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Dive Review of Peter Hughes Wind Dancer in
Trinidad and Tobago/Tobaggo

Peter Hughes Wind Dancer, Jul, 2005,

by Joe Alper and Michele Pelanne, CO, US . Report 1884.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 4 stars Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 3 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 1 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments This was great, challenging diving on a very healthy reef system surrounding Tobago. We spent the first two days on the Caribbean side of the island, where the visibility was good and the current was mild. We saw several batfish, a real treat, and so many critters that our slates were full by the time we came to the surface. The Atlantic side was breathtaking, both for its beauty and the 5-finger diving. We saw more octopuses out during the day on those three days of diving that we had in all of our diving combined. There were turtles galore and schools of tarpon. Crabs of all sizes and shapes, nudis, figerprint cyclomas, yellow garden eels, a southern stingray the size of a manta, and waters thick with angels.

The divemasters, Motley and Tyson, were outstanding. Not only did they know the reef, but they were truly interested in talking about what we'd seen. The only negative of the trip is that the Wind Dancer is not the most stable boat in the world in the choppy waters, so the boat rocked and rolled all night long, even in the "protected" harbors.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 251-500 dives
Where else diving Bay Islands, Fiji, Sulawesi, Grenadines, Bequia, Little Cayman, Belize, Kona, St. Lucia
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas choppy
Water Temp 80-82°F / 27-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 4
Water Visibility 25-60 Ft/ 8-18 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions reel and safety sausage required
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish 4 stars
Large Pelagics 1 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Thank goodness, there were NO photographers on the boat
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