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Blackbeard's -- Sea Explorer: "A fun week on Blackbeards Sea Explorer", Mar, 2023, by Mary Adams, FL, US ( Top Contributor 31 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 12463.
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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 $$
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Comments	Blackbeards is famous for its low-budget liveaboards in the Bahamas. The Sea Hunter and its sister boat Morning Star are beautiful sailing vessels and terrible scuba boats. The tanks perch on tiny benches, and the rest of your gear is “over there” in a faraway wet box. The deck is arched not flat, with narrow passages between anywhere and anywhere else. The 3 “cabins” each have 8 bunks and are accessed by a steep ladder. All of your non-wet things stay with you in your bunk, there is no other storage space. Battery charging is allowed in your bunk. I tried to use chargers on the galley table, but there were too many of us, and the table was also for eating. There are 4 tiny marine heads. There is one shower for 26 passengers and crew, and that shower is in the galley where there are also 6 bunks. I had been warned about all this before the trip. And I had a FABULOUS time! The crew was outstanding - competent, skilled, and cheerful. The other divers were a mostly family & friends group who were delightful to be around. The diving was pretty good. There were 3 dives per day, 8:30 am, 11 am, and 4 pm. The corals looked pretty healthy after a winter. There were fewer fish than I expect, likely due to overfishing and invasive red lionfish. I recorded one loggerhead turtle and a few reef sharks during the whole week. We did the chummed Austin Smith shark dive. That is a wild animal show. Food was hit-or-miss, sometimes it was only okay, and some meals were delicious. Food is served in the galley, but there is table space for only 6 diners, so you carry your plate up the ladder and find a place to sit in the horseshoe bench to eat off your lap. It’s OK unless it’s windy and your nacho chips blow away. The galley ran out of Swiss Miss on Tuesday. Very sad. I highly recommend Blackbeards for divers who want to spend a couple thousand less than a luxury liveaboard.
Websites	Blackbeard's -- Sea Explorer
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Cuba, Bonaire, Cozumel, Florida Keys, Clearwater FL, Bimini, Saba-St. Eustatius, Roatan, Kona, North Carolina, Flower Garden Banks, Caymans, Palau, Chuuk, Jupiter Florida, Belize, Costa Rica, Turks and Caicos, Revillagigedo, St. Lucia, Solomon Islands, Fiji,
Closest Airport	Nassau - NAS	Getting There	I flew Bahamas Air from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	77-80°F / 25-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No dry table, compressed air, or cloths. Charging in your bunk.

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Dive Review of Blackbeard's -- Sea Explorer in Bahamas/Exuma.

Blackbeard's -- Sea Explorer: "A fun week on Blackbeards Sea Explorer", Mar, 2023,

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Dive Review of Blackbeard's -- Sea Explorer in
Bahamas/Exuma.