Best Operator in Curacao???

[Scuba-QC]

What is the best operator in curacao? ...that have a small dive boat. I can't do shore diving because of my knee problem..

thanks everyone!

 

[BurBunny]

Two operators I'd recommend are Sunset Divers and Caribbean Sea Sports. Both do an excellent job.

 

[Leew]

Try easy divers at Habitat Curacao, excellent operation contact Anne-marie she should be able to help
lee

 

[Tuckster]

We stayed at the Marriott & were very impressed tith Caribbean Sea Sports.

 

[Cheryl M.]

We had a good experience with Toucan Diving. Say hi to Leo, their instructor for me if you see him (he was thinking about law school when we were there). We also were treated very well by the DM's at the house shop at Breezes, where we stayed, but we just did shore dives with them. I hope this is useful, and that you have some wonderful dives. We saw some amazing critters when we were there last January. If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me. I'll help if I can.
Cheryl M.

 

[striker]

I would stay away from Easy Divers at the Habitat. We were there in December 2004 for a week. The "dive-anytime" philosophy is great, but they're not really set up or located to make it easy to do so. My wife and I dive Nitrox, but the only fill station was near the water, 2 steep flights of steps down from living quarters level. Probably not a good idea if you have a bad knee. Then you had to drag the tanks across the compound to the parking lot. To be fair, they did have an air station near the lot, but if part of your dive package is Nitrox I want to use Nitrox. Although they advertised both a morning and an afternoon boat dive, Ann-Marie randomly cancelled the afternoon boat trip at her whim. Makes it difficult to plan your day when you don't know if the boat is going out until morning of. After being forced to listen to Ann-Marie's pompous spiel regarding conscientious diving and "total diving freedom", her imperial attitude regarding the boats really set us off. We had ~10-12 people signed up per boat, but that frequently wasn't enough for her - apparently wanted a full 16-20 per trip. The divemasters were generally good, although a 2-tank dive would usually be somewhere cool the 1st dive, then just off the dock at Habitat for the 2nd. I felt a little cheated, since most of the near dives can be done with a little swim without a boat. The accomodations were adequate, but we didn't have hot water for 2 days, the toilet leaked, and the AC dripped all over the floor. This coupled with a week of the same greazy breakfast buffet and I was ready to go. Lunch/dinners were just adequate. There's much better food in town, but that's a 30 minute drive each way, if you can find where you're trying to go (and I thought I was pretty good with a map!). Vis was maybe 50 ft on a good day, it rained like a bandit for the 2 weeks prior to our arrival and then sporadically throughout our stay, and then a cold current swung in and dropped the vis further. Some of the dive sites had great potential if the vis improved. We stayed north and west of Habitat, try Playa Kalki, Lagun, Shroom Forest, and Seldom Wall. Our truck was broken into at Jeremi, but we had left it unlocked and they only grabbed the hotel towels and a bait bucket we were using as a cooler. I was surprised at the condition of the reef at some of the sites. Coral was dying and the trash all over the reef was pretty depressing. I'm glad I went, but Bonaire was a lot better in many ways, and I don't think we'll be returning to Curacao. Good luck.