Dive Review of Sea Saba/Cottage Club in
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Sea Saba/Cottage Club, Aug, 2004, by Richard W. Zuckerman, IL, USA . Report 1329.
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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 one of the finest dive trips I have been on in 10 years. Most of the people I had talked to had done the day trips from St. Maarten and not stayed on the Island. I worked through Beth Jensen at Dive Saba Travel. She was a find. I booked my own air since we were coming from Bonaire but she took care of the St. Maarten-Saba leg. She made all of the arrangements with Cottage Club including getting us the cottage we wanted. She also arranged for our provisions for the cottage. The cottage was beautiful with an incredible view. Fixed some of our own meals and also ate at a number of eating establishments. Gate House, Eco-lodge, Brigadoon were particularly outstanding. Scout's and Tropics were great lunch places. Sea Saba is an very well run operation. Two beautiful boats with plenty of room for gear. Never more that 8 divers. Morning dives at 9:00 and optional afternoon dive at 1:30. Night dives were arranged. Did one night dive with just 4 divers. All dive sites are 10 to 15 minutes from dock unless you were lucky (like we were on our last day) and able to dive the windward side of the island. Crews know where each diver has been in order to make sure divers don't go to same sites. Dive briefings are concise and right on point. Almost everyone dove Nitrox32 so divers dove similar profiles. Pinnacles are what Saba is know for and they are magnificent. There are also spur/groove reefs and Cayman-like walls. All of the coral was in excellent shape and sealife was abundant. Southern and Eagle rays, turtles, nurse and reef sharks were seen during our five days of diving. Steve and Lita were a great dive crew. I would return to Saba in a minute if I was asked to go. The above ground activities of hiking, bird watching and shopping were also fun, but we were there for the diving. Saba is still one of the most pristine spots in the Carribean and I hope it stays that way.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Belize Costa Rica, Honduras, Cozumel, Dominica, Bahamas, California, North Carolina, Florida, Cuba
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	130' limit or Nitrox limits if diving Nitrox. Time limits if diving on tables.
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 Sea Saba/Cottage Club in Saba

Sea Saba/Cottage Club, Aug, 2004,

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Dive Review of Sea Saba/Cottage Club in
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