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Blue Water Divers, Apr, 2009, by Fran Leach, CT, USA ( Reviewer 6 reports). Report 4849.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	The last time we dived in Tortola was about 15 years ago, since then whatever you want to blame, climate change, pollution etc has killed off between 90-95% of all hard coral at the major dive sites. There were a few patches here and there but most of the hard coral formations are a graveyard, sadly. On positive note there was plenty of soft coral but probably due to the lack of hard coral not many fish either or many shrimp or lobster macro stuff. We did see turtles on every other dive and the Wreck of the Rhone was great, one of the better Caribbean wreck dives and on this trip the only place we had any current. Also only saw one eel. Other parties saw some nurse sharks but we didn’t come across any. The deepest dives were around 80ft and most of the time we were at between 40-60ft. Blue Water divers was an efficient friendly operation. Initially our dive leader was a bit of a worry-wort and wanted us to keep up, but after a few dives realized we went slowly and weren’t going to get lost and so he left us alone. Most days we were on their slowest, bigger boat leaving at 9.00pm and virtually every day we picked up divers off sailing boats at Cooper, Norman or Peter Island so the days were lazy and we did not get back to Tortola until 3.30pm to 4.00pm which suited us just fine. You really need to rent a car to get the most out of Tortola where the people are friendly and, despite the economic downturn, the wealth seems to have flowed down to the locals, possibly because there are no big chain resorts or hotels. We stayed on the north side on Cane Garden Bay at a place called Lighthouse Villas, which we can thoroughly recommend. Getting decent quality of the food at a reasonable price is always a bit of a challenge in the Caribbean. The best we had was at the Jolly Roger Inn in the West End, Il Capriccio in Roadtown wasn’t bad and good value, elsewhere the food was average at best. The diving was not the greatest but was relaxing and the island is one of the prettiest in the Caribbean
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean, Bahamas, Red Sea, Australia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-°F / 26-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	65-80 Ft/ 20-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Initially time was the limitation until the dive crew assessed your ability
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	N/A
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 Blue Water Divers in Virgin Islands/Tortola

Blue Water Divers, Apr, 2009,

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Dive Review of Blue Water Divers in
Virgin Islands/Tortola