Dive Review of Indigo Divers /Jolly Beach Resort in
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Indigo Divers /Jolly Beach Resort : "Better than expected", Nov, 2023, by Bevan Ratciffe, ON, CA ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 12815.
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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	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Jolly Beach Resort is an older resort recently reopened after the pandemic. It has been painted up but lots of little things like bathroom doors falling off and a/c units leaking haunted our room in spite of the new paint. Note however, this facility was chosen by price and location so we were pleased with both. I would return. The Indigo Divers reviews I read prior to departure were extremely positive however, they were almost exclusively written by beginner divers enthusiastically extolling the patience and friendly attributes of the staff. We weren't anticipating much as professional divers leading excursions had better be both personable and patient or should be out of the business. In most cases the dive shops we have used have been great and this was no exception. The reason I subscribe to Undercurrent is experienced divers are writing the reviews and are usually not as easily impressed as a beginner. We were satisfied and pleased. Indigo Divers takes trips daily on a good new boat accomadating up to six clients consisting of cruise ship passengers, people taking courses and divers like us staying on the island. Early days of our 10 day trip had us diving with wide range of fellow divers. We completed a few less exceptional shallow 40 foot dives of only 50 minutes but hey,we're diving so how bad can it be? The reefs were quite healthy, quite flat and shallow. Fish were varied and occasionally came in large schools. The best diving was later in our week when we were the only customers and first dives were up to 60 feet. By this time the crew were used to us and had learned how to assist me, I have some mobility issues when not immersed, and relaxed letting us take our time looking at the micro reef life. While looking for the small things we were interrupted by rays, eels, barracuda and sharks. The sharks appeared almost magically when the dive master speared lion fish. As well as serving lion fish to sharks, losters were also fed and that was most entertaining. The take away from this review is the diving was fun even though not a lot of unusual species were spotted. Much better than either of us expected.
Websites	Indigo Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Around the Caribbean and Hawaii
Closest Airport	St John's	Getting There	Direct 4½ hours from Toronto via Westjet, Air Canada and Sunwing
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	83-80°F / 28-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	5-20 M / 16-66 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive masters tried to accomadate but often other divers needed to be considered
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Dive masters set up great opportunities. Our camera is merely a low cost Sealife but we are delighted with the results.

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Dive Review of Indigo Divers /Jolly Beach Resort in Antigua

Indigo Divers /Jolly Beach Resort : "Better than expected", Nov, 2023,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Indigo Divers /Jolly Beach Resort in
Antigua