Dive Review of Sea Saba/Julianna's in
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Sea Saba/Julianna's, Jun, 2011, by Paul Barrett, NM, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 6121.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	I set up the trip for 16 friends. Sea Saba was great to work with on the scheduling and itinerary and found Julianna's for us. Overall they were extremely safety conscious and aborted a night dive due to strong currents after we moored and were in the water. That is something that was absolutely the right thing to do but in my experience, many operators would not have done. The only disagreement we had is the dive group was a mix of inexperienced newbies and some very experienced (2000+ dives) divers. Those with more experience felt the divemasters were a little heavy handed requiring them to pull off of safety stops so that they would board the boat with 500 psi. However I think much of that may have been because they knew there were rookies diving and thus were particularly cautious. It is difficult to meet the needs of 16 diverse divers and by the end of the week the more experienced were given a freer hand. As with much of the Caribbean, the corals are stressed, but the fish were abundant. Divemasters were very good in locating and identifying fish and other critters. If I return to Saba I will book with Sea Saba again.
Websites	Sea Saba
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Turks and Caicos, Bonair, Cozumel, Hawaii, Truk, Sea of Cortez
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Divemasters discussed each dive before hand. Restrictions varied by site but generally we were told to stay within NDL, do a safety stop and return on board with 500 psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	N/A
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 Sea Saba/Julianna's in Saba

Sea Saba/Julianna's, Jun, 2011,

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