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Barbados Blue Dive Shop/Barbados Hilton, Aug, 2005, by Gary W Wenzel, NH, USA . Report 2780 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Diving Barbados was a great wonderful surprise! Barbados Blue has a great facility for storing your gear and tries in every way to accomodate your needs. I always bring all my dive gear and only ask for weights and air but their equipement appears in to be in great shape. 2 great dive guides are Robert and "G". Roger knows how to run the boat and is always there to help handing you your camera after your back roll. They have 2 boats. One is a large catarmaran and another is perhaps 30 feet. Max. divers were 8 and they would split you up with 2 dive guides. The West coast is calm and hot! East coast Atlantic side is wild and not often available for diving. The dive shop is on the property of the Hilton at Needham's Point located at the end between the Atlantic and the Caribbean. The amount of tropicals found there are amazing! The reefs are very healthy with no bleaching. For me, the best time is April and May when the Hawkbill turtles come ashore to nest. On nearly every dive, I would see 3-5 turtles and what makes them so great is they allow you to get close to them, whether they are sleeping, cruising or eating unlike many other Caribbean Islands where the turtles take off as soon as they see you. Sting rays of all sizes are abundant with no sharks seen, along with many trumpet and coronet fish and occasional baracudas. While underwater, you will experience brackish water [Atlantic water meeting the Caribbean water] where the temp drops 10 deg. and everything is blurry but that will last only for 5-10 seconds. This is a real interesting experience. Infront of the dive shop and next to the Hilton is Carlisle Bay. There you will find at least 6 sunken boats that are easy to penetrate and dive. A very quiet,sandy bottom with not too much coral but loads of creatures. Great for the 2nd dive because the deepest spot I found was 52 feet. Snorklers also go there through the dive shop. I am the only diver in my family so this is important for other members. You will be infromt of the Malibu Rum factory, Malibu Beach and just a beautiful spot. There are a constant changes of water conditions from easy, to gliding along and then flying with the scenery always changing. It's terrific with no chance of boredom. If you are really interested in learning about the marine life as a snorkler or diver, they have the only marine biologist in Barbados on staff at the dive shop, Andre Miller Msc. This was a wonderful place with great diving for me and the hotel along with so many great restaurants makes this dive destination better than most in the islands for me and my non-diving family.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Truck Lagoon, Beqa & Taveuni, Fiji, Guam, Rota, Hawaii, Bonaire, Curacao, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Derawan, Indonesia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]Plan your dive and dive your plan. No problems just follow your computer. Dives ranged from 40ft to 120 ft.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	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
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Water rinse tank provided for camers. If there were beginners on board they would provide, usually Robert,my dive guide, to swim with me only so that I would have the best opportunity for videos. They would drop Robert and I on the deeper side of the reef and drop the less experienced others on the more shallow side

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Dive Review of Barbados Blue Dive Shop/Barbados Hilton in Barbados

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Dive Review of Barbados Blue Dive Shop/Barbados Hilton in
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