Dive Review of Beaches in
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Beaches, Apr, 2011, by Kris Kraman, NJ, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 6017.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	We normally go to the mom and pop places for a more personalized, intimate experience. However, having a 6 month old baby, we wanted a little more established place and the choices are few for infant care. The resort was excellent. Typical, tropical hotel rooms. A little dated on styling (we were in the Caribbean section, I believe the other sections are newer, updated) but, very clean and comfortable. Great food with 16 restaurants to choose from and top shelf drinks, all inclusive. Day care for our son was excellent, he enjoyed being there and had fun. Diving and child care included. Two tank dives were good. Went farther away to better reefs, the "house" reefs were not good, typically go there for the one tank dives. A lot of nice dives on walls, lots of grey reef sharks, a few turtles, permits, tarpons and a lot of lion fish. Wasn't a huge mix of smaller fish or great quantities. You need to go with a dive buddy, otherwise, you get stuck with the crowd of OW and AOW divers. Either way, they pushed you to keep dives around 40 - 45 mins. If you buddy dive, you can get in first and out last and stretch that to 50 mins. Divemasters didn't really point out much, they tended to just keep the pace of the group. If you are looking for a little less intesive dive trip with other distractions at the resort, this is the place. If you are looking for excellent diving and the whole experience, you might want to look at other dive shops or another location.
Websites	Beaches
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	roatan, beleize, palau, red sea, curacao, florida keys, cozumel
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-°F / 26-°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Be sure to ask for a buddy dive so you do not get stuck with OW groups with limited depth, kept time to 40 min dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	bucket for cameras on the boat, no shore facilities at all

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Dive Review of Beaches in Turks and Caicos

Beaches, Apr, 2011,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Beaches in
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