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Dive Aruba/Marriott Surf Club, Sep, 2005, by Douglas, NV, USA . Report 2089.
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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	Four of us dove with Clive from Dive Aruba. This was a great choice. While many of the larger operations limit bottom time to 40 minutes Clive let us dive all our air. In fact, he gave me what was left in his tank to finish off my dive with the rest of the group since I had come up early. His boat is only 26' and can only accomodate 7 divers. Clive is the only one on board - Captain, mate, and dive master. He does a great job. We dove with Clive three days. On the last day there was only the four in our party on board. Air fills were 3,000 PSI Aluminum 80's. Clive picked us up at our hotel the first day and took us to his house to do paperwork. We met him on his boat the next two days. The first day was windy - there is normally a constant breeze on Aruba. However, the last two days were dead calm behind Huricane Rita. The locals say the huricane stole their wind. At any rate, it made for great surface conditions but limited visibility. Their was a good variety of corals - including black coral below 70'. Fish species were limited and we saw no large fish with the exception of one wahoo and a fair sized parrot fish. Some in our party saw octopus, large green moray eels, small spotted eels, large banded shrimp, one jelly fish, two turtles (while snorkeling), and a limited number of reef fish. The Antilla wreck was our best dive. There is not much to see or do on the island. We did tour the outback. The famous "Natural Bridge" had recently colapsed. I would recommend staying in the water and in the Hotel District. The people were very friendly and helpful. There are many good restaurants though the food is rather expensive. All-in-all it was an enjoyable trip. However, the diving was not great for experineced advanced divers. It is a great spot for beginners and intermediate divers. The South side of the island is the only side accessable for diving or beach activities - the north side is too rough with dangerous undertows and currents - no one dives there.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	So. California Channel Islands, Sea of Cortez, Florida Keys, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Cancun, Cozumel, Grand Cayman
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-88°F / 29-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	40-50 Ft/ 12-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	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 Dive Aruba/Marriott Surf Club in Aruba

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Dive Review of Dive Aruba/Marriott Surf Club in
Aruba