just got back - another great time in st maarten

[rick00001967]

hello everyone. just thought i would throw out another plug for our good friends at Dive Adventures on the island of st maarten. they are located right at the marina in simpson bay and have a new second location at the divi resort in little bay. if you ever need to choose a dive op here, contact vinny at dive adventures to make all the arrangements. tell him that rick and melissa sent ya.
st maarten is not exactly known as a diving mecca but we really enjoyed our diving there. got to see a nice pair of eagle rays, some turtles, some huge southern rays along with a bunch of smaller ones, lobster, (even one spanish lobster), morays swimming out and about, crabs, and a bunch of reef sharks along with a couple of nurse sharks. we were even lucky enough to come across a feeding frenzy where about 5 or 6 reef sharks were chowing down on a school of needle fish. that was def a first for us. my wife did her first night dive this trip as well. only disappointment about that was we should have done it again. it was amazing. i wish i could do more of those. 2 weeks is just not long enough here. what a great place to come. can't wait to go back already.
we have been a few times so if anyone ever has any questions about anything at all regarding st maarten please don't hesitate to send me a message. i will try to help out as best i can.

 

[Jersey]

Thanks for the info. Started my diving in SXM, so it will always be near and dear to me! Is Dive Adventures at Pelican/Simpson Bay Resort? Formerly AquaMania? I've a TS in the Marina Bldg and it's very convenient to walk down to ground and get the boat, though I haven't been in a few years.

 

[rick00001967]

yes. dive adventures is still in that same location. plus they have a spot at divi little bay now. aquamania is the water sports company you book it through. they also run all those sailing tours etc

 

[Jersey]

Thank you Rick! Divi had an op, I did some shore diving from there around 2002. Nothing deep or fancy, just out along the penninsula, sunken plane parts and some other 'stuff' placed.

 

[rick00001967]

ya we found out right at the end of our trip that they offered a shore dive there. so we did not try it out.
i am not sure who the previous operator there was, but dive adventures has got it now.

on a related note.....apparently Scuba Fun (another dive op) was shut down and are not operating right now. not sure if it is permanent or not