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Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/Young Island: "Never disappoints!", Nov, 2016, by Amy Thorkilsen, NJ, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 9394.
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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
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Comments	This was our 6th visit to St. Vincent staying at Young Island and diving with Dive St. Vincent every time. You just cannot beat the relaxed diving pace - out of 18 dives, only 2 were under an hour and that's because it was the first day back in the water! We love the critters and unusual species you see nowhere else. Please read my previous review from 11/2014. All info still holds true. This year, the island experienced tremendous rainfall right before we arrived and the vis was not as stunning as in other years, but once you are down, there are always exciting things to see like a rare Flame Back Cherub on our last dive, numerous dives with large squads of curious and approachable squid, and the real stunner was a very close encounter with a 9ft nurse shark. Our dive masters tell us it has been @ 13 years since anyone saw one like that! More good news, beginning in January 2017, St. Vincent is outlawing catching or killing or disturbing the nests of sea turtles, so hopefully their numbers will increase in the coming years. Don and Calli both continue to have amazing eyes for spotting even the tiniest nudibranchs and appreciate the needs and pace of photographers. Also can't say enough about the gracious hospitality of Young Island - the staff welcomed us back like family and now even ask to see our dive photos each day! Delicious food as usual. Exciting JetBlue news for Northeast travelers is the NEW nonstop Newark to Barbados flight which just started Nov. 19. On Saturdays it is nonstop, other days of the week it routes through Ft. Lauderdale. SVG Air also continues to be the way to go from Barbados to St. Vincent. Do yourself a favor and enjoy a trip to St. Vincent!
Websites	Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent Young Island
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Great Barrier Reef, Bonaire, Turks and Caicos, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman, Cozumel, Saba, Curacao, St. Vincent
Closest Airport	St. Vincent	Getting There	Best from Northeast is JetBlue - now from Newark to Barbados or JFK to Barbados and SVG Air from Barbados to St. Vincent.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None - we were alone (or with 2 other divers) with the dive master on all dives - so private dives as air allowed. Back to boat with @ 500psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Large rinse tank on boat but take your own towel or something if you need to change batteries on the interval as there is no table.

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Dive Review of Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/Young Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/Young Island: "Never disappoints!", Nov, 2016,

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Dive Review of Bill Tewes' Dive St. Vincent/Young Island in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines