Dive Review of Anchor Dive Center in
Virgin Islands/St. Croix

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Anchor Dive Center, Dec, 2004, by Gabriel I. Peñagarícano, PR, Puerto Rico . Report 1535.
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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 wish I had been forewarned of Anchor's significant limitations, both in its approach to dive safety and the handling of its finances. It is nothing short of insane to deduct $10.00 from my bill for the cancelled dive and adamantly refuse to do likewise to my son. It is, of course, not the $10.00 that rankles, but the absurdity of the situation. The shortsightness of failing to grasp what those $10.00 would do to its standing, at least as far as I am concerned, is hard to understand. I guess that is why Undercurrent is such a valuable tool. My fellow divers will benefit from my untoward experience with Anchor.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Everywhere.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	77-78°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	10-75 Ft/ 3-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	No more than 80 feet and the weirdest manner of boarding a dive boat I have encountered in 523 dives.
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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Undercurrent subscribers should stay away from this operator. I contracted for a two-day, six-dive package and was quoted $215.00. On the second day they took the boat out with 8-10 foot swells, 10 foot visibility and with a resort diver on board. The dive was a complete disaster and there was a minor injury to a lady while boarding. The second dive of the day was scrubbed (as should have been the first) and when I went to pay the bill they deducted $10.00 for the scrubbed dive but charged my son the full $215.00. Divers going to St. Croix are well advised to choose from one of several very competent operators there and give Anchor a wide berth.

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Dive Review of Anchor Dive Center in Virgin Islands/St. Croix

Anchor Dive Center, Dec, 2004,

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

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Dive Review of Anchor Dive Center in
Virgin Islands/St. Croix