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Octopous Diving/Independant Operator, Apr, 2009, by Rodney and Robin Bosche', California, u ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 4788.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	Weather was not helpful, Lots of rain with only 40-50' visibility. Main thing here is the dive operation which we really enjoyed. We did several dives with them. Great young hard working owners and JP was a very good dive master. Their shop is on the French side of the island in Grand Case, where most of the better diving is. We encountered a very aggressive JACK about 30". He did not like us in his space. I got some great shots of him coming right at us and had to use the camera to keep him off. The others were using their fins to keep him away (no contact was made) First time for us to have a fish that aggressive.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Over 30 Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	78-°F / 26-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-50 Ft/ 12-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive Masters Profile.
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Sally and Chris Davies run the Dive Shop. Sally is an expert underwater Photo instructor. I took a very helpful 3 hour classroom cource and then an afternoon dive class with her. We still had over 15 days left for under water practice. I felt much more comfortable after this class and believe I made better photo decisions. I am still using film but this class will also help me when I go digital.

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Dive Review of Octopous Diving/Independant Operator in St. Maarten

Octopous Diving/Independant Operator, Apr, 2009,

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Dive Review of Octopous Diving/Independant Operator in
St. Maarten