Dive Review of Easy Divers & Ocean Encounters West/Habitat Curacao in
Curaçao

Other dive reports on Habitat Curacao Resort

Other Curaçao reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

Easy Divers & Ocean Encounters West/Habitat Curacao, Sep, 2009, by Ken Metz, OH, USA ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 5085.
No photos available at this time
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 $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	This was our first trip to Curacao. We stayed with Habitat and did most of our diving with Easy Divers at Habitat. The dive op was good for what they did, which was only as much as they had to do. This is not valet diving, which is fine as I prefer to tend to my own gear, but divers looking for valet service will not find it at Habitat. Inst/DMs led/trailed the dives, but did little other than swim along with you. The house reef at Habitat is good and worth several shore dives to explore. We did make a day trip to Westpunt to dive with Ocean Encounters West and do their house reef "Alice in Wonderland" as well as do the Watamula drift dive. In my opinion, these are the two best dives on the island. If we go again, we will stay in Westpunt and do our diving with OEW and applicable shore diving around the island. OEW runs a first class operation and Andreas is not to be beat! The manager Bryan, accomodated us on short notice with the Watamula dive after responding to our post on an Internet forum. Habitat's lodging according to Internet forums is undergoing a facelift due to a recent purchase. It looked freshly painted outside, and the rooms themselves are spartan, no bedspreads, minimal towels, but very clean. The landscaping/upkeep needs alot of work. The furniture on the porches and balconies are in desperate need of replacement looking soiled, worn and delapidated. While we were there they started the reconstruction of the beach with bulldozers and dumptrucks running most of the work day. The food was good, nothing spectacular, but you won't go hungry. Service is typical for island locales.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Tahiti, FL & Akumal caves, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Belize, British Columbia, etc.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives limited to one hour.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
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	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Both dive ops we used had rinse tanks on boat and shore for cameras only. No other special accomodations for cameras.

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 221 dive reviews of Curaçao and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

Other dive reports on Habitat Curacao Resort

All Curaçao Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to Curaçao
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Want to assemble your own collection of Curaçao reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home

Page computed and displayed in 0.16 seconds

Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email. And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent
Get a free monthly email and a sample issue!

Dive Review of Easy Divers & Ocean Encounters West/Habitat Curacao in Curaçao

Easy Divers & Ocean Encounters West/Habitat Curacao, Sep, 2009,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Easy Divers & Ocean Encounters West/Habitat Curacao in
Curaçao