Dive Review of Anguillian Divers/ hotels in the area in
Anguilla/West Side of island

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Anguillian Divers/ hotels in the area, Dec, 2009, by Daniel Spitzer MD, NY, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 5369.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Have been visiting Anguilla for some 17 years now - and have seen the progressive degradation of the entire Caribbean reef system over 20+ years of diving. Temperature? Microbes? pH of seawater? Calcium ion concentration? From Grand Turk in the North to Curacao in the south, and from Cozumel in the West to the entire Windward and Leeward chain -it's all too similar - the hard coral is almost gone, and what is left is covered with leafy algae or the 'creeping crud'. The planktonic column which sustains the food chain, rising above the coral heads, is almost absent now, so the small fish are depleted, the intermediate fish are rare, and the large ones almost totally absent (And the few fish which do attain a significant size soon succumb to the most voracious predator of all - humans.) That said, if your travels take you to Anguilla, by all means dive with Anguillian Divers. Small intimate and personal, I have been diving with them for over a decade - decent equipment and a friendly smile. BTW - you never know where or when you are going to get a great dive - one of my favorites anywhere is Blowing Rock - amazing underwater topography, variable conditions (crashing waves on one side, calm on the other) and routine siting of pelagics - turtles, spotted eagle rays, and even 10 + minutes with a dolphin 2 years ago. Ask for this dive by name! Another fun dive - especially for newer divers - Osterdeep wreck - covered with orange cup coral, teeming with barracuda, jacks and other fish, large lobster etc.
Websites	Anguillian Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	widely - as long as the water is warm and it's north of the equator
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	79-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Sensible profiles. It's hard to go deep here without carrying a shovel with you!
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Large Pelagics	N/A
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	[None]

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Dive Review of Anguillian Divers/ hotels in the area in Anguilla/West Side of island

Anguillian Divers/ hotels in the area, Dec, 2009,

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

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Dive Review of Anguillian Divers/ hotels in the area in
Anguilla/West Side of island