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Golden Rock Dive Center/Old Gin House: "Very good diving, but deep!", Apr, 2016, by Kristin W Weck Farrag, IL, US ( Contributor 17 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 8910.
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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
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Comments	The good: The diving is really good! Loads of fish and turtles - very few sharks. Lots of little stuff too - all the usual suspects you would see in the Caribbean. Not too many lionfish, they keep good control over them. The divemasters that run Golden Rock, husband and wife duo, Gary & Lynn were fantastic!!! Very accommodating and helpful! Even though they had only been there for 9 months they knew the sites very well. I really hope the owners, Glen & Michele, know what gems they have in Lynn & Gary - really wonderful to dive with! The not so good: The dives are all pretty deep - we were doing 3 dives a day and were always pushing the "no deco". Lynn & Gary really went out of their way to get us the 3 dives per day safely, so kudos to them! In retrospect, we should have gone with Nitrox to squeeze out some extra bottom time, but we made it work. The Old Gin House is just that: OLD! The grounds are nice, but the "garden" rooms really need some work. Windows are suprisingly screened (a good thing). However, the windows are wood slats, so all the A/C goes right out the window. Very difficult to keep the room cool enough. There were also 3 of us sharing a room & it was difficult to get enough towels. After explaining 4 days in a row, they almost got it. Everyone was very nice & tried to be as accommodating as possible. The restaurant is good, but very expensive! You're better off eating at the Blue Bead or the place next door. Great trip & I'm glad I went!
Websites	Golden Rock Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Micronesia, Red Sea, South Pacific, all over Caribbean.
Closest Airport	St. Eustatius	Getting There	ORD to Charlotte to St. Maarten to Statia
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	80-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-75 Ft/ 12-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	safety stop at 500 PSI or 50 minutes.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Small bucket on boat for cameras, but it was salt water & masks were in there too. Very easy to wash out back at the room at the end of the dive day, so not really a big deal.

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Dive Review of Golden Rock Dive Center/Old Gin House in St. Eustatius

Golden Rock Dive Center/Old Gin House: "Very good diving, but deep!", Apr, 2016,

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Dive Review of Golden Rock Dive Center/Old Gin House in
St. Eustatius