Dive Review of Ocean Explorers/Royal Islander Club in
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Ocean Explorers/Royal Islander Club, Jun, 2006, by Gary W Brown, KY, United States . Report 2543.
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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
Advanced
Comments	We found St. Martin to be a beautiful and friendly island. There are some great beaches and wonderful places to eat. Try Lee's in Simpson Bay for a great and reasonable lunch. Walk out to the waters edge and see the school of taropn waiting to be fed chicken scraps. I recommend renting a car to see all of the island. We were not expecting great diving here based on reader reports. We dove with LeRoy French of Ocean Explorers in Simpson Bay. LeRoy is a nice fellow with an interesting dive shop. Their boat is somewhat small and a little awkward to manuver about when filled with gear. Although they list several interesting dive sites we were taken to some of the closer ones partly due to rough seas. I would certainly not go to St. Martin just for the diving. Howerer, if you are going please give Ocean Explorers a try. They made a special effort to make my wifes 100 dive a memorable one. You may want to stay some distance from the airport as the planes and the late night music from a couple of beach bars can get a little old.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Cabo, Bonaire, Belize, Salt Cay, Grand Turk
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-70 Ft/ 18-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Return to boat with 700psi or 40 minutes although most dives were 50 minutes.
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 Ocean Explorers/Royal Islander Club in St. Maarten/42025

Ocean Explorers/Royal Islander Club, Jun, 2006,

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Dive Review of Ocean Explorers/Royal Islander Club in
St. Maarten/42025