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Dive Adventures: "Easy Diving in St Maarten", Sep, 2023, by Denis Esslinger, PA, US ( 2 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 12781.
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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
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Dive Adventures is part of a larger water sports and boat activity company named Aqua Mania Adventures headquartered at the Simpson Bay Resort. Booking was through Aqua Mania Adventures website and I received very little communication after booking my dives. In fact I had to contact them to confirm that they had received the dive trips I submitted. Dive Adventures has a nice 34 foot boat named Dive Machine that has a shade in the center with a retractable ladder on the transom. Soinet was the captain and did a good j ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Dive Adventures
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport	SXM	Getting There	Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) was still undergoing rebuilding from 2017's Hurricane Irma so not many amenities. Waited nearly an hour before baggage from inbound flight was delivered. Also waited in line over an hour to check in for outbound flight.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	85-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
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Dive Review of Dive Adventures in St. Maarten

Dive Adventures: "Easy Diving in St Maarten", Sep, 2023,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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