Dive Review of White Sands/Margaritaville, San Pedro, Belize in
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White Sands/Margaritaville, San Pedro, Belize: "Nice try but disappointing", Aug, 2025, by Samuel B Johnson, NC, US ( Contributor 18 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 13461.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	White Sands dive operation. The people were delightful. We were a group of 24, and we broke ourselves up into groups of 6, using two boats. Each group had a divemaster assigned who led his group on all dives for the week. The divemasters were very relaxed, almost too relaxed with regard to how close one stayed with the group. Luckily, we were a group of mostly very experienced divers with good camaraderie, so we made up for care of our weaker and newer divers, when the divemasters were not quite as careful as they might be. This connects to one of my biggest criticisms of the dive operation. No attempt whatsoever was made to be sure that all divers were back on the boat before leaving a mooring, except for a joking call of, "Everybody here?" On the topic of safety, divemasters often brought their group to the surface ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	White Sands Margaritaville, San Pedro, Belize
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Almost all of my diving has been in the Caribbean and Florida. I've dived a half dozen times in California, and once each in North Carolina and the Mediterranean. Caribbean diving includes Dominica, Roatan, Utila, Curacao, Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Saba, Cozumel, Grand Turk and Belize.
Closest Airport	Miami?	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	One was supposed to stay with the divemaster
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	There was no provision made by the dive operator for photography or photographers, except someone from the boat would reach me my camera, after I did my entry. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of White Sands/Margaritaville, San Pedro, Belize in Belize

White Sands/Margaritaville, San Pedro, Belize: "Nice try but disappointing", Aug, 2025,

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Dive Review of White Sands/Margaritaville, San Pedro, Belize in
Belize