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Dive Bermuda (fomerly Nautica)/in Hamilton, Sep, 2006, by Paul Martin & Ann Houston, MA, United States . Report 3052.
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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	Dived out of Hamilton at shop accessible through a fancy hotel lobby, but nobody seemed to mind us passing through in wet swimwear and T-shirts. The first tank was a shallow (45 feet) coral shelf, with no special features to bring us back. After a short ride (and short interval, but sufficient since so shallow) we dived a double wreck. The Montana was a Confederate States of America gun runner, a steel paddle wheel steamer that sank in the 1800s. That wreck still has a lot of vertical structure to enjoy, including some of the paddle blades and the boiler. Scattered on top and adjacent to this the Constellation, a 1943 wreck of a wooden sailing ship that inspired Peter Benchley's book (and later movie) "The Deep". Though only the mast step of the original structure remains, the cargo is much in evidence. Their load of bags of cement have formed a surreal landscape of "pillows", with slate slabs destined for use in pool tables mingled among them. The rest of their cargo was more fragile or salvaged early on; the site is protected from collecting and still littered with the whiskey bottles from the more perishable part of the cargo. The double wreck was a lovely dive. The site is accessible even when the southern end of Bermuda is blown out by swell or high winds. The dive operation is targetting the cruise ships in Hamilton, and so aims at easy dives and enforced profiles.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Carib and Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	75-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	strict follow-the-leader and asked us to surface with 800 psi
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 Bermuda (fomerly Nautica)/in Hamilton in Bermuda

Dive Bermuda (fomerly Nautica)/in Hamilton, Sep, 2006,

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