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Aquanauts Dive Center, Jul, 2008, by Tripp Jones, SC, USA ( Top Contributor 72 reports with 29 Helpful votes). Report 4237.
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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
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Comments	This was the second "Mystery" trip for our dive shop, Wateree Dive Center in Columbia, SC, and none of us (22) had ever been to Grenada. Going through Montego Bay and Kingston Airports is like having a root canal without anywone considering an anesthetic. I now know why it is called Jamaican "jerk" sauce. Once landing in Grenada, the airport personell and immigration were good compared to most carribean points of entry. True Blue Bay Resort is a pretty, clean and well run operation. The rooms were very clean and the restaurant on site,the Dodgery Dock, was acceptable. The continental breakfast was included in our package and was ok. Aquanauts is a well run operation. The boats were clean, the nitrox was consistent and the crew, by and large, was good. Paul and Bruce are experienced and run a good operation. Some ancillary crew needed some encouragement, but in a day or two, they stepped up as instructed. The diving was poor the first two days, with one dive being a drift dive, with poor viz. Two wrecks, the Veronica L and Shakem were OK, and no current on them. On day #3, we dived the Bianca C. Paul went down, tied a line to the wreck at about 117 feet and we went down the line. I had read that there was a lot of current, but we had none down to the wreck and none on the wreck. Viz was about 50 feet on the wreck and was interesting, especially with the size of the wreck. Leaving the wreck, we saw 3 large spotted eagle rays on way to a reef. The reefs were generally good and Shark Reef, and Flamingo Bay were really good, with several octopi (good size), green,chain,spotted and golden morays, and most everything we usually see. Our group took an island tour and this was really nice. I certainly would not drive the across island rainforest road myself. It is beautiful, but I'll leave the driving to a local tour guide. I would go out to eat in the evenings, and no better place than the "Beach House" and ate one night at "Patrick's" which was an experience, but the food was local, plentiful and quite delicious. Bugsy, the boat captain, set this up for us. One nice thing about Grenada is that the people were extremely friendly, probably as nice as anyone we've met in the Carribean. All in all, I would like to go back to Grenada and stay again at the True Blue and dive with Aquanauts. It really is an undiscovered jewel in the Carribean. We were told that American Airlines will start a direct flight from Miami to Grenada in November, and if true, that is a major "plus" by not having to go through Jamaica.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Truk, Cozumel, Bonaire, Curacao, St. Lucia, St.Kitts, Roatan, Caymans
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, surge, currents
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Computer diving, nitrox
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
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	[None]

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Dive Review of Aquanauts Dive Center in
Grenada