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aquamarine dive/blue waters inn, May, 2003, by glen kitchens, nm, usa ( Contributor 18 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 532.
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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
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	My dive buddies & I have for years made an annual April - May pilgrimage to some place none of us have been to before. That's how we ended up on Tobago. Flight is BWIA from Miami to Port of Spain, Trinidad, then a puddle-jump to Crown Point, Tobago. We got there at 10PM. That's where the trouble started. Blue Waters Inn is a one-hour taxi ride ($50 / cab)from the airport. We had paid for transfers both ways. No one was there to pick us up. It took two taxis to haul divers & gear. The next day, we approached management about reimbursement for taxis - they told us in no uncertain terms that we arrived after normal operating hours, & would not be reimbursed. Next, we discovered that water rationing was in effect & water was on only a few hours at night, except the last night we were there, when water never came on at all. Most of the staff at Blue Waters gave the distinct impression that they were doing us a favor by being there. Don't dare walk wet into the open-air bar - they will toss you out. Lodge location, just out of Speyside, is a very scenic location with good beach. The rooms are spacious with plenty of storage, but the new air conditioners do not cool the rooms. Shore diving is allowed, but only until 4PM, due to strong current at north point of bay. Night dives only by boat, at $50 / person. PSI in tanks not consistent - anywhere from 2,500 PSI up. All diving we were offered was within ten minutes' boat travel from the dock, which allows for shore break between dives. All dives were drift dives with good visibility & reefs in good shape. Pretty good macro subjects, but no big fish. Boat exit & entry was often complicated by surge & waves. Boats are crowded with no storage space, especially for cameras & no dunk tank. One of my buddies had his camera passed to him in the water with one strobe dangling on the cord, the mount having been broken in the boat, after we got in the water. All dives are led by divemasters, who don't seem to appreciate meaning of drift diving, on several occasions leading divers against strong currents with intent (my opinion) to shorten dives. Once back at the Aquamarine dive shop, no water in the camera dunk tank, & no water in the rooms - not a good situation for cameras. Oh, & we got to see the world's largest brain coral (you've all seen the picture in magazines)on three separate dives. My buddies & I have stayed in some pretty rough places around the world (Papua New Guinea comes to mind), but this one ranks right up there. Oh, & the majority crowd at Blue Waters is birders, not divers. So, don't plan to stay up late & get rowdy - birders can be a cranky bunch! At least our transfer back to the airport was paid for.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia; Fiji; Micronesia; Many Carribean locations; Papua New Guinea; Mexican cenotes;
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with divemaster, due to strong currents on most dives;
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	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	Due to water shortage, dive shop dunk tank was empty. No water in rooms after diving. No dunk tank on boat. Boats have no storage for cameras.

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Dive Review of aquamarine dive/blue waters inn in Trinidad and Tobago/tobago / speyside

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Dive Review of aquamarine dive/blue waters inn in
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