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Cane Bay Dive Shop, Jul, 2013, by John Miller, TX, US ( Contributor 19 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 7033.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	I am a PADI MSDT and own a dive shop so may be a little more critical than others. Their rental gear is not maintained well. Daughter's rental PSG hose had black rubber split 180 degrees around the hose with bubbles coming out, BCD hose leaking where rubber meets metal shieve. BCD pocket zippers torn loose from fabric. Reg was hard to draw air so she used the Octo instead. Although they brought your gear to the boat each day, one day when meeting the boat at another dock they didn't bring my gear and we waited on the boat 45 minutes for them to bring it. Dive operation not impressive, although the dive boat crew were great and helpful. One day they dropped us in the water and could barely see my dive buddy as we descended to the bottom at 74ft. There we had barely five feet vis so I called our dive for my wife and I. It was hopeless trying to find the DM and other members of the group. When I got to the surface I suggested the boat captain recall the divers. We moved to another site and I ask the captain to put a DM in the water first to check vis before having other divers suit up. We found 25 ft vis and had a good dive. Storm the day before was cause of bad vis but they should have known their dive sites better. Not impressed with this 5 Star PADI IDC shop. Limited food venues near the dive shop on this side of island and food in general on island is very expensive. You really need a rental car to get around. I have to decide whether to return in September for my PADI IDC staff here or look elsewhere.
Websites	Cane Bay Dive Shop
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Prov T&C, Bay Islands, Tobago, Cayman, Cozumel, Curacao
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with DM on tour, 500PSI back on boat, 1500 PSI turn.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Camera bucket. Camera table was used for "other" stuff not cameras.

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

Cane Bay Dive Shop, Jul, 2013,

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