Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving/Lions Dive & Beach Resort in
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Ocean Encounters Diving/Lions Dive & Beach Resort, Jul, 2014, by Steven Shapse Ph.D, MA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 7663.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Dive operator and dive masters were very friendly and generally accommodating. However, on the whole, with only one exception, they lacked enthusiasm. Some dive masters just hung out 5-10 feet above the divers pointing out little. The operation was well run however and our dives were without problem. I will point out, unlike other dive operators, divers had to schlep all their equipment each day, back and forth between one's dive locker and the boat. I would have preferred that once the equipment was set up on the boat, the dive operator would wash it down and set it up for the next day's dives. Most other dive operations I've been with do this as SOP. As I was moving my weights, BCD, octopus, fins, mask and snorkel, this required three trips back and forth to the lockers. I would recommend that Ocean Encounters reconsider this arrangement. Another factor was the surface swells. I would classify most entries as rough entries and difficult for beginners. Exits were also difficult for beginners as you would need to grab onto the unanchored floating line with a life preserver ring at its end, and as you approached the boat, remove your fins holding on to this line. The water was too rough to hold the boat's ladder and remove fins. Then once your fins were handed off to the waiting dive master, you needed to pull yourself on the line the rest of the way to the ladder, time the swells, grab the ladder whose first rung was slippery as it was round, not flat and without friction tape, and climb the ladder onto the boat. Not necessary difficult for experienced divers, but tricky for beginners. Beginners will learn fast what to do and not do.
Websites	Ocean Encounters Diving Lions Dive & Beach Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Roatan
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	82-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	35-60 Ft/ 11-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Guided dives, though guiding somewhat loose. Only a few people had dive computers. Dive masters told those with computers to monitor their own profiles.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Had only separate rinse bucket for cameras. No separate table.

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving/Lions Dive & Beach Resort in Curaçao

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters Diving/Lions Dive & Beach Resort in
Curaçao