Dive Review of Bas Hatrs/Rented Villa in
Curaçao/North End Shore

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Bas Hatrs/Rented Villa: "Shore Diving at it's best", Nov, 2015, by Dave Wheeler, TX, US ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 8740 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving
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Comments	Another great dive experience for the 3rd year in a row. We find a Villa to rent by going to VRBO and putting in the parameters we want. We book a car through D&D Car rental and they meet us at the airport with the car and any help we need with directions. We book our diving with Bas Harts a Dutch resident of Curacao who specializes in shore diving. Bas shows up at the house and over coffee plans the days 2 tank dive around your desires and timeframe. I usually want to go to sites where macro photography opportunities are the greatest. Bas has several places that he has access to by building relationships over the years with the land owners. Curacao has a wonderful and healthy reef system a full array of reef fish, turtles and eels. Curacao does not have a lot of large fish, sharks or rays. With that said I did see a nice Eagle Ray on one dive this year. Curacao has lots of other things to do as well as diving. Great restaurants are plentiful. Willemstad, the capitol, has a robust night life. The National Park has hiking and biking trails. There are plenty of nice sand beaches to spend a non-diving day relaxing on.
Websites	Bas Hatrs
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	US, Canada, UK, Scotland, Mediterranean, Thailand, Dubai, Truk, Mexico, Caribbean, Red Sea
Closest Airport	Curracao Int'l Airport	Getting There	Via Miami on AA
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	85-100 Ft/ 26-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive your own profile maintaining buddy contact. Back to shore with 500 psig.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Bas Harts is a professional u/w photographer who is extremely helpful. He is the islands Ikelite dealer and has a good stock of common housing parts.

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Dive Review of Bas Hatrs/Rented Villa in Curaçao/North End Shore

Bas Hatrs/Rented Villa: "Shore Diving at it's best", Nov, 2015,

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Dive Review of Bas Hatrs/Rented Villa in
Curaçao/North End Shore