Undercurrent Home
Home  |  Members' Home
Get notified of the latest reader reports
What's this?

Dive Review of
AquaMarine/Blue Waters Inn in
Trinidad and Tobago/Speyside

in June, 2008
an Instant Reader Report
by
Kim Lachman, IL, USA
Report Number 4312

Questions?
Send an email to the author of this report

Subscribe Now
What others have to say about Undercurrent
And get immediate access to ALL 29 dive reviews of Trinidad and Tobago
and all other dive destinations immediately!

N/A means "Not Applicable" or "No Answer" given

Reporter
Dive Experience
251-500 dives
Where else diving
Little Cayman, Cozumel, Grand Turk, PR, St. Kitts, Antigua, Bahama Trench,
Dominica, Curacao, 

Dive Conditions

Weather
sunny  
Seas
currents  
Water Temp
78   to 82    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
0
Water Visibility
70   to 80    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
no  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
It was drift diving so we had to follow the leader.  If you still had air
at the end of the dive, one could play around at the anchor line as long as
you wanted.  
Liveaboard?
no 
Nitrox Available?
N/A 
What I saw
Sharks
1 or 2 
Mantas
Squadrons 
Dolphins
None 
Whale Sharks
None 
Turtles
1 or 2 
Whales
None 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  4 stars
Tropical Fish
3 stars  
Small Critters
  2 stars
Large Fish
3 stars  
Large Pelagics
  2 stars
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
N/A  
Boat Facilities
1 stars
Overall rating for UWP's  
1 stars  
Shore Facilities  
1 stars  
Comments
I had to ask repeatedly for a rinse bucket for my camera before it was
begrudgingly provided.  No area on boat or at the shop to work on camera.
With the currents on every dive, it is a difficult place to take great
pics.  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
3 stars
Food
2 stars
Service and Attitude
3 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
1 stars  
Shore Diving  
1 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
1 stars   
Advanced
1 stars    
Comments  
 There is zero unemployment on the island due to government support.  It
leads to apathy in the work force.  Sometimes they are just lazy, other
times hostile for your existence.  This behavior occurred at the dive shop,
restaurants and bars.
  The owners Keith and Alice are lovely people.  When they were in the shop
or on the boat things ran better.  When they were not, the divemasters
acted up like ill behaved children.  They do not change your tanks.  One
dive they did not even check their air which resulted in us having to go
back to the dock for tanks.  
  We did one night dive and it was very unsafe.  They did not have any
running lights.  Finally, at my husbands insistance, they taped a
flashlight to a front post.  There were no lights on the boat whcih made it
very difficult to pack up our gear at the end of the dive.
  The highlight of the trip was diving with the Mantas.  We had almost an
hour in the water with about 10 of them.  Strong surge, heavy currents,
lo-vis- not for beginners.  Fabulous!

  Tobago has wonderful pristine reefs and we loved our dives there.  We
have been diving 13 years and this is the worst dive operations we have
ever dove with. 


 
NEW! Leave a comment (Subscribers & Online Members only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers should go here to leave a comment

  

Other reviews for only this dive operator (AquaMarine Dive Ltd)

Questions?
Send an email to the author of this report

Subscribe Now
What others have to say about Undercurrent
And get immediate access to ALL 29 dive reviews of Trinidad and Tobago
and all other dive destinations immediately!

Other Trinidad and Tobago Dive Reviews and Reports

Diving Guide to Trinidad and Tobago

Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Want to see a bunch of Trinidad and Tobago reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create a collection
of reader reports you want all in one place for easy reading/printing/...
Select the years and dive operators you want and it's done in a snap.
NEW! The 700-page 2013 Travelin' Diver's Chapbook is available to subscribers now.
It contains all our reader reports on ALL destinations filed between Dec, 2011 thru Nov, 2012

Undercurrent Online Members also have online access to the current and back issues as well as the current and past Chapbooks. If not already an Online Member you can join now.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. It is presented here to provide Undercurrent readers with timely information on dive operations worldwide. The material may contain errors, typos, ... Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home


Sign up to receive our free
Undercurrent Online Update email
with news for serious divers
            Unsubscribe
We will not sell, exchange, or give your email address to any third party
.


Copyright © 1996-2013 Undercurrent (www.undercurrent.org)
3020 Bridgeway, Ste 102, Sausalito, Ca 94965
All rights reserved.

fc