Dive Review of Scubaqua/The Old Gin House in
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Scubaqua/The Old Gin House: "Wonderful", Apr, 2015, by Steven Shapse Ph.D, MA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 8238.
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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	What a delightful trip. Airport five minutes from hotel. Picked up by dive shop and jumped into back of open truck with benches. This is the same truck used to take all to the dive boat. Everything is no further away than five minutes. Then again, St. Eustatius (Statia for short) isn't very big. The tourist area is about 1/2 mile long. One "hotel" and some guest houses. Three or so restaurants and some of the best reefs in the Caribbean. The waters off the island are a marine park and well maintained. As there are very few divers diving at any one time, the reefs are in great condition. Lots of variety including several wreck. Scubaqua is one of the best dive operators I've been with. Briefings well done and informative. Dive masters were very concerned, knowledgeable and excited about diving, regularly pointing out fish, creatures and other sites underwater that are easy to miss. Free nitrox provided. Actually, nitrox is almost a must as most dives are consistently 70-90 feet. Dives were long, never rushed and you surfaced only when out of non-deco time or air. Simply, a great operation!
Websites	Scubaqua The Old Gin House
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Grand Cayman & sister islands, St. Lucia, Belize, Curacao and more.
Closest Airport	EUX	Getting There	via SXM
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	35-60 Ft/ 11-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	While marine park rules required divers to be accompanied by a dive master, the DMs allowed you to continue your dive until you or your buddy ran out of air, or non-deco times were reached.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Boat only had buckets for cameras. No camera table.

Subscriber's Comments

By Bobby Munno in NY, US at Jun 07, 2015 09:57 EST

Confirmed. Wife and I did the same trip in March '15. For us, Scubaqua is THE BEST dive operator in the Caribbean! Two couples run the fantastic show with unmatched dedication and passion. New custom boat. New tanks/valves put in service when we were there. We had better vis. The Old Gin House was best hotel and most convenient to dive shop. Wife found blue beads as promised. We loved DM Noortje! A&B of NYC

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

Scubaqua/The Old Gin House: "Wonderful", Apr, 2015,

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