Dive Review of Ocean Encounters/Lions Dive Hotel in
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Ocean Encounters/Lions Dive Hotel, Jun, 2002, by Gerry McAtavey, 24018, USA . Report 172.
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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	Lions Dive clean and comfortable, breakfast included short walk to the dive shop.Dive operation is excellent, good breifings short rides to most dive sights. Fresh fruit and ice tea or water on board. Most of the surface intervals we were able to go ashore and wander around or get a history lesson from some of the local divemasters. One complaint, the day we dove the SUPERIOR PRODUCER wreck, current was strong at the surface and stronger at the wreck 100'below. DM should have called the dive and picked another site, pretty much a wasted tank of air, wreck is stripped clean, no fish, not much to see even on a good day. Other than that one dive, the rest of the week was very good. Sunday night is beach party night, you can start at one end of the beach and work your way back to Lions Dive and hit happy hour at each resturant/hotel from 6 to 10. Great local entertainment. Good local resturants nearby. Great laid back location, had minor problems with the hotel internet service, but the hotel up the beach had a machine that worked fine, cheaper than calling the states plus you get to play in the casino while your wife is on line. Good dive trip, I'd go back to these folks again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Cozumel, Bahamas, St. Thomas, Costal North & South Carolina Grand Cayman
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	70-120 Ft/ 21-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	depth of 100'come up w/500psi once the DM was ok with your abilities you could take your time computers OK
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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	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 Ocean Encounters/Lions Dive Hotel in Curaçao

Ocean Encounters/Lions Dive Hotel, Jun, 2002,

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Dive Review of Ocean Encounters/Lions Dive Hotel in
Curaçao