Anyone have experience with Ocean Encounters?

[Eanxbr]

We’re here diving with OE right now. Dive shop is a well oiled machine, nice boats, but they are busy. We had several morning boat dives with a 10:1 ratio of DM to divers. Others were more like 8. Afternoon boat dives were much less, we did one where it was just the two of us and the DM…and a boat full of snorklers with their own guide. Definitely more of a cattle boat experience - you are at the mercy of the least experienced diver in your group. We tended to be the first in the water (group 1) and last ones out (end of group 2). That way we always made it to an hour, or even 70 mins.

We tended to stay away from the group and did our thing. DMs were okay with that once they saw we knew what we were doing. Conditions are super easy, no current, I don’t think I went below 70ft the entire trip. No need to. Highlight was Tugboat where I found a frogfish!

Are the afternoon boat dives in different locations than the morning dives? Just curious as to why there are less people on the afternoon dives.

And have a great time! Thanks for the LIVE update

 

[CycleCat]

... morning boat dives with a 10:1 ratio of DM to divers. Others were more like 8. Afternoon boat dives were much less, we did one where it was just the two of us and the DM…

Are afternoons one or two tank dives?

 

[TabeaK]

Are the afternoon boat dives in different locations than the morning dives? Just curious as to why there are less people on the afternoon dives.

And have a great time! Thanks for the LIVE update

Same sites. Ocean Encounters has a fixed weekly schedules for dive spots, morning and afternoon. We did an afternoon because we really wanted to do Tugboat again and they do that a couple times a week as an afternoon for snorkeling and diving. Another afternoon was dedicated to a Lionfish hunt dive.

As to why there are less people: Curacao has a lot of non diving activities to offer, plus shorediving…

 

[TabeaK]

Are afternoons one or two tank dives?

One tank.