Dive Review of
Casa Playa Blanca in
Belize/Ambergris Cay

Fiji, Hawaii, Tahiti, Cozumel, Bahamas, St Lucia, Curacao, BVI, USVI, Turks
& Caicos, Honduras Bay Islands, Little Cayman, Puerto Rico, Jamaica

Dive Conditions

Depth and time was restricted, although time restrictions were not really
adhered to.  

Cameras were not handled with care by boat staff.  No camera table on boat.
 Rinse bucket was 5 gallon bucket in which some cameras didn't fit all the
way into.    

Overall Rating

I don't think owner Gaz Cooper knows how rude and unaccommodating his staff
is. All of my dealings with Gaz prior to the trip were great. His office
person is also very service oriented. However, once on the boat, it's a
totally different story. Boat captain drove the boat wrecklessly including
going way too fast at night in choppy seas. We had to tell him more than
once to slow down. He made rude comments about the weight of some of our
female divers. On dives there were very few attempts to show us any
critters. The divemaster was obviously embarrassed by the actions of the
boat captain. He was fairly new as resort staff but was the most friendly
and helpful of anyone.
The so-so food at the resort was $20 and no menu. You ate what was there.
However, you could take a $10 water taxi into San Pedro and buy food at the
grocers or just eat in town. No cooking as the only air conditioning was in
the bedrooms. A/C in my room didn't cool much.
We asked to set up our own equipment but boat captain didn't like this as
it cut into his off time. Guests who were leaving as we arrived told us the
crew had smashed their computer faces due to tanks being thrown about the
boat. Crew denied it but we also witnessed a lack of care when crew moved
equipment around the boat.
I took a group of 14 people and not one was satisfied with the service we
received. We had 2 divers who only got to make 1 dive due to ear problems.
They asked if they could be charged for only the dives they made but they
were denied and had to pay the full diver package for the week. 
I will never go back there and would not recommend it to anyone. 

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