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Ocean Encounters Diving/kura hulanda (sp?), Jun, 2010, by Mark Reckman, OH, US ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 5661.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	After nearly 10 trips to Bonaire and Aruba (Aruba is not great for divers), we decided to try Curacao. I did not expect the diving to be much different than Bonaire. I was wrong - and what a pleasant surpise. The diving at the west end of Curcao is much better than Bonaire - healthy, flourishing and largely unbothered. In fact, the coral and small/medium sized sea life was as good as Little Cayman and Cozumel. I especailly loved the coral - but there were also schools of fish on most dives. The underwater topography is not as interesting as Little Cayamn or Cozumel (Curacao's reefs slope gradually like Bonaire), but the sealife is as good as I have seen anywhere in the Caribean. Surprise, surprise. The island is not set up for shore diving as well as Bonaire - that is certain. But the house reef off of the resort is the best house reef I've seen - even better than the house reef at Deep Blue in Utila (because the high fish count is better). And there are not as many dives sites as Bonaire - just enough for a full week of diving. Also, there are not as many dive shops (althougth it was a plus to see so few boats on the water - we saw maybe two other boats working those same west end waters). The island itself is significantly more developed than Bonaire, with something like 8x the people (I think). The populaton is centered at the east end of the island, so make you plans accordingly. I liked the peace and quiet of the west end and there were not many divers. But, if you like shopping, resturants, resorts, markets and nightlife, the east end is for you. Curacao is much easier to get to than Bonaire, with flights from the US almost every day. I don't think I will get back to Bonaire anytime soon.
Websites	Ocean Encounters Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribean as well as the Great Lakes, Mirconesia and Galapagos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No significant retrictions - dive your computer
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Photo ops are great - but not much in topside photo resources at the west end.

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving/kura hulanda (sp?) in Curaçao/North end

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving/kura hulanda (sp?) in
Curaçao/North end