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Ocean Encounters Diving: "Lion's Dive Resort", Oct, 2015, by Jeff Bloomer, IL, US ( Contributor 19 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 8643.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	"Are you sure", Ashley pouted, "I'm really good and you will like what you see!" she said. I was tempted, I hadn't done anything like this for maybe 25 years and that was in Cozumel and the services were from a guy. I looked around and said "no thanks, I have my own camera so I will take my pictures, I don't need to buy yours". So Ashley continued on to the others on the boat and got a few to sign up to be photographed underwater. The diving in Curacao is typical Caribbean. The reefs are healthy and the divers, at least those that were on our boats, were all pretty experienced, except for 1 newbie dutch guy who like to run out of air and lecture salty dogs on their diving. Anyway the folks at Oceans Encounters run a good operation and allowed us to dive how we wanted. When we had larger groups they would divide the divers up into more manageable groups and stagger the starts of the dives enough that you were not on top of one another. The resort is holding up well. It had been maybe 7 years since coming back. The staff was generally welcoming, by Dutch standards down right jovial. The rooms were adequate and similar to what you see in the Netherlands. Ample AC and water. Food is ok but there are plenty of places to eat and you would not want to miss Antonio's Italian restaurant directly across the inlet from Lions, exceptional food.
Websites	Ocean Encounters Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over
Closest Airport	Curacao	Getting There	Connect through Miami
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	85-85°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	They started out wanting people to stay together, but being a photographer I was always way in the back.
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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	No real accommodations for cameras. There was a small bucket but I wasn't putting my rig in there. I have a collapsible cooler I use and that works well. There is a hose by the rinse tanks to clean up your camera, then its back to the room.

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving in Curaçao

Ocean Encounters Diving: "Lion's Dive Resort", Oct, 2015,

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving in
Curaçao