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Caribbean Explorer II, Oct, 2007, by Timothy L Bonnette, KS, USA ( 1 report). Report 3713.
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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	CEX II itinerary runs from St. Martin or St. Kitts with diving in Saba, Statia and St. Kitts. We choose the St. Martin departure with flight out of St. Kitts. On this itinerary you dive three days in Saba, one day at Statia and the remaining day and a half at St. Kitts. We saw an abundance of frogfish, highhats, jacknife fish, spotted drums, octopus, barracudas, turtles, horse-eye jacks, spiney lobsters, flying gurnards, nurse and several reef sharks. Cabins were a little small but to be expected on an older boat. Facilities were clean and well kept. The crew were very energetic and efficient. Briefings were adequate and most divers were allowed to choose their own profile except in Statia due to Park requirments. The food was very good. The Chef was a young man named Zack who was a very enthusiastic about his cooking and we ate well for the week with a variety of food being provided for our meals. We did the land tours on Saba and Statia in place of a dive. I would not recommend the tours. One one hand we wanted to see the island but you have to miss a dive and what can you really see in a few hours. A land tour is also offered in St. Kitts on Friday before your departure. I would recommend trying to schedule that land tour for Saturday morning if you have a late or early afternoon departure. You have to leave the boat after 9a.m. which is inconvenient. If you are not able to take the land tour I would recommend having the crew schedule you at one of the hotels like the Marriott so you can swim and relax. We had 5 hours to kill walking around and the town is not that big. CEXII is a great liveaboard for experienced divers. It has accommodations for up to 18 but we had only 7 divers for the week with six crew. I do not know if the same level of service would have been available if there had been 18 divers. We liked the itinerary of diving three islands along with the health of the coral and reef life.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Belize, Bahamas, Curacao, Bonaire, Dominica, Utila, Roatan, Florida, Costa Rica, Palau, Yap, Grand Turk, Australia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-90 Ft/ 15-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive time limit of 60-70 minutes due to liveaboard schedule. In Statia had park ranger present on all dives but the fellow by the name of "Gadget" is very nice and you have to appreciate their desire to care for reef.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Large table for camera. The staff handled all equipment with care pre and post dive.

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Dive Review of Caribbean Explorer II in Saba

Caribbean Explorer II, Oct, 2007,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Caribbean Explorer II in
Saba