Dive Review of Sea Saba/Juliana's Hotel in
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Sea Saba/Juliana's Hotel: "My Spoiled Queen on the Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean", May, 2019, by Bobby Munno, NY, US ( Sr. Contributor 24 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 10950.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	We finally made it to Saba, the Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean, and found it well worth the wait! Unfortunately visibility did not cooperate and deteriorated throughout our week of diving but did not diminish inherent dive site beauty. An uncommon-for-this-time-of-the-year swell from the north brought poor visibility for our late May visit. The marine-park-protected dive sites were varied from pinnacles to boulders to walls, all resultant of past volcanic activities. All stone structures were well-covered in healthy Caribbean reef life and a (very) few sites were true coral reefs. Sea creatures were in great abundance and well represented in their variety. The island was experiencing a 3-month drought prior to our arrival but the prayers of the locals were answered the last 3 days of our stay. Sporadic heavy downpours, we were told, would do little to fill everybody's cisterns but were a welcomed happening anyway except for by me as it made for a slippery decent from our hike to the top of Mt. Scenery on our non-dive last day on Saba. Great restaurants, nice people, scenic towns, beautiful/rugged island, US currency and a superior dive operation made for a trip worth making and repeating.
Websites	Sea Saba Juliana's Hotel
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Belize, Brooklyn, Bonaire, Cabo, Cancun, Carriacou, Caymans, Cozumel, Curacao, Dominica, St Eustatius, Ginny Springs, Grenada, Iceland, Jamaica, Key Largo, Kona, Long Island, St Lucia, Palau, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Roatan, Saba, Tobago, Turks & Caicos, St Vincent, Yucatan cenotes
Closest Airport	Juancho E Irausquin Airport (SAB) is Saba's airport	Getting There	Easy connections through St. Maarten (SXM) on Winnair to SAB, the world's shortest commercial runway. There is also a ferry from St. Maarten if STOL aircraft are not your thing.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	81-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-35 Ft/ 8-11 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	maximum depth and time were discussed during each dive briefing
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Super-serious UW photographers will be disappointed by the facilities but not the subject matter. The boat facility was limited to a small plastic tub placed on the dive deck which barely held 2 medium-sized rigs. The camera bucket didn't even contain water for first couple of days due to government-imposed water usage restrictions as the ongoing drought taxed the capacity of the island's desalinization plant.

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Dive Review of Sea Saba/Juliana's Hotel in Saba

Sea Saba/Juliana's Hotel: "My Spoiled Queen on the Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean", May, 2019,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Sea Saba/Juliana's Hotel in
Saba