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Dive St. Vincent/The Mariner, Dec, 2002, by Richard J. Troberman, WA, USA ( Contributor 13 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 486.
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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	Bill Tewes, the owner of Dive St. Vincent, has been diving these waters for 20 years. He is a master at finding and identifying small critters. He uses an "etch-a'sketch" type pad underwater to identify things for you so you don't have to wait until the end of the dive to ask him what that strange thing was that you had never seen before. He can make a 90 minute dive in a small sand patch a great adventure. But there is much more than that, including healthy reefs and walls. On two of the three days I dove with him I was the only diver. Fortunately for me, Bill never hesitated to go out with just one diver. During three days, we completed a punch list that included several seahorses (including pregnant male); scorpionfish; pikeblennies (bluethroat, yellowface, quillfin); bratula; white nose pipefish; banded and yellowhead jawfish; longlure frogfish; squadrons of flying gurnards (6 together in one sand patch); and several varities of shrimp (invisible, sun, squatted anenome, Pederson, banded coral, scarlet cleaner, and golden). Bill was also very informative about the Island's history and customs. I stayed at the Mariner Hotel, which is about 50 yards down the sea wall from the Young Island pier, where Dive St. Vincent is located. The best restaurant is the Allegra, located between the Mariner Hotel and Young Island pier. Spend some extra time on St. Vincent and tour the Island, including Kingstown. If you're looking for big stuff, go somewhere else. If you want some nice relaxed diving with lots of bottom time (my dives averaged 75 minutes) with great visibility and a large variety of small marine life, St. Vincent is the spot. It is a photographer's mecca, and a true Caribbean experience.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii; Bahamas; Cayman Islands; Turks & Caicos; French Polynesia; Australia (Coral Sea).
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny,dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-0°F / 27--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-150 Ft/ 23-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Computer; Recreational limits.
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
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Dive St. Vincent/The Mariner in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Dive St. Vincent/The Mariner, Dec, 2002,

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Dive Review of Dive St. Vincent/The Mariner in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines