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Ocean Encounters Diving/Hyatt Regency, Aug, 2012, by Michael Traylor, TX, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 6653.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The Hyatt Regency is expensive but w/ commensurate amenities and a couple of excellent restaurants. Service was good except no-one showed up to carry our luggage down at departure. A Garmin to guide your rental car is a must! Ocean Encounters has a shop and dock for pick-up at the Hyatt and you store your gear there. It was annoying that they wanted divers to carry their gear on and off the boat and rinse it themselves but they readily helped my wife w/ hers when asked. Beat of all, they refunded the price of a diving day my wife skipped w/o our even asking! The boat crew and dive masters were professional and helpful. Free tanks for shore diving were provided. The highlight of Curacao diving is the coral, even some staghorn and elkhorn coral; little bleaching where we went, but all the sites were on the SW coast and once on Klein Curacao. Of course, if one is looking at coral, other things, like fish, are not there to view. Many lionfish on all dives, but no snappers, jacks, trigger-fish, rays or turtles. Only on the Klein Curacao trip did one see more fish variety. Currents were really not significant and the visibility was generally adequate, if not crystalline. Frequently seen were various ages of spotted drums and moray eels. There was also a fair number of critters in nooks and crannies. Alas, no sea horses seen by my group.
Websites	Ocean Encounters Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Maldives, Fiji, Bahamas, St. Croix, Cozumel, Roatan, Bonaire.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	60 ft. max. depth & 50 minutes bottom time; those w/ computers could go deeper as needed.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	A dedicated rinse bucket was on the boat.

Subscriber's Comments

By Robert S Kuhn in IL, US at Dec 23, 2012 21:44 EST

Are you sure the Hyatt has shore diving? We were there Dec. 2011 and they stopped offering it due to boat traffic.

By report author: Michael Traylor in TX, US at Dec 26, 2012 14:40 EST

The shore diving is not at the Hyatt. You must drive or somehow get to the sites. For instance, it's an easy shore entrance to dive the tug a bit north of the Hyatt.

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving/Hyatt Regency in
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