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Sea Saba/Juliana's: "Diving variety on a beautiful island", Aug, 2022, by Douglas , IL, US ( Sr. Contributor 20 reports with 11 Helpful votes). Report 12201 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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	Sea Saba is really well run, safety conscious, and has a friendly helpful staff. Some trips had only 6-8 experienced divers, and on a couple of days they added a large school group for a full tight boat, but always extremely well organized, with enough dive guides to separate experience levels properly. Large variety of dive site architecture and currents ranged from the absolutely beautiful and fairly calm Tent Bay area (multiple sites) to the wild and current-skill-demanding Diamond Rock and Man O' War Shoals. Ladders Labyrinth showed some brown algae growth, while other sites were healthier. Tent Reef/Tent Wall/Tent Deep- my dive log notes "awesome! beautiful! wonderful!" Thousands of garden eels, massive male loggerhead, underhangs of coral beauty color with mini-schools, enchanting swim-thrus, jacks, minis, tarpon . . . Diamond Rock had a 2ft lobster eating a 1ft starfish. . I've never seen anything like that! I followed at Hot Springs a 2ft lobster freewalking 100ft over the top of the reef during the day. Hole in the Corner had a "big architecture feel" to it, with massive surge waves crashing into the rocky shore 50ft above us, rivers of creole wrasse, groups of margates and blue triggers, chromi neighborhoods, and a big nurse shark . . . great topography. Saba Island itself is fun to visit, with excellent restaurants and JULIANA'S HOTEL IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, with great food, great service, and a great view from it's high perch. Statia, btw, is a 1 hour ferry ride away. Combine the two islands together for an extra variety trip!
Websites	Sea Saba Juliana's
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Solomons, Truk, Yap, Palau, Coral Sea, GBR, PNG, Roatan, Maui, Jamaica, Florida Jupiter and Keys, L'il Cayman and Grand Cayman East, Belize Ambergris and Isla Marisol, Grand Turk, Cabo Pulmo, Cozumel, Dominica, Bonaire, Fiji, Komodo and Lembeh, Bonne Terre mine, Saba and Statia
Closest Airport		Getting There	Winair or Makana Ferry from St. Martin
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	The dive guides respected our experience and let us dive our own profiles.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	I don't UWP, so I didn't pay much attention to this, other than noting a large bin of water on the boat for camera soak.

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Dive Review of Sea Saba/Juliana's in Saba

Sea Saba/Juliana's: "Diving variety on a beautiful island", Aug, 2022,

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Dive Review of Sea Saba/Juliana's in
Saba