点评:Can’t say enough positive things about Tobago Dive Experience. Our family of 5 (kids ages: 18, 18, 22) had a fabulous week diving with them, with all 3 kids earning or completing their PADI certifications. This shop is run by a husband-wife team of Sean and Kathleen, and a great team of professionals. Our trip to Tobago simply doesn’t happen without Kathleen’s absolute amazing dedication to our family. Kathleen was amazing. We were in constant communication via WhatsApp for months and she was THE resource for me to planning our trip. This went well beyond the diving – she helped with restaurant tips, touring ideas and tour guides, hotel recommendations, she even helped us get a flight off Tobago when the airline was seemingly completely booked solid. Kathleen is an incredible resource and was 100% dedicated to getting us to Tobago and making sure we had an experience to remember.
We stayed at the nearby Blue Waters Inn, and Tobago Dive picked us up by boat every morning at the hotel pier – on time to the minute. The diving in Tobago is very good. Reefs are healthy, with lots of soft corals, minimal hard coral bleaching, plenty of fish, and occasional ‘big stuff’ like turtles, rays, nurse sharks, and so forth. Water is warm and the boat ride to the reef is so short you can return to the jetty for your surface interval. The 12 dives we did didn’t feature tons of dramatic features like deep narrow canyons or swim through, but there were a nice variety of sites and even a purpose sunk wreck. I would 100% go back there. Plenty to see, and every dive is different.
Sean and his fantastic team of dive masters and instructors were full-service and safety conscious. They handle all gear, lug all the tanks, and put their hands on every diver before every dive. The only issue I have with their operation is that their training pool is quite small – and I would say, too small. I think for the brand new divers in our family, getting wet and training in such a small pool did not afford the same opportunity to practice and swim as those who can train in a 25 meter pool , or a pool used for platform or high diving. My personal view is that this pool is too small to get good practice in swimming with the gear, especially with three divers (2 adults and one instructor) in the water together.
Tobago Dive is a true authentic Caribbean “Island” experience. There was no need for a deposit. Or a formal booking confirmation, or reservations, or time-slots. We just talked to Kathleen, and she assured us that they will be able to handle whatever diving and classes we wanted to do when we got there, on our schedule. And they 100% did just that. We didn’t pay a penny until after all of our dives were complete, and then we just settled up in the shop at the end. Very old fashioned and it made us feel like long-time trusted customers. I hope we make it back there someday soon.
翻译:多巴哥潜水体验 (Tobago Dive Experience) 的好评数不胜数。我们一家五口(孩子的年龄分别为 18、18、22 岁)与他们一起度过了美妙的一周潜水时光,三个孩子都获得或完成了 PADI 认证。这家店由一对夫妻 Sean 和 Kathleen 以及一支优秀的专业团队经营。如果没有 Kathleen 对我们家庭的绝对奉献,我们的多巴哥之旅就不可能实现。Kathleen 太棒了。几个月来,我们一直通过 WhatsApp 保持联系,她是我计划旅行的唯一资源。这远远超出了潜水的范围——她提供了餐厅建议、旅游创意和导游、酒店推荐,甚至在航空公司似乎已经订满的情况下帮助我们从多巴哥出发的航班。Kathleen 是一个不可思议的资源,她 100% 致力于带我们去多巴哥,并确保我们拥有难忘的体验。
我们住在附近的 Blue Waters Inn,Tobago Dive 每天早上都会准时在酒店码头乘船来接我们。Tobago 的潜水体验非常好。珊瑚礁很健康,有很多软珊瑚,硬珊瑚白化现象很少,鱼类丰富,偶尔还会有“大家伙”,比如海龟、鳐鱼、护士鲨等等。水很温暖,乘船到珊瑚礁的时间很短,你可以回到码头进行水面休息。我们进行的 12 次潜水并没有太多引人注目的景观,比如深而窄的峡谷或游泳穿越,但有各种各样的景点,甚至还有一艘故意沉没的沉船。我 100% 会再去那里。有很多可看的东西,而且每次潜水都不一样。
Sean 和他的优秀潜水大师和教练团队提供全方位服务,并且注重安全。他们处理所有装备,搬运所有气瓶,并在每次潜水前对每个潜水员进行手部检查。我唯一不满意的是他们的训练池太小了——我想说,太小了。我认为对于我们家的新潜水员来说,在这么小的游泳池里游泳和训练,无法像在 25 米长的游泳池或用于跳台或高台跳水的游泳池里训练的人一样练习和游泳。我个人认为,这个游泳池太小了,无法很好地练习带着装备游泳,尤其是当三名潜水员(2 名成人和 1 名教练)一起在水中时。
Tobago Dive 是一次真正的加勒比“岛屿”体验。不需要押金。或者正式的预订确认、预订或时间段。我们刚刚和 Kathleen 谈过,她向我们保证,当我们到达那里时,他们将能够按照我们的时间表安排我们想要做的任何潜水和课程。他们 100% 做到了。我们直到完成所有潜水后才付一分钱,然后我们就在店里安顿下来了。非常老派,但让我们感觉自己是长期值得信赖的顾客。我希望我们能尽快再来这里。