Dive Review of Turneffe Island Lodge in
Belize/Atolls

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Turneffe Island Lodge, Mar, 2003, by Roger, Donna & Kate Soape, TX, USA . Report 730.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	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.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Little Cayman, Chinchorro Banks, Cozumel, Dominica, Saba, Turks & Caicos, Flower Gardens.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limit of 130' enforced on each day's first dive.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	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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Dive Review of Turneffe Island Lodge in Belize/Atolls

Turneffe Island Lodge, Mar, 2003,

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Dive Review of Turneffe Island Lodge in
Belize/Atolls