Dive Review of Frontier Divers/Sandy Point Resort RCI in
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Frontier Divers/Sandy Point Resort RCI, Oct, 2005, by Kris and Mark Ritchie, colo, USA . Report 2692.
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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	Actually we had a wonderful time with these folks. We were somewhat suprised at the laid back island time and late starts, You didn't meet at the dive shop til 9 am. Therefore most dive days are 2 dives not 3. To get to Speyside which is the more pristine diving it is 40 minutes by car, then you go with a partner captain and your own DM. Diving on our side was interesting, larger seas, not so much coral, more drift, lower vis, haloclines. Divers Thirst and Dream would have been more fun with a current,but it was relaxed with lots of time to down and look at things. We heard stories of killer current, advanced dives but experienced none all week. We loved Big Dougie who trains most all of the DMs and Instructors and Lifegaurds on the island. His wife Kerry is very pleasant. They take care of your gear and were quite suprised by our constant helping with gear and loading. Alvin Douglas did take us for a discover local dive so we could check our gear and get acclimated. Vis was awful but we made and hour and ten minutes which was great fun. No nitrox. Lodging was a beautiful 3 bedroom full kitchen on the beach next to the bar - Fabulous. We had fun here, also did the land tour one day into the rainforest. No shopping, some restaurants, not too much nitelife.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Florida, California, Hawaii, Nassua and San Salvador Bahamas, Cayman and Brac, Aruba, Los Roques Venezuela, Belize, Australia, Mexico, Cozumel, Tobago, Bonne Terre Miss, Table Lake Branson, Homestead Utah, Blue Hole New Mexico, Colo local lakes, Denver Aquarium
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	40-75 Ft/ 12-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	500 pounds rule, keep dm in sight
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Frontier boat is open and small, but they gave me a bucket to keep my camera in and rinse. Mostly I just packed it in a towel and had the captain keep it under the driving console in a safe place. They handed it in to me after backroll. No way to change film/batts until you go to beach for lunch, so shooting digital saves that step between dive 1 and 2. Dives were not deep so I shot every dive. If the waves are high and current is kicking it can be a challenge to get back to the boat for your camera, I did wave off the captain one dive because it was too hard for me. I had fun shooting in Speyside especially. Very little current so could stop and DM went slow and stop speed! No marathons, but no current to help you catch up the group either. The DM understands photographer needs to go slow and it was no stress for us, but we were a small private group of 4.

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Dive Review of Frontier Divers/Sandy Point Resort RCI in Trinidad and Tobago

Frontier Divers/Sandy Point Resort RCI, Oct, 2005,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Frontier Divers/Sandy Point Resort RCI in
Trinidad and Tobago