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Dive Experience
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251-500 dives | ||
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Where else diving
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Little Cayman, Chinchorro Banks, Cozumel, Dominica, Saba, Turks & Caicos, Flower Gardens. |
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Dive Conditions |
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Weather
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sunny |
Seas
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calm |
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Water Temp
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80 to 82 ° Fahrenheit |
Wetsuit Thickness
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3 |
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Water Visibility
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60 to 100 Feet |
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Dive own profile?
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yes | ||
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Enforced diving restrictions
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Depth limit of 130' enforced on each day's first dive. |
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Sharks
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1 or 2 |
Mantas
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None |
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Dolphins
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None |
Whale Sharks
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None |
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Turtles
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> 2 |
Whales
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None |
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Ratings 1 (worst)-
5 (best):
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Corals
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*** |
Tropical Fish
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Small Critters
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Large Fish
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*** |
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Large Pelagics
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*** |
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Subject Matter
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N/A |
Boat Facilities
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N/A |
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Overall rating for UWP's
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N/A |
Shore Facilities
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N/A |
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Comments
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Most dives are done from small boats - a very short ride from the resort, so no camera facilities are provided on the skiffs. The boat captain and divemaster took good care of my video camera, placing it in a secure spot on the boat and in fresh water upon each return to the dock. |
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Accommodations
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***** |
Service
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***** |
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Food
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***** |
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Dive Operation
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***** |
Shore Diving
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* |
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Overall Rating |
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Beginners
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*** | ||
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Advanced
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**** | ||
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Comments
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The only place we regularly revisit, Turneffe Island Lodge provides some of the best service, best food and nicest accomodations we have found anywhere in the Caribbean - all on a remote island with no air service. Not as many sharks and eagle rays on this trip but still plenty. Lots of large schooling jacks, snapper and permit and turtles at The Elbow - a thrilling drift dive just a 10-minute boat ride from the resort. Three drift dives a day with surface intervals back at the lodge, except for the day trip to dive the Blue Hole and Half Moon Reef. One operator is feeding the sharks at the Blue Hole, apparently to satisfy his guaranteed shark-sighting. We didn't appreciate the 8' bull shark that jetted through the shallows where we were off-gassing to collect the morsel tossed overboard. Half Moon Reef has beautiful corals. If you have time, combine a week at Turneffe Island Lodge with a couple of days eco-adventuring inland. |
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