Dive Review of Reef Gliders in
Honduras/Roatan

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Reef Gliders, Feb, 2007, by Dawn Neely, MT, USA . Report 3230.
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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	Reef Gliders is owner operated – a professional, friendly, laid back dive shop. All dives are right out the back of the shop and most are within 5 – 10 minutes by boat. The boats carried a maximum of 10 divers, including guides. Everyone was really nice, helpful. They sent out one guide (instructors or divemasters) for each 3 divers and sometimes several small groups would go together on the boat but dive separate areas, this always worked out perfectly. Some dives were done with the boat moored but many were gentle drifts through reef channels and along walls. The water is a crystal turquoise blue, the air temps were 80˚ – 86˚F with sunny days and light island breezes. Not as much fish life as I expected for a marine preserve. Colorful Caribbean reef fish, banded coral shrimp, porcupine fish, porgy, spotted eels, big green moray eels, lots of lobster, channel king crab, box crab, neck crab, arrow crab in colorful fields of coral, anemones, a variety of sponges, sea feathers and sea fans. We saw hawksbill turtles, eagle rays, nudibranchs, lizardfish, octopus, toadfish, and fireworms. On the trips back and forth in the boat we sometimes saw large schools of silvery fish jumping and flipping at the surface, flying fish, and a couple of times we saw Anthony’s Key’s dolphins out for a romp. Also dove Anthony’s Key Resort – specifically to dive with their dolphins. The dolphin swim and snorkel is better. Dove with Subway Watersports at Mary’s Place, good outfit, divemaster opted not to take us thru tempting channels as two of the group did not have good buoyancy. Stayed at Hidden Garden Cabins, clean, secure, good value. Sand flies and mosquitoes easily deterred with DEET; bugs were much worse on other side of the island. I ate with caution and had no problems; only ate salads, fruit, etc at restaurants that the dive shop recommended – great food, good prices. Cooked foods good everywhere. Other divers were not as fortunate, about half I met had some gastro-intestinal upsets during their vacations.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	26-50 dives
Where else diving	Oregon coast, Canyon Ferry, Kaui, Maui
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Recreational diving limits, 60 minutes/dive
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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 Reef Gliders in Honduras/Roatan

Reef Gliders, Feb, 2007,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Dive Review of Reef Gliders in
Honduras/Roatan