baggins_69
Contributor
Sitting in the airport writing this on my phone so it will be fairly brief.
Overall we had an excellent time, fantastic diving, excellent divemaster, excellent service, great people.
Got in 17 dives for the week, I missed 2 due to a head cold. 2 night dives, 2 shore dives.
The house reef is excellent and easy to access, lots of life, coral in good shape.
There were only 3 of us diving so it really was a boutique diving experience with Davit tailoring the sites and the dive profile and even the surface intervals to our requests and abilities, we were never rushed, dives averaging almost 70 minutes each with air being the limitation rather than schedule. Saw an amazing variety and quantity of life, amazing huge barrel sponges, a pair of eagle rays, octopus, lobster, king crab... Sadly no turtles. Apparently the people from the mainland are catching to sell the meat.
Lionfish quantities were dramatically lower than 5 years ago. Only saw at most 2 per dive when previously we would see dozens...
The food was good, but not fancy, service prompt and courteous.
The accommodations are _rustic_. A/C just takes the edge off in your room at night. If you are looking for a 5 star resort with shiatsu spa, this is not your place. But if you like laid back old school carribean then it is.
Bugs were not bad,. Bugspray below the knees was all that was needed.
Overall we had an excellent time, fantastic diving, excellent divemaster, excellent service, great people.
Got in 17 dives for the week, I missed 2 due to a head cold. 2 night dives, 2 shore dives.
The house reef is excellent and easy to access, lots of life, coral in good shape.
There were only 3 of us diving so it really was a boutique diving experience with Davit tailoring the sites and the dive profile and even the surface intervals to our requests and abilities, we were never rushed, dives averaging almost 70 minutes each with air being the limitation rather than schedule. Saw an amazing variety and quantity of life, amazing huge barrel sponges, a pair of eagle rays, octopus, lobster, king crab... Sadly no turtles. Apparently the people from the mainland are catching to sell the meat.
Lionfish quantities were dramatically lower than 5 years ago. Only saw at most 2 per dive when previously we would see dozens...
The food was good, but not fancy, service prompt and courteous.
The accommodations are _rustic_. A/C just takes the edge off in your room at night. If you are looking for a 5 star resort with shiatsu spa, this is not your place. But if you like laid back old school carribean then it is.
Bugs were not bad,. Bugspray below the knees was all that was needed.
