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Peter Hughes, Mar, 2005, by Jeff and Elaine Byland, MI, USA . Report 1631.
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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	All of the crew were hard working and willing to go the extra mile for any special situations. The Wind Dancer was well kept for its age. We must thank Peter Hughes for having local divemasters on this vessel. We think it made a big difference in the quality of the diving. We met divemaster Tyson 3 years ago on a landbased Tobago trip and when we found out he was on the Wind Dancer it made this trip all the more special. He continues to be one of our favorites. Divemaster CNN is a macro wizard!!! Motely made the strong current dives seem fun and relaxing. These three are the best. Captain Brian and the the rest of the crew were top notch and we cannot wait to do this trip again. We saw the largest angel fish and nurse sharks we had ever seen. Other sightings of interest were two 1 1/2 inch juvenile scorpionfish and a longhorn nudibranch that CNN found on a night dive, 3 blacktip reef sharks, several nurse sharks, several turtles, flameback angelfish, cherubs, shortnose batfish, flying gunards, juvenile queen angel (my first), juvenile french angels, huge lobsters and morays, crabs, many stingrays, scorpionfish and a huge goliath grouper. We did not see hammerhead sharks (occasionally seen there), manta rays (occasionally seen there), spotted eagle rays, toadfish (heard them on night dives), seahorses, frogfish or juvenile gray angels. All of these are in the Tobago waters, but not sighted by us. The bad - American airlines just does not make it easy for you to get there (we used airmiles). We had to do an overnight in Trinidad on the way there and an overnight in Miami coming back. We also had our underwater housing for our still digital camera stolen after our case was checked, so when we arrived late at night in Trinidad that was our welcome. All night dives are after dinner. We would prefer before dinner or a compromise and have it offered maybe twice a week. If we did not have to overnight on the way there, (especially in Trinidad) we would try and go to Tobago every year. We love it that much. This is not a beginner destination due to some strong currents, panga diving, and at times low visibility.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Galapagos x2, Tobago x2, Cozumelx6, St. Croix, Grenadines, Little Cayman, Cayman Brac, Roatan, Utila, Belize, Curacao x4, Bonaire St. Lucia, St. Kitts.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Recreational dive depth limits, back on boat 500 psi, no decompression diving
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Large table on Wind Dancer. Bucket designated for cameras. Bucket on panga. All diving from pangas (not the rubber type pangas, but more like small boats). Some strong currents were encountered which always makes photography more challenging. Surface waves and getting back into a panga can also make handling of camera equipment more difficult at this dive location. There was a ladder for exiting the water. The panga driver and DM were careful with all of our equipment.

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Dive Review of Peter Hughes in Trinidad and Tobago/Tobago

Peter Hughes, Mar, 2005,

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