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Ocean Encounters/Curacao Seaquarium, Aug, 2004, by Tim & Jill Kolakowski, PA, USA ( Contributor 12 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 2115.
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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 $$	N/A
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Comments	We went to Curacao's Seaquarium resort for the Kids' Seacamp. If you ever wanted to take your children on a trip with you and keep them busy, this is what you've been waiting for. For $600-$800 your kids get first class treatment and activities. Check out their website www.kidsseacamp.com for all the info, including their destinations for 2006. On Curacao they are treated to dolphin, seal, and various other animal encounters. They do ocean art projects and learn about the ocean and enviornment, taught by first class instructers brought in for the week. Depending on their age, they either learn SASY, Scuba in the pool, or get their junior open water certificates. Parents either dive or take part in other scheduled activities, having the days to themselves because the kids are kept busy from 8:30 - 3:30 every day. The kids had lunch every day and 3 group dinners were provided, plus a pizza & movie night for the kids. We parents dove with Ocean Encounters, a very well run organization. We always dove together, sometimes up to 20 on a boat. More crowdwed than we usually like but after the first day you knew everyone so it was like diving with friends. Curacao's diving is underrated. OC took us to sites along the southeast coast where we found walls right near shore, healthy reefs and nice coral. The surface tends to be a little rough but it's worth the effort. In addition to the usual tropicals we found squid, seahorses, frogfish, drumfish and octopus, all pointed out by OC's helpful divemasters. During one surface interval we toured a 17th century fort, during another we came across a pod of dolphins in a bay and let them play in our boatwake for about 20 minutes. Late in the afternoon on 2 days in a row whales were spotted off shore and several lucky folks jumped in one of OC's boats to head out for a closer look. One of the Caribbean's best wrecks, the Superior Producer, is close enough to shore near the main harbor of Willemstad to shore dive. Try it at night too! Speaking of shore diving, many of the sites OC took us to can also be shore dives. For excellent guided shore dives and service check out Martin & Brenda at Silent Immersion. They'll pick up and drive you to different shore diving spots For a change of pace try Curacao's beautiful west coast. It's lined with beautiful beaches and little villages tucked into picturesque bays. The underwater topography is completely different from the east side - you'll think you're on a different island. If you've got kids, you and they will love Kids Sea Camp. And if you've never been to Curacao, give it a try. You'll be glad you did
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Key Largo, Grand Bahama, Saba, St. Vincent, Bonaire
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with group
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	[None]

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters/Curacao Seaquarium in Curaçao

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters/Curacao Seaquarium in
Curaçao