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Re: Sculpture park at Little Bay
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No idea but I saw that exchange on facebook. You make a good point, if the beaches are public, then what about the water if one can safely swim to an area?
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Re: Sculpture park at Little Bay
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03/23/2024 10:07 AM
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How far is it from shore? And where is this in relation to where the cruise ships come in? The question would be, is it safe to swim there, as JD said. I didn't see your post, obviously, but no one owns the underwater area, as far as I know. I think people claiming that you could only visit there on a paid excursion is BS.
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Re: Sculpture park at Little Bay
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03/23/2024 11:57 AM
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Scuba--so, how does that work? Can those people on their own create a 'marine park'? But I guess in SXM, you just pay someone to create a park?
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Re: Sculpture park at Little Bay
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03/23/2024 04:35 PM
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According to the Nature Foundation’s website you need a dive tag to dive in *any* Sint Maarten waters. $3/day $15/year. But aren’t visitors to this park only snorkeling? https://naturefoundationsxm.org/diving-in-sint-maarten/register/I don’t know who gave you the scolding, but of course it’s in Aqua Mania’s interest to have people think they can’t go out there on their own. Not sure how any one would actually enforce that though.
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Re: Sculpture park at Little Bay
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03/24/2024 09:34 AM
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eightzerobits--Thanks for that bit of research. So I think we have the answer. If people are diving, they need to have the dive tag. Which of course one can get from the Nature Foundation, without paying Aqua Mania. And your boat needs to be registered. But presumably not for snorkelling? And the people who said that you couldn't swim there are incorrect, as shown by KitKat.
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Re: Sculpture park at Little Bay
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03/24/2024 11:27 AM
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I really doubt ANYONE pays for that tag for snorkeling. Regardless, the concept that one cannot swim to the site or do it on their own seems to be BS.
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Re: Sculpture park at Little Bay
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You could interpret this in different ways. "Each user on a vessel (including surface support) must purchase a dive tag to dive or snorkel in St. Maarten’s waters" Aqua Mania just collects it for the Nature Foundation. Surface support could be any flotation devise. I read that as surface support people. Basically meaning anyone on the dive boat, whether they are diving or not, needs to dive tag.
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