Dive Review of Turneffe Island Lodge in
Belize/Turneffe Reef

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Turneffe Island Lodge, Dec, 2006, by David Dornbusch, CA, USA . Report 3124.
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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 reefs near Turneffe Caye are in MUCH better condition than off Ambergris Caye, except that we saw many more nurse sharks near Ambergris. In fact, nurse sharks visited us at the Ambergris sites on nearly every dive. The sharks at Turneffe were fewer but bigger. Overall, the sea life was much more abundant at Turneffe. Blue Hole is an interesting formation, but except for some reasonably-sized sharks, it's only worth the trip because it's combined with a dive at Long Caye. Most of the dive sites are only 10 minutes from the lodge, were in very fine condition, with the abundant and healthy life we hoped for. Long Caye is an outstanding deep wall near a wonderful coral garden at 15-40 feet to finish the dive. The lodge facilities are better than they look on the website. The lodge is entirely on its own island, with no other lodges or dive operations anywhere nearby. The outsides of the cabins look simple, but are all natural varnished woods inside, with excellent beds, air conditioning, and both indoor and outdoor showers. Have excellent boats and gear. The dive masters and all support staff are superb and eager to please. The number and locations of the dives are very programmed, with few options other than as scheduled - generally two to three dives/day. They do only one night dive per week, but it was not available during the time we were there. They do NO diving at all on Saturday. We might have opted out of the Blue Hole trip and dived the local sites instead. But that would have meant giving up Long Caye, which was the best dive of the trip. During all dives, we were allowed to continue our dives as long as we liked, well past many in our group finished their own dives, as much as 20 minutes longer. The cabins were nearly full (capacity is about 40 guests), but it didn't feel crowded. Food was decent, plentiful, but not exceptional. However, they had a very tasty and extensive barbecue on Friday night.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	80-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive masters kept divers together at beginning of dive, but allowed divers with low air consumption to continue dive as long as wanted.
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		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	[None]

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Dive Review of Turneffe Island Lodge in Belize/Turneffe Reef

Turneffe Island Lodge, Dec, 2006,

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Dive Review of Turneffe Island Lodge in
Belize/Turneffe Reef