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Caribbean Sea Sports/Mariott, Feb, 2007, by James Cooper, RI, USA . Report 2377.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	I went to Curacao for the purpose of getting some additonal pictures of frogfish and seahorses and left after a week with much more than good pictures. I chose the Mariott for my wife, and Caribbean Sea Sports because they are the onsite dive operation for the Mariott. I found the Mariott to be an excellent resort. They have first class restaurants, pool & landscape areas, fitness facilities, a great beach... and friendly, service conscious staff. The dive operation is very safety conscious and more geared to divers who don't mind diving within a DM led group. As a single diver, I took advantage of their private DM service for $20 more, to do my own thing and have someone point out the hidden macro opportunities at the dive sites. This is a great destination for macro photography. I brought along my 60mm macro, 100mm macro, & 10-22mm lens and rarely had an opportunity worthy of a wide angle lens. There is a noticeable lack of large marine life. Anything above a certain size seems to have been fished out. However, juveniles and small critters were in aboundace. Every dive destination seems to have one thing more prevalant than anything else, and in Curacao it was Christmas tree worms. There were thousands of them on practically every dive site. Tom has assembled a great group of DM's, Instructors, & staff to make the diving experience very enjoyable. They all share his enthusiam for the sport of scuba diving and go out of their way to meet all of your needs. The shore facilities are excellent, and the primary dive boat has twin jets(no props),that made for easy and safe entries and exits on the few drift dives we did. Be advised that there is no marine head onboard...so plan accordingly. If you are looking for a resort your non-diving spouse will be happy at and a thoroughly professional dive operation, I would highly recommend the Mariott Curacao Beach Resort and Caribbean Sea Sports dive operation.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Hawaii, Little Cayman, Roatan, and Turks & Caicos.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	DM led group dives only, Maximum depth & time dictated by first person to get low on air.
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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Large tubs w/ fresh water onboard for cameras. Crew helpful & careful with handing cameras into and out of water.

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Dive Review of Caribbean Sea Sports/Mariott in Curaçao

Caribbean Sea Sports/Mariott, Feb, 2007,

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Dive Review of Caribbean Sea Sports/Mariott in
Curaçao