Dive Review of Silent Immersion/Royal Sea Aquarium Resort in
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Silent Immersion/Royal Sea Aquarium Resort, Apr, 2006, by Warren Vallerand, MI, USA . Report 2998.
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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
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Comments	Our second trip to Curacao for my wife and myself. Our first having been 11 years ago. Significant development since then. Stayed at Habitat shortly after it had opened that first trip. Dove the house reef there during this recent trip. The reef is still an excellent dive, but Habitat facilities are showing significant wear and decay. This trip stayed at the Royal Sea Aquarium Resort which is a nice property 5 minutes east of downtown. Room and facilites were excellent. Rooms have a/c and ceiling fans and are very well maintained. Service was mediocre. Food at the one restaraunt grows repetitive after several days. Try Hemmingway's across the lagoon or one of the several restaraunts at the several resorts within walking distance. Silent immersion is a great dive operation. Run by Jamie, an expat Irishman and his wife Miriam. Can't say enough nice things about them or their operation. My 2 teenagers had completed their pool/classroom work in the states and did their open water check out dives with Silent Immersion. Jamie is knowledgable, accomadating and very friendly. He did an excellent job of allaying my daughter's initial concerns about open water diving and turned her into a diving fanatic! On top of that, their prices were the most reasonble on the island. Did multiple dives on the East and West ends. Coral in good shape. No large stuff, but lots of spotted morays, lobsters, blue parrots, drums, trunkfish, scorpion fish and chromis. Producer's Bay and the Tugboat are two easy shore dives on the east side with great visibility and a large variety of flora and fauna.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Southern California, Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Surface at 500 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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 Silent Immersion/Royal Sea Aquarium Resort in Curaçao

Silent Immersion/Royal Sea Aquarium Resort, Apr, 2006,

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Dive Review of Silent Immersion/Royal Sea Aquarium Resort in
Curaçao