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Cane Bay Dive Shop/Buccaneer: "COVID-19 escape to St Croix", Jul, 2020, by Bobby Munno, NY, US ( Sr. Contributor 24 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 11481 has 3 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Building a 1,000 bed COVID field hospital in 3 weeks was stressful/tiring and I decided upon an "escape COVID" dive trip as a cure. I correctly guessed that the US Virgin Islands would open early and scheduled an Independence Day dive vacation. To insure no social distancing issues, I rented the entire dive boat for my sole use for a couple of days. The team @ Cane Bay Dive Center were outstanding and a delight to dive & deal with! The boat even had fresh-baked cookies and banana bread daily along with cold beverages, bars and fruit. The Frederiksted Pier night shore dive was spectacular and convenient to their well stocked shop. The post dive dinner upstairs from the shop at the Tap Deck was wonderful with many excellent beers on tap. Diving with Cane Bay is highly recommended! Our stay at The Buccaneer was, unfortunately, at the negative end of the experience spectrum. It seemed they used the pandemic as an excuse for poor service. The waitstaff attitudes ranged from nasty to stupid. Every breakfast order was incorrect, slow and served with bad attitude. It amazed me how they got our order of 4 coffees and 4 waters wrong EVERY day. Dinner the first night was grossly overpriced and of poor quality and resulted in a vow to not eat at the hotel again beyond the included breakfast. Securing poolside adult beverages was a Herculean task. The property is beautiful with two lovely beaches and a great pool, tennis courts and golf course but poorly maintained. I quickly tired of reinstalling window louver handles and left them where they fell. The plumbing fixtures were terribly installed/maintained. Room cleaning was only every 3 days and requests for additional coffee pods were ignored. Weeds choked our waterfront terrace paving and "weed" smoke was omnipresent while I refrained from enjoying a vacation cigar after the front desk warning that the property was non-smoking. Dive with Cane Bay. Do not stay at the Buccaneer! Over $400 per night for crap!
Websites	Cane Bay Dive Shop Buccaneer
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Belize, BK, Bonaire, Cabo, Cancun, Carriacou, Caymans, Cozumel, St Croix, Curacao, Dominica, St Eustatius, FL, Grenada, HI, St Helena, Iceland, Jamaica, LI, St Lucia, Mntsrrat, Palau, PA, Philippines, Roatan, Saba, Tobago, Turks&Caicos, St Vincent, Yucatan cenote
Closest Airport	STX	Getting There	STX is serviced by a daily flight from MIA on American Airlines
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	81-81 Ft/ 25-25 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	no stringent restrictions enforced
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Camera rinse tank was aboard but was tight for 4 camera rigs. Adjacent camera table was adequate and doubled as the surface-interval snack table. I have seen much worse camera accommodations.

Report currently has 3 Helpful votes

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By Jason Taylor in NC, US at Aug 13, 2020 20:26 EST

Bobby always tells a good story and provides an honest review! Glad you got to go diving. See you in the ocean sometime. We'll always have Hawaii.

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Dive Review of Cane Bay Dive Shop/Buccaneer in Virgin Islands/St. Croix

Cane Bay Dive Shop/Buccaneer: "COVID-19 escape to St Croix", Jul, 2020,

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Dive Review of Cane Bay Dive Shop/Buccaneer in
Virgin Islands/St. Croix