Dive Review of Roger's Suba Shack/n/a in
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Roger's Suba Shack/n/a, May, 2010, by Roberto Labrador, NY, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 5500.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Things at Roger's SCUBA Shack are shall we say, a bit labor-intensive. I came down for a three day dive-only trip. It seems that I picked the wrong week to dive here and perhaps I should have done my homework as far as dive shops go. Not a bad experience just that expected a little more from the shop. Vis was just bad! That’s not the fault of the dive shop for sure. 20‘-40’. A lot of rainfall down south has forced a lot of sediment into the current coming north from South America. Dive Ops: Small boat (20’-24’) maxed out with divers. Not a dive boat but a tender for a larger vessel. Their main dive boat got beat up in a storm and is in the yard. No slots or holders for tanks, just dumped on the deck. It’s about 100 yards to the surf line from the little shared staging area where you get your tank. Entry is through the surf to about chest hight water then a hop, skip and a jump on board (I hit the deck hard my first time) I was told to assemble my gear and lug it out to the boat. In between each dive we headed back to the same shore site to go though the proses all over again. Ugg. Each time to get back on the boat I had to remove my BC and pass it up. No snacks. very little water onboard. No rinse buckets, no room. One small rinse barrel on shore and a hose. No dive shop or office to speak of. They may be in the proses of setting one up. Just gear rooms and a fill room. Good fill on every tank, 3k psi each one. The dive team seemed to be a little unorganized. My first day, first dive the dive-master got separated from of us upon decent. We descended to 80’ with no bottom in sight before we figured out we were with out a guide. I couldn’t see ****, 20’ max in blue/green water. We hung out for a while at 50” then made a controlled ascent and back to the boat. To be fair, they did make that dive up to us, we got in two full dives that day, each time going back to the shoer site. Just a long day that started with an 08:15 hotel pickup and ended at 16:30 drop off, for two dives! I did six dives in three days, no afternoon dives on the weekend and the Monday I was there was a Bank Holiday. No night dives offered. The owners are good natured and friendly, and know the sites well. They tried to point out what they could but it was tough to find anything unless you were right on top of it. A bunch of good guys on the crew but a lot of work is expected from the customer. I like these guys, but next time I’ll try another shop.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Barbados, St Maarten, Saba, Key Largo, St Lucia, St Corix, Bermuda, Bonaire
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	General guidelines were set but the divemaster let members of the group dive their own profiles.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
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	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	None to speak of.

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Dive Review of Roger's Suba Shack/n/a in Barbados/South shore

Roger's Suba Shack/n/a, May, 2010,

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Dive Review of Roger's Suba Shack/n/a in
Barbados/South shore