Dive Review of Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort in
Jamaica/Montego Bay

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Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort, Mar, 2007, by Larry Sensenig, IA, USA ( Reviewer 6 reports). Report 3317.
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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 Sandals Royal Caribbean is a charming self-contained all inclusive resort. There are five restaurants serving very good food and multiple pools (some with swim-up bars) on the manicured property. Trips to other island attractions are available for an additional fee. There was evening entertainment ranging from very good to fair depending on the night. Reading previous Travelin' Diver's Chapbooks gave an accurate picture of the diving experience. If you have not been diving in the past six months you will have to take a pool refresher course. Diving took place off a beautiful 46 ft. dive boat. Some of the trips had over 20 people on the boat, but dives took place with groups of four divers. The divemasters were competent, but not particularly helpful. Dive profiles were conservative, often surfacing with 1000 psi left in the tank. There was no shore diving at the resort. Over five days of diving no large schools of fish were seen. Individual sightings included two turtles, several sea cucumbers, flounder, star fish, puffer fish, french grunts, and a small sting ray. A wall dive and an old DC-3 airplane added some diving interest. The Sandals Royal Caribbean provides a nice vacation destination, but experienced divers will become a bit bored with the diving.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel (many times), Grand Caymans, Bonne Terre Mine, Mo, Dutch Springs, PA, West Lake Okoboji, IA
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Diving profiles were very conservative. Over five days of diving no dive was beyond 70 feet. Often surfaced with 1000 psi in tank.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort in Jamaica/Montego Bay

Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort, Mar, 2007,

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Dive Review of Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort in
Jamaica/Montego Bay