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Dive Review of Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/Sandyport in
Bahamas/Nassau

Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/Sandyport: "Bahamas were back open without Covid restrictions.", Nov, 2022,

by Jeff Page, PA, US ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12287 has 1 Helpful vote.

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

Accommodations 3 stars Food N/A
Service and Attitude 3 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 3 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 3 stars
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments When my spouse and I were ready to finalize another trip to the Florida Keys to dive, because of Covid restrictions in the islands, we found out that the Bahamas had just opened and quickly booked a trip to Nassau. We stayed at Sandy port, beach club, and Dove with Stewart Cove, Sandy ported several levels of accommodations. We stayed in a unit and had a bedroom setting room and kitchen and it was clean and comfortable with many nearby restaurants. Stewart Cove provided the shuttle to get to their dive shop and back to the resort as they do most resorts on Nassau. The dive operation had an easy check in process and was well organized for a larger dive business. The safety protocols were followed, and the dive briefings were clear. The underwater life was typical middle Atlantic/Caribbean varieties with a nice dose of sharks and turtles and some medium-size fish and small fish. I can only complain about the fact that the 40 some foot Newton dive boats had twin engines, but on at least two of these boats only one of the diesel engines were working at the time of our trip. And talking to the boat captains they said it was a supply chain issue that prevented the operation from keeping both engines running. They needed engine parts that they could not get. This made the boats a little slower, the trips a little longer, but not drastically so. I can’t help.from wondering if the one engine that was working on a twin engine boat failed that would’ve caused some problems, but they did not fail during my trip. In my experience, a dive destination of this size is just begging for more dive operators, Stewart Cove could use some competition. I think it would be good for everyone. Overall, it was a good trip. I’ll go back eventually, J.P.
Websites Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 251-500 dives
Where else diving Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Cayman Islands, Honduras, Tobago, Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Thomas, Saint Croix, Cozumel, Marathon, Key Largo, over the last 33 years multiple trips.
Closest Airport Nassau Getting There Flights from many cities in the USA

Dive Conditions

Weather rainy, cloudy, dry Seas choppy
Water Temp 80-82°F / 27-28°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 80-120 Ft/ 24-37 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions Max depth and the boundaries of the Dive site were briefed.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 4 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments [None]
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