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Dive Statia/King's Well Inn, Mar, 2004, by Peter Hartlove, CO, USA . Report 991.
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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	We were a group of 25, special chartered plane to get there, crowd and band met us at the airport, big deal for us flying Sun Caribbean in! Win and Laura at King's Well Inn were very accomodating but weren't used to such a large group. We filled the place and had all 3 meals a day there. They worked their tails off! Very nice rooms, overlooking the ocean, no A/C but didn't need it. The waves crashing was wonderful at nite.Reena and Rudy at Dive Statia also were accomodating but not used to 25 divers at once. Had to borrow a boat to accomodate us on 2 boats. Took 3 days to settle in to the routine. Had young, relatively inexperienced dive guides, not great at pointing things out. It was stressed that there was no touching and no gloves allowed. Then, on the 2nd dive, my wife saw Rudy grab a lobster buy the antenna, pull it out of it's hole and wave it around to show everyone, as it struggled to free itself. She confronted him topside and his defense was that he wasn't hurting it. I guess the rules don't apply to him. Reported to the Marine Park officials. There are a few interesting wrecks (some encrusted, one brand new that will mature with age), average Caribbean diving. Old style Caribbean island that has not been built up, that was nice, everyone smiles and waves at you. At first, we were told no spair-airs (unsure why)but they relented when pushed. Wanted to control our routes of dives at first but we are experienced and went our own way after the first day without problems. A few small critters, many angels, couple of sharks, several turtles, 1 seahorse, overall, average Caribbean diving from a spoiled Pacific diver.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over Caribbean, PNG, Solomons, Fiji, Indonesia, Cocos, Galapagos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	79-0°F / 26--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	53
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No Deco, told us how deep to go but no walls to speak of so no problem. At first it seemed they wanted us to follow the dive leaders but after the first day or so, we were able to go on our own. No touching, no gloves.
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	No rinse buckets on boat, 1 large bucket at the shop, saw a few interesting creatures, accomodating Flying Gurnards, several angels of all species, 1 brown seahorse, a few wrecks, some encrusted. A new wreck will be good in a few years, if you are into wrecks.

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Dive Review of Dive Statia/King's Well Inn in St. Eustatius

Dive Statia/King's Well Inn, Mar, 2004,

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Dive Review of Dive Statia/King's Well Inn in
St. Eustatius