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Ocean Encounters Diving/Curacao Hilton, Nov, 2009, by Bud and Mary Ellen, New York, USA ( 1 report). Report 5268.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	The bad is American Airlines. Suffice it to say that if we could avoid flying with them we would. Thanks to them we lost a day of diving and a day and a half at the hotel. The good was the dive operator, Ocean Encounters. The Hilton was very nice and all the people there were pleasant and accomodating. The food was good but we had an all inclusive plan so were confined to the hotel restaurants. Service was on the slow side but the people were very pleasant. Ocean Encounters is one of the most accomodating dive operations we have used. I have physical limitations and they couldn't have been better at helping and assuring that I had an enjoyable experience. They also scheduled extra diving so we could make up part of what we missed. The reefs at Curacao are in better shape than Bonaire and we saw a frogfish, octopus, numerous squid, a slipper lobster, and a sea horse plus lots and lots of tropical fish. We only saw one turtle the whole week. The Mushroom Forest was beautiful as far as coral formations but not sea life. Each day we did two dives in the A.M. and one in the P.M., all nitrox. Tanks were consistently filled to 3,000 lbs or better and 32% oxygen.
Websites	Ocean Encounters Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Grenada, Cozumel, Great Barrier Reef, Florida, Bahamas, La Paz Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Time limits. The dive leaders set the elapsed time for being back on the boat regardless of air consumption.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	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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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving/Curacao Hilton in Curaçao

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving/Curacao Hilton in
Curaçao