Dive Review of
Roberts grove/Calico Jacks in
Belize/Placencia

Palau, Christmas Island, Australia, Truk, Galapagos, Sipadan, Hawaii, Red
Sea...etc

Dive Conditions

None  

You had to ask for a bucket everyday.  

Overall Rating

I arrived in Belize-Placencia on 5-9 thru 5-16 for WhaleShark diving which
was 3 days before the full moon and dove with Roberts Grove.

Water temps 82 to 84, seas rough to calm….Everything I found on the
internet and people I spoke with said three days before and after the full
moon is when the Cubera Snapper are spawning….Thus WhaleSharks in the
Gladden Spit!....well upon my second day of swimming in the blue for an
hour at a time (prior to the full moon)….I asked one of the Dive Masters
what was going on?…..she asked where did you hear that 3 days before the
full moon? She said it is usually the 3 days after the full moon for the
WhaleSharks and always has been! Well three dive trips, 6 total dives at
the Gladden Spit, $750 plus….Nothing….my last dive day (a day after the
full moon) there were people who had not dove in a year….They put them in
6’-9’ plus seas and strong currents!....They had to spend time adjusting
weights, blowing thru air etc….Thus cutting dive times by 25 minutes! I
know nothing is guaranteed (but I was told by more than one person that
seeing WhaleSharks was)….but cutting your odds on $225 plus a day diving is
greed on Roberts grove part. 

Besides the WhaleShark diving it was typical Caribbean diving. I dove Silky
and Sapodilla Cays. Some pretty beige soft corals and at Sapodilla some
hard Corals….and some pretty fishies….once in awhile…here and
there…just...OK diving. Roberts put 9 divers plus crew on a boat that
should have had no more than 4 to 5 divers on it.

Belize is very expensive. I found the diving, meals, transportation to be
the most expensive in the world. I can go to Palau for 10 days or more for
what it costs to go to Belize for 5 days……and the diving is not in the same
league….I have seen more in 30 minutes on a bad dive day in Palau,
Christmas Island, Australia, Hawaii, Sipadan and even Costa Rica-Cano
Island area that had visibility at 15’ to 20’…..Than I did in my 10 hours
being underwater in Belize.

Would I go again?...I do not know…Perhaps with an all expense paid
trip….paid by someone else!
 

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