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Dive Review of
Amigos del Mar/Sunbreeze in
Belize/San Pedro

in 2003/06
an Instant Reader Report
by
Don Rorschach, TX, USA
Report Number 1124

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Reporter
Dive Experience
501-1000 dives
Where else diving
 Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman, Fiji, Andros, Cozumel,
Guanaja 

Dive Conditions

Weather
sunny  
Seas
choppy, surge, noCurrents  
Water Temp
82   to 84    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
0
Water Visibility
75   to 90    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
yes  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
Surface with 500 psi  
Liveaboard?
no 
Nitrox Available?
N/A 
What I saw
Sharks
Lots 
Mantas
None 
Dolphins
None 
Whale Sharks
None 
Turtles
> 2 
Whales
None 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  3 stars
Tropical Fish
5 stars  
Small Critters
  5 stars
Large Fish
5 stars  
Large Pelagics
  3 stars
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
5 stars  
Boat Facilities
5 stars
Overall rating for UWP's  
5 stars  
Shore Facilities  
4 stars  
Comments
[None]  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
5 stars
Food
5 stars
Service and Attitude
5 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
5 stars  
Shore Diving  
3 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
5 stars   
Advanced
5 stars    
Comments  
Diving was excellent with large critters in abundance. Large nurse sharks
and huge grouper were all over the reefs. Many nice green morays and
turtles to video. There were several spotted eagle rays and some
"jagged tail stingrays" the size of eagle rays. At least that was
the name given them by the dive guides.

The water was very comfortable being in the 82-84 deg. F. range and I did
not wear a wet suit on any of the dives including night dives.

The Amigos del Mar dive guides were super helpful on board and in the
water. Dive boats were well maintained. Back-roll entry was the best method
of entry since diving was done on the windward side of Ambergris Caye and
the dive boats did not have dive platforms low to the water at the stern.

The dive guides and boat captains were most helpful with photography and
video equipment and treated it very gently. 

The dive guides and boat captains went out of their way to see that the
divers enjoyed every dive beginning with helping during suiting up and
getting back into the boats.

This was the best diving we have had in twenty (20) years of diving and we
will return to dive again in Belize very shortly. On a scale of 1-100 with
100 being best, Belize was a 100 for best diving compared to a 1 for the
dead-sea-like Fiji diving that we did in March of this year.

When will we return to dive the Caribbean? This month. And Fiji? When the
Caribbean dries up.

The Sunbreeze Hotel was clean, comfortable and nice and the food excellent
both at the hotel and the neighboring restaurants. The staff was most
helpful. The people of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye were very helpful and
friendly.

This is truly an excellent dive destination as it took us only about two
(2) hours from Houston to Belize City on a Continental 757 plus a thirty
(30) minute prop plane ride to Ambergris Caye. The Sunbreeze Hotel is less
than one-half block from the San Pedro, Ambergris Caye airport.

 

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