Instant Reader Report
on Dive St. Vincent / The Mariner in
Grenadines / [N/A] on
2002/12
by
Richard J. Troberman , WA, USA
Report Number 030526205256981

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 Hawaii; Bahamas; Cayman Islands; Turks & Caicos; French Polynesia;
Australia (Coral Sea). 

Dive Conditions

Computer; Recreational limits.  

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Overall Rating

Bill Tewes, the owner of Dive St. Vincent, has been diving these waters for
20 years. He is a master at finding and identifying small critters.  He
uses an "etch-a'sketch" type pad underwater to identify things
for you so you don't have to wait until the end of the dive to ask him
what that strange thing was that you had never seen before. He can make a
90 minute dive in a small sand patch a great adventure. But there is much
more than that, including healthy reefs and walls.  On two of the three
days I dove with him I was the only diver.  Fortunately for me, Bill never
hesitated to go out with just one diver. During three days, we completed a
punch list that included several seahorses (including pregnant male);
scorpionfish; pikeblennies (bluethroat, yellowface, quillfin); bratula;
white nose pipefish; banded and yellowhead jawfish; longlure frogfish;
squadrons of flying gurnards (6 together in one sand patch); and several
varities of shrimp (invisible, sun, squatted anenome, Pederson, banded
coral, scarlet cleaner, and golden). Bill was also very informative about
the Island's history and customs. I stayed at the Mariner Hotel, which is
about 50 yards down the sea wall from the Young Island pier, where Dive
St. Vincent is located. The best restaurant is the Allegra, located
between the Mariner Hotel and Young Island pier. Spend some extra time on
St. Vincent and tour the Island, including Kingstown.  If you're looking
for big stuff, go somewhere else.  If you want some nice relaxed diving
with lots of bottom time (my dives averaged 75 minutes) with great
visibility and a large variety of small marine life, St. Vincent is the
spot. It is a photographer's mecca, and a true Caribbean experience. 

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