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Dive Review of St. Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventures/The Company House hotel. in
Virgin Islands/St. Croix

St. Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventures/The Company House hotel. : "Fish-watching week in St. Croix.", Nov, 2021,

by Mary Adams, MD, US (Sr. Contributor Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 11933.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 3 stars Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 4 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 4 stars
Comments This was a REEF fish-ID expedition. There were about a dozen divers, all with our checklists. The flights from DC to Christiansted and back were just fine. The Company House Hotel was beautiful, but it had stairs everywhere. The outfitter, St Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventures, came to the hotel, tagged all of our gear with our names, then hauled it to their dive shop, and loaded it onto the boat each morning. Excellent service!
We were on our own for food. There are lovely little restaurants in downtown Christiansted, but it always takes a day or 3 to find them. Christiansted is terrible for pedestrians, there are almost no sidewalks outside downtown.
The boat was spacious and comfortable, with easy giant-stride entry and a good ladder. We dived 11 different dive sites, two of them twice. There were armies of blackbar soldier fish everywhere. I saw two octopus.
The last 2 days we dived the Fredericksted Pier, which was VERY interesting. I saw my first gold-spotted snake eel. There was a seahorse, likely more of them, a scorpion fish, eyed flounder, a southern stingray, greater soap fish, and a few cuttlefish.
Overall, I think the reef was moderately healthy. I expected huge schools of grunts and snappers and did not see them. I suspect the locals catch and eat them.
We needed to Covid test before flying home to the mainland US, because Christiansted Airport is an “open port” (I did not look up what that means).
I do recommend the destination, the outfitter, and the hotel.
Websites St. Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventures   The Company House hotel.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Cuba, Bonaire, Cozumel, Florida Keys, Clearwater FL, Bimini, Saba-St. Eustatius, Roatan, Kona, North Carolina, Flower Garden Banks, Caymans, Palau, Chuuk, Jupiter Florida, Turks and Caicos, Revillagigedo.
Closest Airport Christiansted STT Getting There Reagan National Airport (DCA) to STT via MIA on American Airlines. Expensive ($720) but good flights.

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 85-86°F / 29-30°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 25-75 Ft/ 8-23 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions None.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish 2 stars
Large Pelagics 1 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 3 stars Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments We saw a lot of tiny fish and eels and shrimps. If you are a small-critter photographer, the opportunities are good.
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