Dive Review of Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving - Caribbean/Petit St. Vincent Resort in
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Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving - Caribbean/Petit St. Vincent Resort: "Cousteau Diving - Caribbean - Petit St. Vincent", Nov, 2015, by Dorothy McDonald, OH, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 8672.
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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	Petit St. Vincent Resort (PSV) is expensive but includes a lovely, air-conditioned and private cottage (one of 22 on the island) as well as all meals and non-alcoholic drinks. There are no TV's, telephones only call the office/housekeeping, WIFI is available near the office/bar area. There is a small boutique, a beach bar and restaurant and a main pavilion with bar and open-air dining. Meals can be delivered to your cottage and lunches can be delivered to the beach. This is a place for people who like to get away from the "real world" without sacrificing comforts. The new Cousteau dive operation had only been up and running for a couple of weeks, but co-managers Dan and Natasha had been there about a month, exploring different dive sights. They are both friendly and experienced divers who have worked and dived around the world. The boat was well equipped with safety equipment (oxygen, life jackets, fire extinguishers, radio) and was comfortable for 4 divers with cushioned seats and plenty of shade. It could seem crowded for 6 divers, but since they cater to small-groups and few PSV guests dive, that should not be a problem. While the two of us were there we dived 5 days and had the boat to ourselves 2 of those days; there was one other diver on 2 days; another day we shared the boat with a couple who did their open-water certification course while there. Dan was their instructor and made the dives with them while the two of us dove with Natasha. The new divers did well and were very enthusiastic about their training and experience. Water was always available and a variety of fresh fruit and cookies were served after each dive. Dan and Natasha set up our gear for the dives and rinsed our gear each day. Diving was a very good mix of big (eagle rays, sting rays, turtle, nurse sharks, reef shark) and little (crabs, shrimp, octopi, morays, snake eels, lots of colorful tropicals, etc.) critters. Dive times ranged from 60 - 70 minutes and max depths were 40 to 75 feet. We took our own dive gear, but new Aqua-lung equipment is available and is included in the price of the dives. Shore diving was available, but we did not try it. Reefs, grassy sand, a wreck - easy, colorful Caribbean diving!
Websites	Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving - Caribbean Petit St. Vincent Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Philippines, Caribbean, Indonesia, South Pacific, Maldives
Closest Airport		Getting There	Fly to Barbados. The resort helps arrange a charter flight from Barbados to Union Island (guests pay for the 2 hour flight). Someone from the resort meets the plane and takes you the approximately 1 block distance to the dock where the resort's yacht takes you on about a 20 minute ride to the resort. It sounds complicated, but is easy and is worth it!
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-75 Ft/ 8-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Minimal restrictions for experienced divers: keep the guide in sight, signal at 1500 psi and 500psi. A few of the dives were drift dives, but currents were mostly mild.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
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 Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving - Caribbean/Petit St. Vincent Resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadines/Petit St Vincent

Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving - Caribbean/Petit St. Vincent Resort: "Cousteau Diving - Caribbean - Petit St. Vincent", Nov, 2015,

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Dive Review of Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving - Caribbean/Petit St. Vincent Resort in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines/Petit St Vincent