Belize for Divaholics?

[deco_martini]

Alright, doing more research for our trip. I see that there is Lighthouse Reef Resort at Half Moon Caye and I see it slated for rre-opening in early 2008. However, I can't find any updates or booking information.

Anyone have the lowdown?

 

[Damselfish]

Where'd you hear 2008? I would love to know the real story too. Their website has said "reopening soon" for years; it also claims they are reopening in 2006. I'd be too skeptical to plan a trip around this place until it was really and truly open.

One trick is, it's not a place people can wander past and tell us how construction is going!

 

[peterbj7]

I wouldn't hold your breath about Lighthouse.

If you want different diving, there's some wonderful deep coral architecture around 10 miles north of San Pedro. I only discovered it recently but was totally blown away. Fuel is costly here, so you can dive it from San Pedro if either there's a group of 8 or more, or if you're prepared to pay a premium. Or stay "up north" and dive with Belize Academy of Diving, who are close to this fantastic area and are in absolute terms an excellent dive center (BAD in name only!).

 

[deco_martini]

Thanks for all the help so far. We're getting a smaller list now of land based resorts that we can get 3 dives a day from. The boats wound up being a bit more than we wanted to pay for this excursion when we added in the port fees, fuel surcharges, nitrox bill, etc.

If anyone has a great value at 3 dives per day in mind, we're still narrowing down our list and would love to hear about.

 

[peterbj7]

On Ambergris Caye reckon on around US$100 for three dives, less if you're a sizeable group or diving for several days. Maybe down to $75. Unfortunately there's no shore diving here so boats are your only option.

 

[Ecologic Divers]

you can stay at any resort as they will book you to a dive center they work with. If you want to do 4 dives a day you can. We do 4 dives a day every day at our shop.
PM me if you have questions