Dive Review of Blue Water Divers/Wyndham Sugar Bay in
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Blue Water Divers/Wyndham Sugar Bay, May, 2003, by David Reubush, VA, USA ( Top Contributor 68 reports with 35 Helpful votes). Report 1247.
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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	The good: Blue Water Divers are easy to work with and very friendly. They have a new boat that has a head on it as opposed to the one last year without. This is an important criteria for an over 55 diver. The bad: St. Thomas is not the world's mecca for diving. If you are going for other reasons, by all means dive, but don't go for the diving. I was there this year for my step-daughter's wedding so I went diving for 3 days before the wedding. (We checked out wedding locations during last year's trip.) The divemaster this year was not the same as those last year. While he was a friendly kid he was just doing a job and putting in time. Most dives were out and back from the boat with virtually no effort expended to point out items of interest. The typical clientele were cruise ship divers with little or no experience so they did not know what good diving is. I was always the last into the boat and I still always came up with over 1100 psi. We stayed at the Wyndham because this had been selected as the wedding location (The wedding was the only part of the trip that went off great). The Wyndham is sorely in need of renovation. The beds were uncomfortable, the carpets threadbare, the pool and hot tub missing tiles. The food was of the quantity over quality variety. We have no intention of returning.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Galapagos, Red Sea, Australia, Caymans, Turks & Caicos, Belize, Bonaire, Curacao, etc.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-60 Ft/ 15-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives were generally less than 70 ft. Only one approached 90 ft. We were supposed to come up with at least 500 psi, but I did not ever come up with less than 1100 psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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
UW Photo Comments	Had been there the previous year so did not bother to take my camera.

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Dive Review of Blue Water Divers/Wyndham Sugar Bay in Virgin Islands/St.Thomas

Blue Water Divers/Wyndham Sugar Bay, May, 2003,

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Dive Review of Blue Water Divers/Wyndham Sugar Bay in
Virgin Islands/St.Thomas