Dive Review of
Caribbean Explorer II in
Saba

Cozumel, Belize, Bahamas, Curacao, Bonaire, Dominica, Utila, Roatan,
Florida, Costa Rica, Palau, Yap, Grand Turk, Australia

Dive Conditions

Dive time limit of 60-70 minutes due to liveaboard schedule.  In Statia had
park ranger present on all dives but the fellow by the name of
"Gadget" is very nice and you have to appreciate their desire to
care for reef.     

Large table for camera.  The staff handled all equipment with care pre and
post dive.  

Overall Rating

CEX II itinerary runs from St. Martin or St. Kitts with diving in Saba,
Statia and St. Kitts.  We choose the St. Martin departure with flight out
of St. Kitts.  On this itinerary you dive three days in Saba, one day at
Statia and the remaining day and a half at St. Kitts.  We saw an abundance
of frogfish, highhats, jacknife fish, spotted drums, octopus, barracudas,
turtles, horse-eye jacks, spiney lobsters, flying gurnards, nurse and
several reef sharks. 

Cabins were a little small but to be expected on an older boat.  Facilities
were clean and well kept.  The crew were very energetic and efficient. 
Briefings were adequate and most divers were allowed to choose their own
profile except in Statia due to Park requirments.  The food was very good. 
The Chef was a young man named Zack who was a very enthusiastic about his
cooking and we ate well for the week with a variety of food being provided
for our meals. 

We did the land tours on Saba and Statia in place of a dive.  I would not
recommend the tours.  One one hand we wanted to see the island but you have
to miss a dive and what can you really see in a few hours.  A land tour is
also offered in St. Kitts on Friday before your departure.  I would
recommend trying to schedule that land tour for Saturday morning if you
have a late or early afternoon departure.  You have to leave the boat after
9a.m. which is inconvenient.  If you are not able to take the land tour I
would recommend having the crew schedule you at one of the hotels like the
Marriott so you can swim and relax.  We had 5 hours to kill walking around
and the town is not that big.

CEXII is a great liveaboard for experienced divers.  It has accommodations
for up to 18 but we had only 7 divers for the week with six crew.  I do not
know if the same level of service would have been available if there had
been 18 divers.  We liked the itinerary of diving three islands along with
the health of the coral and reef life.

 

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