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Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet, Aug, 2009, by Susan Waldorf, CA, USA ( 1 report). Report 5000.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
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Comments	Solo female diver 55 YO - stayed at the Hummingbird Resort outside of Soufriere and took water taxis to Anse Chastanet to snorkel and dive. Loved the Hummingbird, the staff, the restaurant. Right on the beach; snorkel from the pier along the cliff - very nice - best I found on St. Lucia. Go to Anse Chastanet (via water is faster, easier and quicker) for Scuba St. Lucia. Nice boats, organized team, lovely staff, good facilities and equipment. Not cheap - situated on the beach with a pricey resort but the beach restaurant is quite nice for a relaxing lunch between dives. I hadn't dived in 3 years so I wanted easy diving to start. I did 2 shore dives - the wall starts just off the beach. Not bad - no current, nice mix of small critters and pretty sponges. Out for 45 minutes, 70' max depth. They assigned me a buddy so it was the dive master, my buddy (also a professional dive master) and me - not bad for getting comfortable underwater again. 2nd dive (afternoon) to Fairy Land was too much work to be fun - very strong current whipped me by all the things I wanted to explore at 2-3 knots - just staying off the coral and rocks became my main objective - not much pleasure there. I think it is the curve of the wall that causes this as my previous drift dives in Cozumel and Puerto Rico were much more leisurely (like diving from a lounge chair). Dive #3 - Shore dive to wall - happy to visit with a flounder the size of a potato chip, banded shrimp, clouds of blue chromis, a baracuda, a porcupine fish, arrow crabs, lobsters and eels. Very fun. Snorkeled alone offshore near the pier (opposite end of Anse Chastanet) to search for turtles (yep - 4 big green turtles) and was delighted to find swaying garden eels, flying greviles and darling baby squids. I recommend Scuba St. Lucia - they seemed genuinely concerned that I have good experience and I did.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Puerto Rico, Belize, St. Croix, Florida, Hawaii, Turks and Caicos, Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Did not test the guidelines - seemed reasonable and standard - not heavy-handed
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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	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 Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet in St. Lucia

Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet, Aug, 2009,

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Dive Review of Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet in
St. Lucia