Dive Review of Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/rented house in
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Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/rented house: "FOR CRITTERS, YOU DIVE THE", Feb, 2017, by RAYMOND JAMES HABERMAN, NM, United States ( Sr. Contributor 23 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 9700.
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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
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	If you come to the island in the rainy season, you can expect to experience sunny, windy, rainy and cloudy days. Come in the dry season and you will just have less rain. During your stay, you may experience the waters to be calm & flat, choppy, surge, and an occasional current. Best to avoid coming if there is a full moon. The average daytime temp. hangs in the mid 80's and at night, the high 70's. Dive St Vincent is a small shop with 2 divemasters. Callie and DJ and between them, have about 45 years diving experience in these waters. Chances are, you will get to dive with each of them. The water temps in the summertime are around 83/84 and in the wintertime they drop to around 78/79. All depends on whose computer you are reading. There are 3 dive shops on the main island with Dive St Vincent being the oldest with over 30 years in business. The legendary Bill Tewes, now retired, made the island famous for its critters. That is why it is called the "Critter Capital of the Caribbean." To see some of the critters that I have photographed, go to www.raymondhaberman.smugmug.com/. Divers come for the critters, reef fish, corals and sponges. The "Big Three" are Sea Horses, Batfish and Frogfish. For big fish, you have to dive one of the Grenadine Islands. With the invasion of the Lionfish, many divers have tried spearfishing. Lionfish are the only fish that visitors are allowed to take.
Websites	Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Saba, Bermuda, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Belize, Aruba, Statia, St Kitts, PNG, Yap, Truk, Palau, Australia, Bonaire, Cozumel, Belize, Roatan, Grand Turk, Puerto Rico, Florida and Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.
Closest Airport	Argyle International Airport	Getting There	With the opening of the new airport, several new airlines are now available. Caribbean Air and TIA are now offering flights along with the old stand by LIAT
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents, no currents
Water Temp	79-°F / 26-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-110 Ft/ 15-34 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	On your first dive, the divemaster will evaluate your skill level and if he thinks you are able to go solo, he will allow it. On all dives you should return to the boat with at least 200 lbs. of air. Decompression dives are not allowed.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Boats are not equipped with facilities for working on cameras. Best to set everything up in your room before the dive. Rinse tanks are available on the boats but not at the dive shop. They will lend you a plastic tub that you can take to your hotel.

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By David W Allen in KS, US at Jun 18, 2018 14:41 EST

Thanks for a very nice summary of diving SV Ray. We have been there several times (soon returning for 4th) and found it to be exactly as you describe. Great body of work on your photo website! Dave Allen www.daveandlisaphotography.com

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Dive Review of Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/rented house in St. Vincent and the Grenadines/The Leeward side of the island

Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/rented house: "FOR CRITTERS, YOU DIVE THE", Feb, 2017,

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Dive Review of Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/rented house in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines/The Leeward side of the island