockers, and access to tanks. Tanks were aluminum 80s, neat and clean looking, but bearing no marks to indicate internal inspection. Keys were issued to night divers to use the locker room. The dive shop offered a fairly small array of retail goods, more along the line of souvenirs than dive products in case a diver had equipment failure. A restroom offered a changing area for those who chose to suit up in the dive shop area. The Sheraton offers an excellent night dive—the new dock make for easy navigation and supports a host of creatures of the night. We saw octopus, lizard fish, scorpion fish, peacock flounder, orange ball anemone, and tube-dwelling anemones. The Resort: The Sheraton hotel is a full service resort with tennis courts, fitness gym, spa, pools, restaurants and chocolates on the pillow at night. Electricity is 110 volts, like American, but only 50 cycle, not 60 we use. After diving, downtown Willemstad offers historical Dutch architecture, gambling casinos and cruise ship shopping. In the countryside, see wild flamingoes and herds of goats.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Mostly Caribbean islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	82-0°F / 28--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	1 hour or 500psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	No camera tanks on boat

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Dive Review of Seascape Dive/Sheraton in Curaçao

Seascape Dive/Sheraton, Oct, 2002,

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Dive Review of Seascape Dive/Sheraton in
Curaçao