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Sea Ventures/N/A, Jan, 2004, by Jacques Miller, NY, USA . Report 1026.
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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
Beginners
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Comments	Sea Ventures is actually the reason why I subscribed to Undercurrent as I was not happy with them at all and I wanted to be able in the future to avoid operators like them. Everything seemed to be alright until we got on the boat. Dive shop was nothing fancy. I rented all my equipment as I was actually not planning on diving in PR at all as this was a business trip/conference. They do NOT rent dive computers. The dive briefing was not acceptable at all at the first site. Profile was announced as "Stay with the guide, he will let you know". On descend my buddy had problems equalizing. The guide went off with the remaining 2 divers, seeing that there were problems. We lost the guide and just decided to stay in the are then. Vis was about 40ft. Not happy, but it should come worse. Some snorkelers got seasick so the staff announced we are going to a site with very bad viz, nothing to see but feed fish with cookies. The 2nd dive briefing was as bad as the first. This time we were instruced to swim on the surface towards a buoy about 100ft away before descending. Vis was about 10-15ft(!). One of the divers in the group had a bad tank of air. The staff refused to change the bottle while on the boat. She went into the water and got dizzy. They finally changed the tank. The guide decided then to descend next to the boat. That decided the dive for my buddy and me: 100 ft away, viz 15 ft: Lost guide, saw nothing, fed the 3 fish we saw with cookies and made our way back to the boat. Complaint about the service with no result. Decided to try to get my money back via AMEX. Sea Ventures/Westin Hotel send them a letter stating several incorrect facts and refused to give me credit. Main argument was nobody else complaint. My two buddies did not complain as they charged it to the room and did not have to pay for it and I assume so did the others.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Bahamas, Hawaii, St. Lucia, Key Largo, St. Martin
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	0-0°F / -18--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	10-50 Ft/ 3-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	None. "Stay with the guy and he will tell you when it is time".
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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	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 Sea Ventures/N/A in Puerto Rico

Sea Ventures/N/A, Jan, 2004,

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Dive Review of Sea Ventures/N/A in
Puerto Rico