I have about 250 logged dives in the Caribbean and my wife has nearly that many. We have been to Fantasy Island and Anthony's Key in Roatan, to Laguna Beach in Utila, to the atolls of Belize, to Turks and Caicos and many more places. The past week spent diving with Dive Fair Helen was our best experience yet. The staff - Alvin and Melvin and Michael, just to name three - was incredibly attentive. The dive sites were well organized in advance so that we would be able to have a variety of experiences without searching out specific sites ourselves. We were awed by the amazing array and spectacular beauty of the coral. The dive boats were comfortable, the groups were of manageable size and we were treated like pampered people on holiday and not like cattle.
We were fortunate to have four experienced divers from Philadelphia, including the remarkable owner of Ultimate Scuba, as our dive partners.
On each dive, we were let off the boat in a great spot, given a great reef tour and picked up where we ended our dive. This meant we got to see twice as much of the reef without having to turn around and return to a moored or anchored boat.
We were treated to a delicious lunch every day after the second dive. Chicken or beef, pasta, slaw, mac and cheese and other goodies.
The most spectacular dive my wife and I have ever had was Superman's Flight, just beneath the towering Petons. The slight current was comfortable, the reef awesome and the sea life abundant.
Who knew that St. Lucia would be such a great diving experience?
We stayed at Marigot Bay Beach Club and Dive Resort and accommodations were comfortable. I recommend room 21A. The view from that veranda is incredible.
Our equipment was well treated. We were picked up each morning at the resort dock at 9:30 a.m., which allowed us time to have a good, leisurely breakfast without rushing. And we were dropped off at the resort dock in the afternoon.
A water taxi ride from the resort to the nearby dive shop was about $5 per person, which had some guests grumbling, but there really was no need to even go there since we were picked up and dropped off and our equipment was taken care of by the Fair Helen staff.
Marigot Bay is where the Moorings operation is and the boats are awesome. I recommend a sailing trip. It's a constant reach to St. Vincent and other outer Carib islands.
But the real highlight of the trip to St. Lucia was the diving, thanks to Dive Fair Helen. It's the finest diving operation I have seen. It's terrific for beginners. It's a great place to get certified. It's awesome for experienced divers.
If anyone would care to email me for further information, feel free.
I highly recommend Dive Fair Helen without hesitation.
Steve Mullins
Managing Editor
The Post and Courier
Charleston, S.C.
mullins@postandcourier.com

I dived with them on four days during February, and I’m not particularly impressed - I am qualified/certified to ‘Master Diver’ level with an organisation other than PADI, with hundreds of dives in several countries and in varied conditions, so my opinion does have some experience to back it up.
The guys were friendly, but the attitude of some of them was lackadaisical in the extreme.
I hadn’t booked a dive package, but was only booking the trips one at a time, which meant I didn’t have a set buddy over the period, normally not a problem.
On one dive (Superman’s flight) I was paired up with someone who I later discovered had only been certified (by Dive Fair Helen) the previous week. She had never dived in a current before, and had not been briefed on what to expect, or how to handle it – I gave her some advice before we entered the water (a total of six divers plus the dive leader), and that was the extent of her familiarisation. After descending, she was caught in the current and became separated from the rest of the group – as the dive leader did not notice, or made no attempt to remedy the situation, I had to pursue her in order to ensure she was OK and not left to her own devices. This meant my own dive had to be set aside in order for me to look after her. I eventually guided her into a calmer region, but as she was getting low on air we had to carry out a stop, and then surface, 20 minutes after our initial descent. We were picked up by the boat, but when the rest of the divers surfaced over 20 minutes later, the dive leader still showed no concern at having lost two divers. When I pay over 100 USD for a dive trip, I do not expect to have to baby-sit new divers, to the detriment of my own enjoyment.
On the last day I dived with the outfit, the first dive went to plan, but on surfacing the boat was nowhere to be seen – it eventually reappeared after we had been on the surface for over 15 minutes. That again is not the mark of a professional organisation.
If I return to St Lucia, any diving I do will be with someone else.

My first time scuba diving I chose Dive Fair Helen. They picked me up at the hotel and we took a boat ride along the coast of St. Lucia to the dive spot near Marigot Bay. The instructor gave us a quick overview of what to do and was helpful if I needed help. He took us around the coral reef and taught us how to ascend, descend properly. We took a lunch break and had excellent food on the boat. The second dive was near the Pitons of St. Lucia. The reef was thousands of times better than the Marigot Bay reef. We saw sea turtles, lobsters, fish, crabs, and coral. We went about 30 feet or so and he took us through prime diving areas. From that we took the boat back along the coast and our full day was done. Overall very friendly, helpful, and a good experience. The only complaint I had was I booked it online and the lady at the register was very annoying and kept wanting to me to sign things, claimed I didn't pay, etc. It would be have been better if she was a little more calm and explained herself.

You can't ask for anything more while diving with these great folks. From picking us up at the cruise ship to dropping us back off, everything was exceptional. We went diving in St. Lucia and had a wonderful time. The team of Dive Fair Helen were great and very knowledgeable. We dove a great reef and saw some nice coral. If you are in St. Lucia and want to dive, you won't find a better group of guys to dive with anywhere.

Thanks,
Christian Brown
Virginia, USA
1/15/08