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Dive Review of Dive Bequia in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines/Bequia Island

Dive Bequia: "Diverse, colorful and relaxed diving around beautiful Bequia", Nov, 2021,

by Keith Willmott, FL, US (Contributor Contributor 17 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 11850 has 1 Helpful vote.

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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 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling 2 stars
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments Our first dive trip abroad since covid. Dive Bequia's owner Cathy was very responsive and helpful while we were booking our trip, finding out about quarantine requirements etc. The 48 hr quarantine on arrival (for vaccinated travellers) that was in place when we booked our flight (the reason we stayed in the 'bubble resort' Bequia Beach Hotel) was fortunately removed by the time we arrived, but we should have been able to dive anyway after receiving a negative covid test on arrival. The dive center and dock are about 7 mins by taxi from Bequia Beach Hotel, and are located in the bay near Port Elizabeth. The dive boat has room for maybe 8 divers, and although I got the impression we were some of the first divers to visit for a long time, business picked up rapidly during the few days we were there. Anyway, small groups of divers made for relaxing diving, with dives sites 15-20 mins from the dock - some days the boat took out divers to do a single dive and brought them back to the dock before heading out again for the second dive.
All the dive sites were along the western side of Bequia Island, both north and south of Port Elizabeth. Dives usually started at a shallow-sloping reef or sand around 10 m, then gradually dropped, often ending at a wall, to depths of 20 m. Most dives involved swimming more or less continuously to keep up with the guide/group, which slightly complicated photography and I personally was frequently low on air near the end of the dive, requiring the last 10 mins or so to be spent at shallower depths. Hard and soft corals were in good condition, and the canyons, boulders and walls of sites such as Flat Rock, Boulders, and Middle Cay were really spectacular, covered in sea fans and with an amazing diversity of colorful sponges. Plenty of small fish including several seahorses, frogfish, butterflyfish, filefish, scorpionfish, morays, spotted eagle ray, trunkfish, relatively few larger fish except at Middle Cay. Also did a fantastic night dive at the Stratmann wreck, which is just a few mins off Port Elizabeth and sits on sand at 20 m. The boat is pretty intact and covered in cup corals, fan corals, sponges, and with numerous hiding places for a great diversity of crabs, slipper lobster, spiny lobster, seahorse, basketstars, and a sleepy hawksbill turtle accompanying us during our safety stop at the top of the wreck.
Websites Dive Bequia   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 101-250 dives
Where else diving Florida, Belize, Panama (Coiba, Pearl Is) St Vincent and Grenadines, UK, Red Sea (Sharm), Myanmar, Sulawesi (Wakatobi), Philippines (Mindoro, Palawan), Solomons (Guadalcanal), New Zealand (Poor Knights), Papua New Guinea
Closest Airport Argyle Airport, St Vincent Getting There Direct flight from Miami to Argyle Airport, St Vincent. 45 mins by taxi from airport to public ferry terminal, then 1 hr ferry to Bequia Island (more or less every day, last ferry leaves 6 pm).

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp 25-25°C / 77-77°F Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 10-20 M / 33-66 Ft

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions Keep with dive group/leader, start ascent on 700 psi
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available?

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish 1 stars
Large Pelagics 1 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 4 stars Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments No camera container on boat but short trips to dive sites. Dive staff helpful handing in and taking out camera before and after dive, and dive guide (Max) was great at finding and pointing out small creatures.
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By Craig A Wood in PA, US at Jan 24, 2022 07:51 EST  
Beautiful photos
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