Dive Review of Scubaqua/Old Gin Mill in
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Scubaqua/Old Gin Mill: "Going back in Time", Dec, 2018, by D.Demming, OH, US ( Top Contributor 45 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 10820.
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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 $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Very pristine diving on an untouched island from a different era. If looking for excitement,fast food or lights stay away. Dive profiles are very square because little between the surface and 65-70 feet. This made it harder and shorter bottom times for our one newbee in the group. Excellent Caribbean diving, due to the few people and divers. The whole island only has 3-4,000 people. People at Scubaqua were wonderful and made the trip pleasant and memorable in its simplicity. Visit the 17th century again when it was the busiest seaport in the Western Hemisphere.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	extensively in both the Pacific and Caribbean
Closest Airport	St Martin	Getting There	New York to St Martin and return from St. Martin to Chicago with a short 15 minute hop flight to and from the island
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	125-175 Ft/ 38-53 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[Small rinse bucket insufficient for Dave Haas photographers but you would expect that

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By Ms Lynda Durfee in VA, US at Jan 18, 2019 19:57 EST

I dove Statia from a liveaboard in 2009 and 2010. I remember a shallow wreck and nearby sandy area where we saw flying gurnards. I guess you didn't dive these?

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Dive Review of Scubaqua/Old Gin Mill in St. Eustatius

Scubaqua/Old Gin Mill: "Going back in Time", Dec, 2018,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Scubaqua/Old Gin Mill in
St. Eustatius