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Virgin Islands/St. Croix, USVI

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Dive Experience: "Disappointment with St. Croix", Apr, 2018, by Jacob Rosenstein, CA, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 10684.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	My first choice of a dive operator had closed their shop due to damage from Hurricane Maria in 2017. I purchase 2 dive packages at Dive Experience for the location and based on a previous Undercurrent reviewer. I regret my choice now. I dove the USVI for 3 days and didn't get to any wall diving until my last day. Although there were many sharks, turtles, and tropicals, I would have preferred not to dive the same area for 2 days in a row. My protest on the second day to boat captain and D.M. Sam was met with "the conditions are still rough to go any further...I've been diving this place for years." Alas, the other dive boat ventured further along the north coast of the island. My daughter experienced ear barotrauma after the first dive day, waking up with an ear ache. When we went to the dive boat the next day, Dive Masters Bob and Sam encouraged her to come on board and see how she felt. Owner Michelle was absent from the shop. To my daughter's credit, she stayed on land. Experienced D.M.'s should know the symptoms and offer unbiased advice. Thus, the 2 stars for "Service and Attitude". Pesky Lionfish were speared by Bob on all dives, keeping the invasive population in check, and also attracting sharks. D.M. Sam was more interested in shooting video than leading group dives.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Fiji, Indonesia, Palau, Red Sea, California Channel Islands, Cuba, Sea of Cortez
Closest Airport	Christianstead	Getting There	San Francisco to Miami. We had a long wait for our American flight to St. Croix, getting in an hour and a half late.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	We had to dive with the group. There were many divers on the first day, but group size was smaller on subsequent days.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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	There was a separate rinse tank for U/W cameras where they would have to stay until diving. Small boats make for cramped spaces.

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Dive Review of Dive Experience in Virgin Islands/St. Croix, USVI

Dive Experience: "Disappointment with St. Croix", Apr, 2018,

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Dive Review of Dive Experience in
Virgin Islands/St. Croix, USVI