Hey Spidersense, you are really going to enjoy it! Air temp is 31 C and water temp is 79 F. I dove 2 times a day with just a 3 mm. The hotel has music until midnite and loud everynite, so if you are like me and get up early every morning for scuba this is a killer. Get the rooms facing away from the center of the resort on either end. I hear the ones near the scuba are ok for noise as long as they are facing away from the resort. The internet cafe is not working in case you need to rely on this. There is however Wifi in the lobby.
There is a great place to go in the evening called the Cabana (beach bar)- you need to walk out on the road a little from Breezes (maybe 5 mins). Most of the expats meet up here.
OE is great. At Breezes they let you go out on a shore dive anytime as long as you have a certified buddy, which you will definitely meet there if you are on your own. Or you can always join at the 2:30 pm guided shore dive. The shore dives are included with the all inclusive with Breezes. You will need to do a check dive in any case. I did 5 days boat diving, the 2 tank morning dives. You meet at the dive shop at 8 am. When you go to Klein Curacao or Mushroom Forest you get back at 3pm, they serve you a sandwich on board for lunch. Other morning dives have you back by 12:30. The DMs and Instructors are all very professional, and run conservative dive profiles. The only thing you miss are the big fish. But the reef formations and smaller fish, particularly the abundance of Christmas trees make up for this. Be prepared for big groups, I had 20 people on some of the boats, as few as 10. The recession has not really hit there (thankfully).
They have lockers for your gear, so it is quite easy. Otherwise they have all the gear available there for rent (for the boat dives).
I could go on and on. Let me know if you have something specific. Otherwise, just meet up with Bryan there the first day and he will be glad to help you!
