Dive Review of Ocean Explorers Dive Center/N/A in
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Ocean Explorers Dive Center/N/A, Dec, 2010, by Richard Basch, NJ, US ( 1 report). Report 5863.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Jef and Lucianna run a tight ship with a very well stocked dive store and professional, friendly and well trained divemasters. They were very accommodating when I needed to change my schedule and even held up one dive for 30 minutes, allowing my dive buddy and I to still go on our dive after getting stuck in uncharacteristic island traffic. Diving during the off season meant that there were no more than 5 divers on an outing, although they can take up to a maximum of 8 divers on either of their boats. The small number makes for an intimite group and allows Jef and his divemasters to provide personal attention to everyone on the dive. The staff are all avid conservationists and seem to know their dive sites very well. They seemed to take pleasure in passing on knowledge, like how to find an octopus or where to look for banded shrimp and lobsters, and where the local Moray eels lurk. Jef doesn't need to use a GPS - he knows where to find the reefs and wrecks - including some that only he can locate, and also knows when to dive on which based on the prevailing conditions. The shark dive he took us on was absolutely fantastic! Who knew that reef sharks were as playfull as puppies? The rental equipment Ocean Explorers provide as part of their package is top notch. The rental also includes fins and wetsuits. I regret having had to lug my own wetsuit, fins and booties around the island with me (anything left in a locked car tends to disappear). To conclude, I had a really good time diving with Ocean Explorers in St Maarten. I will recommend them to anyone wanting a quality diving experience.
Websites	Ocean Explorers Dive Center N/A
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Sodwana Bay (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Marathon Key (Florida), Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Maximum seabed depth was 95 feet, bottom time restricted to 40 mins on deeper dives, 60 mins on shallow dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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
UW Photo Comments	There was plenty of opportunity for pictures. Jef or one of the divemasters always had a camera and took great pictures of all the divers with octopus, shark, porcupine fish, stingray, moray eel, barracuda, wreck or coral as opportunity permitted.

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Dive Review of Ocean Explorers Dive Center/N/A in St. Maarten/Simpson Bay Beach

Ocean Explorers Dive Center/N/A, Dec, 2010,

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Dive Review of Ocean Explorers Dive Center/N/A in
St. Maarten/Simpson Bay Beach