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Dive Experience/Colony Cove Beach Resort, Mar, 2008, by Ken Davis, NJ, US ( Reviewer 6 reports). Report 3974.
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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	3 days, 6 dives with my recently certified son. It was his second trip since certification, so we weren't looking for anything too challenging. First day we did West Wall and Stingraysted, and although the topography of the wall was nice, and the stingrays were as advertised, I was wondering where the fish were. Well, days 2 and 3 more than made up for it. No sharks or big pelagics, but lots of nice reef fish,an eagle ray, a few turtles, varied soft coral and on our last dive a huge green moray in a sand patch on the reef looking like Jabba the Hut. Dive Experience, in Christiansted, was a nice outfit, with good friendly divemasters (mostly Craig) who were good an pointing out critters, and were patient with my son's equalizing problems. The boat was comfortable enough for the 4 to 10 divers, but no head. Fills were 3000 psi with tanks that had 4 lbs of wt. built in, so carry less lead on your belt. Water, oranges and sucking candy provided. Pickup from hotel was provided but no return trip, so we followed owner Michelle Pugh on the first day and drove ourselves thereafter. Night diving was available but I passed. Colony Cove Beach resort is basically a condo complex. All units are 2 bedroom apartments with full kitchen, so good for families who don't want to spend a fortune on breakfast. We had roaches the first day but they were promptly dispatched by the exterminator. Small pool and unappealing beach. St.Croix is generally funky and more laid-back than other high octane islands like Aruba, with smaller hotels. Restaurants were generally excellent and reasonably priced (at least to this NY/NJ area resident).
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Bahamas, Cozumel, Bora Bora, Maui, Jamaica, Bermuda, Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	77-78°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None mentioned, but for the most part we dove as a group. More experience divers were allowed to go their own way.
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	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Dive Experience/Colony Cove Beach Resort in Virgin Islands/St. Croix

Dive Experience/Colony Cove Beach Resort, Mar, 2008,

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Dive Review of Dive Experience/Colony Cove Beach Resort in
Virgin Islands/St. Croix