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Virgin Islands/St. Croix

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Nekton Cruises, Jul, 2009, by Ronald Bailey, Va., usa ( Sr. Contributor 20 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 4998.
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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
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Comments	First trip to St. Croix. At $600 off regular price it was a deal. Corals were healthy and there were plenty of sponges about. Saw turtles, squids, the usual tropical fish, a few octopi, seahorses, morays and rays. The pier diving at Frederiksted was the highlight for me. Juveniles on many of the pier supports made for good macro. Seahorses, flying ganards, jackknife fish and squid found there. Juvenile octopi were in the sand under the pier and even hiding in soda and beer bottles. Spent a day and a half there and it was well worth it. The wall diving was very good. Diving at the "junk yard" of the old pier was really only worth one dive. While diving the wrecks found a 3 inch long juvenile trumpetfish at a nearby coral head. First day of diving was only average and other sites could have been added for more variety. Food was good and fixed homestyle. Did miss not having any seafood during the whole week. There was a problem with members of the crew and several left during the week. Two new crew were hired to help replace them. Guests services did not suffer any. The only other issue was that many of the crew smoked all over the top deck and even on the dive deck. This was noticed and discussed by several of the guests. Owner said he would look into violation of their own policy of only smoking on the back of the top deck. Overall, the crew was attentive and friendly and I would go again, especially with new offerings of reduced prices on the off season.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Bahamas, Palau, Hawaii, Roatan, Cozumel, Dominica, Florida Keys, Belize, Turks and Caicos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-90 Ft/ 15-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	130 ft.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Large camera tables and rinse buckets. If traveling by yourself and used to "solo" diving while doing photography, even on other Nekton cruises, that became an issue this time. Crew wanted to avoid liability by insisting on either diving with a buddy or diving with the crew member assigned as buddy diver. Other way to avoid this was to enter the water with someone or a group and then go do your own thing. Did speak to the owner of Nekton about this and while sympathetic to diving/photography issues, understandably had to go by insurance liability policies.

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Dive Review of Nekton Cruises in Virgin Islands/St. Croix

Nekton Cruises, Jul, 2009,

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Dive Review of Nekton Cruises in
Virgin Islands/St. Croix