Dive Review of UBS Dive Center/Rhymer Bearch Resort in
Virgin Islands/British VI, Tortola

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UBS Dive Center/Rhymer Bearch Resort, Apr, 2005, by James Fillmore, ID, USA . Report 1650.
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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	Kate and Tony run a fantastic dive operation. By offering "private boat" service, you get exactly the dive(s) and ambience that you want. Kate was our DM for 4 dives, and made sure a newbie in our group was prepared, comfortable, and watched over. By doing so, the others in the group could concentrate on their dives, and get the most out of them. UBS starts the dives a little later (9:30+), after most of the other dive boats, so the sites we went to were empty, so diving used up most of the day time, finishing around 4-4:30. Both Kate and Scott (DM on last two dives) made the dives better, showing us critters, etc. The also gave us some suggestions and help with things to do on our non-dive days. Driving on Tortola is pretty wild. The locals drop their calm attitude and drive incredible fast on the very hilly island. The room's in Rhymer Beach Reset's were clean, but don't expect a whole lot else out of the facility. (It is the Caribbean after all.) It does have an OK restaurant, but the market up the street is less expensive than the one on-site. Great beach in Cane Garden Bay. Good news, the bands at the resorts stop between 10pm and 11:30pm, so they don't interfere with sleep unless you go to bed really early.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Caymen Is, Costa Rica, Kona, Kauai, Vancouver Island
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Buddy, depths, safety stop
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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	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 UBS Dive Center/Rhymer Bearch Resort in Virgin Islands/British VI, Tortola

UBS Dive Center/Rhymer Bearch Resort, Apr, 2005,

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Dive Review of UBS Dive Center/Rhymer Bearch Resort in
Virgin Islands/British VI, Tortola