Dive Review of Habitat Curacao in
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Habitat Curacao, Nov, 2005, by Kevin Elman, CO, usa . Report 2262.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The good: Boat rides, Entry/exit, dives very easy. The shore diving from the dive shop was extremly easy and a great place for new divers. Reef was very healthy and quite diverse from one dive site to the next. If you get the chance to dive "Seldom" (also called lighthouse) do! It's called seldom, because currents (a rarity in curacao) can be tricky and dive shops "seldom" dive it. I've never seen a more beautiful reef. Divemaster were good if you wanted something, otherwise they left you be i.e. their motto "diving freedom". The food in the resteraunt was quite tasty, but you might have to wait. Rooms are simple and spacious, but lots of electrical problems (i.e. no power two of the nights...no AC OUCH!) The bad: Dive shop was a smoke house and it wasn't the guests (my lungs actually hurt). They have a dive orientation at 9:00 but, the first morning boat goes out at 8:30, thus loosing a morning of diving. If the briefing were anything of great importance (it took five minutes) I might agree, but this was uneccessary and a big inconvienience (even when I asked for an earlier briefing and was snubbed). The shop is no longer called Captain Dons and it's apparent why, the service and enthusiasm is lacking. The hotel and Restaurant staff almost went out of their way to ignore you. To check in I had to wait for five minutes until the two desk people could finish their chat and then I had to interupt. Location is not the best and is at least twenty minutes away from Willemstad. The entire week I was there a truck was parked on the sidewalk to the dive shop and forced me to walk through the gravel and weeds (o.k. if you have shoes, not so o.k. in dive boots or bare foot). What I wish I had known: I have been to the Captain Dons in Bonaire and I expected the same. I was dissapointed by the new management and had I known, I might have spent the extra bucks and gone to Bonaire instead. The diving is great and very easy, but I think I'll look elsewhere for my next dive trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Jamacia, Galapagos, Hawaii, Vancouver, Costa Rica, California, Florida, Roatan, Belize, Cozumel, Cancun, Playa Del Carmen, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-83°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-150 Ft/ 18-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	The Boat could never quite keep the masks seperated from the cameras rinse buckets. I know the soap is the big issue for most, my issue was the way my equipment was being tossed around. Curacao is great for small things, squid and crustaceans at night.

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Dive Review of Habitat Curacao in Curaçao

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Dive Review of Habitat Curacao in
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