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Caribbean Sea Sports, May, 2009, by Nicola Nelson/John Logan, Utah, USA ( Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4828.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Most of the coral reefs were beautiful--undamaged soft corals and hard corals growing thickly from 20 feet to 100 feet. Lots and lots of juvenile fish, and a reasonable array of mid-sized squirrelfish, trunk fish, parrots, angels, and morays. We did not see many large fish except a ray and some barracuda. Car Pile is a fascinating array of debris among the corals--geometric shapes among the flowing soft corals. Boat rides are in the 30-minute range; water was choppy making it somewhat difficult to ascend the boat ladder. Divemasters Becky and Jo were great along with boat captains Eric and Raoul. Even though they had only 3 divers aboard they took us to the best sites rather than close ones. Nice dive boat (no head) with a large dry area for keeping warm. Caribbean Sea Sports is located at the Marriott Beach Hotel which is spectacular, with a huge pool, swim-up bar, nice beach (but choppy water made snorkeling difficult) and beach bar and three restaurants. We could only afford it because we used "frequent-sleeper" points. Willemstad (10 minute ride on $12 taxi) is very picturesque.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Micronesia, Australia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	There were only 3 to 5 divers on the boat. It was our preference to follow the guide and go slowly. I'm sure if others had different preferences they would have been accommodated.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	Wrecks, especially Car Pile and Superior Producer were very photogenic. No camera table on boat, but a camera bucket and the boat was very uncrowded.

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Dive Review of Caribbean Sea Sports in Curaçao

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Dive Review of Caribbean Sea Sports in
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