Dive Review of Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet in
St. Lucia/Soufriere

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Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet: "Another Incredible Trip top notch service and best diving in Caribbean", Apr, 2024, by Jack Pessia, OR, US ( 2 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12984 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	This was our 6th trip to Anse Chastanet, one of the most incredible resorts we've stayed at with excellent diving for the Caribbean. No coral bleaching, lots of fish life, few lionfish, healthy corals, great boats, service, food and rooms. Good house reef, but it has been overused lately by day trippers compared to our prior visits. If you are diving, stay at the "beach" rooms which are only 50 yds from the Dive Center, have AC and face a lovely garden. The other rooms are a hike up the hill but have beautiful views, but not all have AC. There are 100+ steps up to the main restaurant from the beach (they will shuttle you ) the only choice for breakfast and also there is a dinner restaurant there that is a little fancier and a vegetarian restaurant. But you can go anywhere in shorts and a Tshirt if you want. But we like the beach restaurants best for lunch and dinner with many Indian and Caribbean themed dishes. Two gorgeous black sand beaches, one right there at Dive Center and the other a 10 min walk or boat shuttle away with a burger restaurant on the beach. Dive staff are all longtime employees and they provide great service, are fun and safe. Lots to do for non-divers or after diving: mountain biking, nature hikes, day trips to drive in Volcano and hot springs, hike the Pitons, explore the little town of Soufriere, chocolate making and tasting, gourmet cuisine classes, make your own art projects, kayaking, windsurfing, snorkeling or BEST- just lay on the beach under a palm frond palapala. Dive Staff haul all your gear on and off the boats, you need to rinse all but BC's. Places to hang to dry on large racks moved inside at night and small locked "cubbies" for each divers small stuff for the day or entire trip. Set dive schedule all week (unless currents interfere) so you can sign up for dives you want. Generally 3 boat dives and one shore dive a day. Check out dive required for first timers. Dive sites are 5-10 mins away except mediocre double wreck dive done on Fridays which is 25 mins north.
Websites	Scuba St. Lucia Anse Chastanet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Little Cayman, Wakatobi, Fiji, Belize, Australia, Honduras, Hawaii, all over Caribbean
Closest Airport	UVF	Getting There	via Dallas, Miami or Charolotte
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	not many for experienced divers, lots of freedom if you just come up with 500 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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	no real camera area in the Dive Center, but plenty of room in the resort rooms to set up and manage cameras. Dedicated camera tank at Dive Center and on boat. Staff will hand you your camera once you are in water if you wish.

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Dive Review of Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet in St. Lucia/Soufriere

Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet: "Another Incredible Trip top notch service and best diving in Caribbean", Apr, 2024,

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Dive Review of Scuba St. Lucia/Anse Chastanet in
St. Lucia/Soufriere