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Ocean Explorers Dive Center/]Bahia Blue Villa: "Good Diving Again at St. Maarten", Aug, 2019, by Michael Traylor, TX, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 11031.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	We lodged in a 4 bedroom villa in Terres Basse with a kitchen, pool, hot tub, and en suite BR's. The cost is about the same as as mult. hotel rooms & meal costs are less if you cook there. Rental cars are the best way to get around. Ocean Exploreres is still on a southern beach at Simpson Bay in three containers since the old shop was gone with the hurricane winds. We went to the dive sites in a 28 ft. Boston Whaler with a max of 8 divers, but the boat is a bit crowded. We had to skip two of our planned diving days because of driving rain and choppy seas & this ocurred with our last visit at the same time two years ago. July-August may have more weather which may result in missed dives. We did a lot of wrecks. A site called Proselyte had 18th century cannons and anchors encrusted with coral and sponges-a nice photo opp. At Turtle Reef a 2.5 ft Green Turtle approached us for scratching & air bubble fountains from our 2nd stages. The divemasters removed a wreath of plastic from her neck 2 years ago and she's been a friend since! All the dives were unique.
Websites	Ocean Explorers Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Many Caribbean, Galapagos, Fiji, Costa Rica, Sea of Cortez, Maldives, Texas Flower Gardens, Hawaii, Sulawesi, Siladen, etc.
Closest Airport	St, Maarten	Getting There	There are daily flts from Miami and Atlanta; perhaps other originations.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm, surge, no currents
Water Temp	82-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	50-60 Ft/ 15-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Forty minutes bottom time-not much enforced.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	I'm not a photographer, but there seemed to be no camera tank on the boat. One of the dive masters shoots a lot of photos during the dives and these are available online.

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Dive Review of Ocean Explorers Dive Center/]Bahia Blue Villa in St. Maarten

Ocean Explorers Dive Center/]Bahia Blue Villa: "Good Diving Again at St. Maarten", Aug, 2019,

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Dive Review of Ocean Explorers Dive Center/]Bahia Blue Villa in
St. Maarten