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| Anse Marcel (French side) |  
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Description:
Anse Marcel is a home to over 200 sail and motor yachts. Two restaurants are open 7 days a week along with a wide variety of shops (souvenirs, grocery, jewellers, tobacconist, hair salon...). This complex serves Le Privilège and Le Méridien hotels, which is situated directly on the beach and a very nice small Time-share Resort : les Cottages de Lonvilliers. On the surrounding hills that overlook Anse Marcel are the hotel Le Marquis and Le Privilège Resort and Spa which offer tennis courts, a gymnasium, a balneo therapy centre and a poolside restaurant. Lots of shallow reef, from 45 to 70 ft, more than 50 dive spots, including a dozen of wreck dives. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Princess Juliana Intl Airport, Sint Maarten |
| Average watertemp: Min 25 - Max 30 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 40 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals, Rocks, Vegetation |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: All year around |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Blacktip reef sharks |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
| | | Carribbean reef sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Common dolphins |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | |
| | | Eagle rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Green turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Grey reef sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Humpback whales | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | |
| | | Lemon sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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