Leeward Islands Divers/Mullet Bay Resort, July 1995, Gary Cowden, Kansas City, MO. "Resort overpriced, staff apathetic and indifferent. Leeward Islands Divers had new building, excellent drying facilities, friendly crew. My wife's first dive trip. The crew did a good job of selecting dive sites that weren't difficult for the novices, nor uninteresting for the experienced divers."

Ocean Explorers/Ocean Club, May 1995, Jessica Martin, Miami Lakes, FL. "Excellent diving, better than I was told. Friendly dive operation, experienced, makes everybody at ease. 10 divers with 1 instructor and 1 divemaster. Assistant stays onboard and helps with equipment. Nice store with brand name equipment from mouthpiece to computers. 1 guy could not dive because he had no C-card."

Ocean Explorers/Pelican Divers/Beach Side Villas, April 1995, Gary Davis, Fairfax Station, VA. "Professionalism exceeds that of other operations. Reefs abundant with fish; coral in good shape. Dives 45­55 ft. LeRoy and Dominique provide enough supervision and guidance to ensure enjoyable diving without being overbearing. Allowed us to explore on our own. . . . Pelican Divers has a nice boat, but I was unimpressed with the divemasters; too much bravado, and not enough care for either the environment or the divers. They were particularly rough on passing pufferfish and corals. No walls, but the diving is enjoyable. No mooring buoys."

Ocean Explorers, September 1995, Raeford and Mae Brown, Wilmington, NC. "Leroy and Dominique are great diving hosts. Hurricanes stirred up water, but they managed to get me wet. A number of small wrecks on their trips kept me happy. Reefs not the best for advanced divers. Saba a 15 min-ute flight. vis: 30-75 ft. water: 81°­83°"

Pelican Divers/Pelican Resort & Casino, July 1996, Steve Neal, Fairfield, TX. "Water: 78­82 degrees, Vis: 25­60 feet. Boat left untended while divers down. 6­7 feet nurse shark. Took fast ferry - the Edge - for day trip to Saba: arrive, dive, eat, dive, ferry back. $140 for ferry and 2 dives."

Scuba Fun/Le Meridien, August 1995, Mr. & Ms. Yves Caussiol, Levallois, France. "Diving average. Try to get to Islet Tintamarre or Rocher Creole. Le Meridien is lovely, secluded (Presidents Bush and Mitterand met here in '89) with many activities. Fly to quaint island of St. Barthelemy, where diving & snorkeling are better (10 minutes flight or 1 hour's ferry). A 15 minutes flight to Saba, where we hiked & dived with Sea Saba."

Trade Winds Dive Center, April 1995, Joel and Mary Anne Kluger, Chapel Hill, NC. "Disappointed. After first dive, the boat returned to the dock to pick up cruisers from our ship who had signed up for the 1-tank dive excursion. Both sites maximum of 30 feet, 30 ft vis. Little coral, most damaged. No moorings so boats anchored at dive sites. Divemaster assumed all divers novices, but most, if not all, at least intermediate. 55 minutes at 30 feet, $75/person, but include all gear; no discount for using own."

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