Dive Review of Sea Encounters/SeaAquarium in
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Sea Encounters/SeaAquarium, Aug, 2006, by Grabill, Fl, USA . Report 2890.
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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	Our visit was only for a week. The airport apparently has had a dramatic upgrade (this per other guests we talked to since it was our first trip). Sea Aquarium Resort is a very nice timeshare right on the water across a marina from Lion's Dive Resort and Sea Encounters Dive Operations, they are on the east end of the island. Sea Encounters has nice equipment (diving and boats) but ask about prices up front. Got gouged on the unlimited shore diving package since we only did about 6 shore dives (a mistake on our part), we dove 4 days on the boat. On "check-out" shore dive, without guide, was on local reef right outside the resort. We saw eagle ray, LARGE school of bait fish (a ball about 20'+ across) with jacks feeding off it and the usual critters (eels, tropicals, etc..). On the night boat dive at Tugboat saw several lobsters, crabs and two frogfish on a sponge (extra special!). GO TO KLIEN CURACAO!! It has great dive locations, food was great but the trip is pretty long (about 2 hours each way). Shore diving is very good and was best on the west end of island (coral, critters, etc...). For the most part the distances to dive spots were 50-100' off shore and you were in about 40-60' of water. Drop offs in some locations were dramatic, couldn't see the bottom even at 80'. We'd go back again!!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, California, Caribbean, Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Boat dives kept depths at about 80' or less and shore diving was done on our own.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Sea Encounters/SeaAquarium in Curaçao

Sea Encounters/SeaAquarium, Aug, 2006,

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Dive Review of Sea Encounters/SeaAquarium in
Curaçao