Dive Review of Sweet Bottom in
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Sweet Bottom: "Reefs in tragic condition", May, 2023, by Sheleigh A Harding, UT, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 12427.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The reefs on St. Croix that we visited were 80-90% dead. It’s really sad, because the reefs here were surely magnificent in their day. (They haven’t completely crumbled away, so you can see what they once must have been.) Some areas still have a little life, but not many. There is still a decent fish population but I wonder how long this can last. Sharks and turtles were common. The pier dive is definitely worth doing. We saw octopus, peacock founder, turtles, eagle rays, and a large school of tarpon. The dive operation was really friendly and professional, and super helpful. We enjoyed working with them.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Big Island of Hawaii, Maui, Tobago, Roatan, BVI's, Costa Rica, Belize, Bonaire, Curacao, Palau, Raja Ampat
Closest Airport	Henry E. Rohlsen Airport	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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]

Subscriber's Comments

By Elaine Morse in CO, US at May 20, 2023 19:59 EST

I'm not surprised. About thirty years ago we were on a cruise and we dived there. The surprising thing was that even the dive guide was not interested in preserving the area. When asked about all of the people fishing right on the reef his answer was that it was more important for them to eat than to have fish for people to see. So, with that attitude who was going to try to protect the reef?

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Dive Review of Sweet Bottom in Virgin Islands

Sweet Bottom: "Reefs in tragic condition", May, 2023,

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Dive Review of Sweet Bottom in
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