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Dive St. Vincent/Mariners Hotel, Aug, 2002, by Jose Kirchner, CA, USA . Report 202.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Dive operator Bill Tewes has been here 16+ years, knows it inside out. He and his friendly, long-term experienced dive crew very customer oriented, great critter finders, entirely used to video and photo divers with long u/w times. When you've been to the spectacular walls and seen the pelagics in the Caribbean and want log, relaxed diving with rare critters, you finally come here, and probably come again. DSV has a competent, basic dive op with frills- smaller dive boats, one partially coverd, two open, rinse, store and set up your gear, happy to make no commission air and land arrangements, even offer to drive you to a restaurant, or the market on occasion. They cater to experienced divers with critter fixation, not the luxury-seeking or pelagic-chasing divers. We saw a number of Black Brotula, goden hamlets, seahorses, colorful frogfish, pikeblennies, and any number of fish aficionados are happy to document in their fish lists, not to mention film, on every dive. Sites ranged form open water walls to bays and "Critter Corner", a true muck-diving shallow flat with muck, eel and turtle grass, and a huge cast of characters that has divers begging for more. Land arrangements available range from the posh Young Island to apartments to several moderate hotels. Food tends to be expensive- everything is imported. We stayed at Mariners Hotel for convenience- close to the dove op and several other hotels with restaurants. Rooms were clean and had 240 volts with Euro plugs, Internet TV. Some were noisy. Management was accomodating, can arrange drivers and land tours. Our stay was pleasant enough, with a room with A/C and a ceiling fan- but the restaurant was maddening. (Rates: $125 - 175 for two dependent on grade of room and season.) Mariners restaurant was not always open advertised hours, and though food was frequently good, sometimes it was limited in offerings, or poor. Service ranged from very friendly and enjoyable to distant and cglacially slow, with mixed-up orders. The cook was occasionally a no-show, and the replacement cook would have had trouble in a short-order house. Fortunately, other restaurants are nearby, including the excellent Lime'n Pub, moderate to expensive, with great variety, seafood, imported beef and friendly service. Lime'n Pub provided the consistency lacking at Mariners. (But, we came for the DIVING, not the dining!) St. Vincent is serviced by LIAT and Caribbean Star short-haul flights from Barbados, serviced by US Airways, American and others form the US. Diving is good almost any time of year. (Though hurricanes are not common, the rare one can happen in this sector, usually later in the season.) Dive St. Vincent P.O. Box 864 St. Vincent, West Indies Main Office: 784-457-4928 Dive Shop: 784-457-4714, Fax: 784-457-4948 [divestvincent.com link] email: bill2s@DiveStVincent.com Mariners Hotel & Royal Harbour Restaurant Villa Bay ~ St. Vincent St. Vincent & the Grenadines, West Indies Phone: (784) 457-4000, Fax: (784) 457-4333 Toll Free U.S. & Canada 1-800-223-1108 Local US and Canada, 310-440-4225, Fax (310) 440-4220 [marinershotel.com link]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	0-25 dives
Where else diving	Wordwide, 46 years' dive experience.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny,rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	With experience you are welcome to do your own profile and times. Air only. Computers encouraged.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Dunk tank can be requested, no dedicated photo facilities onboard. No big fish, but very healthy, picturesque corals and inverts, many rare fish and fabulous macro; best Caribbean macro and rare fish we've experienced- from Keys to Bonaire and much in between.

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Dive Review of Dive St. Vincent/Mariners Hotel in St. Vincent and the Grenadines/S. St. Vincent island

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Dive Review of Dive St. Vincent/Mariners Hotel in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines/S. St. Vincent island