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Dive Review of Dive Aruba/Aruba Beach Club in
Aruba

Dive Aruba/Aruba Beach Club, Jun, 2008,

by Gloria Kehoe, PA, USA ( 2 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4157 has 1 Helpful vote.

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving 1 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 2 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments Clive Paula's operation was great for me and my friends as we were looking to stay away from the larger operators with 20 divers on the boat. Clive takes a maxium of 7 divers. The boat is small but even with 7 divers on board everyone managed just fine.
Aruba's reefs are not bad but obviously not the Island's priority. We saw numerous homemade anchors buried in the reefs on every dive.
The wrecks however were suprisingly good. The Antilla was one of the most interesting wrecks I've ever seen. The Jane C. and the Airplane wrecks made for excellent dives as well.
We saw a few turtles, a couple of large Sting Rays, impressively large moray's as well as a huge lobster living in the floor of the DC3. Spotted a rock fish on one dive but the the ultimate find of the trip was made by my partner who found a Sea Horse on Sponge Reef.
Aruba Beach Club was also just what we were looking for. We had a great room right on the beach. It was clean, quiet and convenient.
All in all a great trip. I would definitely dive with Clive again.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 101-250 dives
Where else diving Bonaire, Hawaii, Bahamas, Florida Keys, Puerto Rico, Cozumel
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy, dry Seas choppy
Water Temp 79-81°F / 26-27°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 0-0 Ft/ 0-0 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions Come up with 500 PSI.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

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

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

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities 1 stars
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities 1 stars
UW Photo Comments One of my dive buddies took photographs. There are no rinse facilities on the boat.
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