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Dive Review of Sandals /Sandals Regency La Toc in
St. Lucia/West side by Pitons

Sandals /Sandals Regency La Toc: "Dive trip during Covid", Apr, 2021,

by Richard Rigg, ID, US (Sr. Reviewer Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 11824 has 2 Helpful votes.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 4 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 3 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 3 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments I usually do not go to all-inclusive resorts, but this was 2020 (the 1st year of Covid). Sandals St Lucia was open with Covid restrictions from the government. They had the resort and some activities that were in the “Covid bubble”. Once you were tested you could move around the resort without a mask. The resort was at approximately 50% capacity.
Diving was included in the all-inclusive package at Sandals. The dive operation was very good, diving briefings were through and safety was important. The dive operator was about a 1 hour bus ride away (transportation was included), it was a long day. We left around 8 and returned around 2. They enforce the dive time and profile. We had about 30 minutes per dive and we all had to come up together. For $100 (I think) you could have a private guide to dive with and then you could stay down until you had 500 lbs of air. I did this one day so I could work on my photography skills. It was worth it to have two long dives. Visibility the first 2 days was not very good. It had rained (poured) the day before my first dive. The run off from the island was significant, as the week went on the visibility improved.
The resort itself is very nice, the food was excellent, staff were outstanding. It was an expensive trip, but given it was 2020 and the 1st year of Covid, it was worth the extra expense to be able to dive.
Websites Sandals   Sandals Regency La Toc

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos (Provo and Grand Turk), Tulum
Mexico (Cenote and Ocean) The ABC islands, St Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Saba, Barbados, Bahamas, St. Lucia, Hawaii, Kona
Closest Airport Hewanorra International Airport Getting There Multiple flights as I live in Idaho, direct flights from Atlanta

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy Seas choppy
Water Temp 80-82°F / 27-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions 30 minutes approximately, dive group had to come up as a group
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available?

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles None Whales None
Corals 2 stars Tropical Fish 2 stars
Small Critters 2 stars Large Fish N/A
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 2 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 3 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments The boat had a separate rinse bucket for cameras
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