Dive Review of aqua windes in
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aqua windes: "Great place in Aruba", Aug, 2019, by Stacey Garrison DDS, MI, US ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 11046.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
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Comments	[None]Aruba is not the dive destination that Bonaire and Curacao are. We went to Aruba for a time share that my family owns. The room was real inexpensive so we thought we would go. Plane tickets for those dates was ridiculous Sat to Sat so I bought Tuesday to Tuesday. Which means I needed somewhere to stay for a couple days till the time share opened up. Went to VRBO and found Beach White Villa. WOW-a 3 million $ home converted to appts. We were on the 2nd floor with a completely open air kitchen and patio and dining area. The bedroom was enclosed and was huge. Cooking Breakfast and eating outside with the birds was great. Found out the wholes in our bread bags were from the birds pecking them-had to cover the bread. Put fruit and bread on the railings and watched the action. Tree top level with a spectacular ocean view. Across the way was an $8 mill home- nice neighborhood to walk and ogle the houses. We never went to our timeshare-I just extended our stay in paradise. The California lighthouse was in view. The Island national park Arikok has caves and is worth an afternoon drive. You need a rental car for your stay to get around. Right across the street was Arashi beach less than 50 yards away with some of the nicest snorkeling I have been a part of. Snorkel for an hour-get lunch-snorkel for another hour-it was very nice. Moray ells right off shore an eagle ray was spotted and my wife and I saw a fishball in 8 feet of water that held millions of 4 inch fish with a green stripe down the side. 3 plate size tortoises swam right thru the ball and on the bottom of the sand was many large starfish. I did a 1 day dive with Aqua Windes. They were a fantastic and well run outfit but the diving had poor visibity and I saw more fish snorkeling but a lot more coral out deeper on the dive. The Island is packed with hotels and packed with big resturants with a large variety of good selections but we only found 1 quaint beachside local feeling place Carlitos with great burgers and a bucket of beer. We even went there twice due to lack of options. We had a great time-which we always do I never complain or compare-I just try to enjoy whatever life brings
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	[florida keys, ponce de leon park, caribean, curacao, bonaireUnspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
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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By Ms Lynda Durfee in VA, US at Sep 23, 2021 19:59 EST

Plenty of local restaurants with early bird (5-7 pm) specials. You can get a burger and beer anyplace! See my recent review.

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Dive Review of aqua windes in Aruba

aqua windes: "Great place in Aruba", Aug, 2019,

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Dive Review of aqua windes in
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