Dive Review of Scuba Fun Dive Center/Pasanggrahan Hotel in
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Scuba Fun Dive Center/Pasanggrahan Hotel, Nov, 2010, by Michael J. Millet, CA, US ( Top Contributor 96 reports with 59 Helpful votes). Report 5857.
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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	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	The diving off of St. Maarten is very average and the weather conditions due to Hurricane Tomas made the conditions less than average. We had relatively poor viz with lots of surge and surface chop. Getting back on the boat was a real adventure. The boat did not throw out a surface line. The boat captain was a bit too aggressive for the conditions and as a result the boat listed terribly to the starboard side with the camera bucket crashing to the deck. One of my strobe arms was damaged. Most of the divers are from cruise ships (I was not) and as result, the dive sites and bottom times are limited. I did 3 days of diving before boarding the Caribbean Explorer for the trip to Saba and St. Kitt. It is doubtful that I will dive St. Maarten again.
Websites	Scuba Fun Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Solomon Islands, GBR, Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Galapagos, Fiji, Vanuatu, Revillagigedos, All over the Caribbean.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Scuba Fun primarily caters to cruise ship divers many of whom have limited diving experience and are on a tight schedule. Bottom times were limited to no more than 45 minutes
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	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	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	No dockside camera rinse or table. Dive boat had no camera table but did have a small rinse bucket that could not accommodate all of the cameras.

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Dive Review of Scuba Fun Dive Center/Pasanggrahan Hotel in St. Maarten

Scuba Fun Dive Center/Pasanggrahan Hotel, Nov, 2010,

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Dive Review of Scuba Fun Dive Center/Pasanggrahan Hotel in
St. Maarten