Dive Review of
Caribbean Sea Sports/Mariott in
Curaçao

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Dive Conditions

DM led group dives only, Maximum depth & time dictated by first person
to get low on air.  

Large tubs w/ fresh water onboard for cameras. Crew helpful & careful
with handing cameras into and out of water.   

Overall Rating

I went to Curacao for the purpose of getting some additonal pictures of
frogfish and seahorses and left after a week with much more than good
pictures.  I chose the Mariott for my wife, and Caribbean Sea Sports
because they are the onsite dive operation for the Mariott.  
I found the Mariott to be an excellent resort.  They have first class
restaurants, pool & landscape areas, fitness facilities, a great
beach... and friendly, service conscious staff.   
The dive operation is very safety conscious and more geared to divers who
don't mind diving within a DM led group. As a single diver, I took
advantage of their private DM service for $20 more, to do my own thing and
have someone point out the hidden macro opportunities at the dive sites.
This is a great destination for macro photography.  I brought along my 60mm
macro, 100mm macro, & 10-22mm lens and rarely had an opportunity worthy
of a wide angle lens.  There is a noticeable lack of large marine life. 
Anything above a certain size seems to have been fished out.  However,
juveniles and small critters were in aboundace. Every dive destination
seems to have one thing more prevalant than anything else, and in Curacao
it was Christmas tree worms. There were thousands of them on practically
every dive site. 
Tom has assembled a great group of DM's, Instructors, & staff to make
the diving experience very enjoyable. They all share his enthusiam for the
sport of scuba diving and go out of their way to meet all of your needs. 
The shore facilities are excellent, and the primary dive boat has twin
jets(no props),that made for easy and safe entries and exits on the few
drift dives we did.  Be advised that there is no marine head onboard...so
plan accordingly.
If you are looking for a resort your non-diving spouse will be happy at
and a thoroughly professional dive operation, I would highly recommend the
Mariott Curacao Beach Resort and Caribbean Sea Sports dive operation. 

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