Dive Review of Scubaqua/The Old Gin House in
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Scubaqua/The Old Gin House: "Great dive operation, beautiful reefs", Jun, 2023, by JJohnson, NC, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12451.
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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 $$
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Comments	Scubaqua runs a friendly and safe operation. Guides are knowledgeable and competent and dive briefings were good. Boats do not have specific accommodations for camera gear but guides were careful and helpful with mine. As another reviewed, there was a substantial amount of purple algae present on the reefs but reefs w ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Scubaqua The Old Gin House
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Philippines, Caribbean, Malaysia, Southeast coast Atlantic
Closest Airport	St. Eustatius	Getting There	Miami to St. Maarten then Winair flight to St. Eustatius, or ferry from St. Maarten to St. Eustatius (ferry takes 3 hours and can be rough).
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Notify guide when at 1/2 tank and at 750psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	As above. Larger boat has fresh water tank for camera gear, smaller boat does not. G ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Scubaqua/The Old Gin House in St. Eustatius

Scubaqua/The Old Gin House: "Great dive operation, beautiful reefs", Jun, 2023,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Scubaqua/The Old Gin House in
St. Eustatius