Dive Review of Sea Saba/Juliana in
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Sea Saba/Juliana: "Great funky island with excellent diving!", Aug, 2016, by Dale Lachman, IL, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 9006 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The island is unlike any other Caribbean island (and I've been to many). There is no overt poverty. The island is very clean. All the food is higher end (and a bit pricey). This is all because it is still Dutch and not a former Dutch island or a commonwealth. There is a social safety net. The island has little to do except eat, sleep, dive and hike in the rainforest. The hikes are wonderful you just can't go to the top of Mount Scenery at 3200 ft on the day of the dive without risking DCS but the other hikes are permitted. All the food was very good and I can't say I had a favorite. We stayed in a cottage at Juliana's that didn't have air conditioning. The first night was rough, we borrowed another fan but as the week wore on, I acclimated and it wasn't bad. Our Lily Pond cottage was adorable. Beautiful wild (perhaps even a bit unkept) was a joy to look at and we even had a resident humming bird. Be prepared for some steep walks if you wish to go about town. The diving was amongst the best I've been to in the Caribbean. There were some lion fish but fewer. There were reef and nurse sharks on most dives as well as turtles. The reef was very healthy. The concentration of fish and coral life made me smile. Use Nitrox if you can. The depths are in the sweet spot for it.
Websites	Sea Saba
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Florida, Fiji and many, many places in the Caribbean.
Closest Airport	Saba	Getting There	Chicago to Miami(or Charolette to St. Martin to Saba
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	82-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	70-85 Ft/ 21-26 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Come up with 500 pounds of air.
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	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
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]

Report currently has 1 Helpful vote

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By report author: Dale Lachman in IL, US at Aug 08, 2016 19:20 EST

I am the author of this review and I apparently I made an oversight. For beginners, I would say this is a 3 star but for advanced divers it should have been 4 (even 4.5). I apologize.

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Dive Review of Sea Saba/Juliana in Saba

Sea Saba/Juliana: "Great funky island with excellent diving!", Aug, 2016,

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Dive Review of Sea Saba/Juliana in
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