Placencia Dive Op?

[AndyKaplan]

Hi all -

I'm going to be in Placencia, Belize for about a month starting early January. I'm planning on diving about 3 days/week, sometimes just me, sometimes with a couple of other divers of varying experience (all AOW, but some with pretty low dive counts).

I'm looking for a great dive operator. I've heard good things about Splash, but was wondering:

* Any thoughts on Captain Jak's or Seahorse?

* Any other operators that you think are really good?

Thanks,

- Andy

 

[drrich2]

* Any other operators that you think are really good?

Hi. I didn't answer before because I haven't stayed there and used them, but since you've had no other responses, do a quick forum search on 'Splash Divers' and 'Placencia,' and I think you'll find complimentary reviews of them.

I don't recall offhand hearing of the others you mentioned. If I'm remembering the good reviews of Splash Dive (Divers?) rightly, I'd start with them.

I think @Downing has used them before.

 

[AndyKaplan]

I'm probably going to go with Splash, but they are a bit inconvenient for a few reasons -- so I thought I'd ask about others. Hoping someone jumps in, would be good to hear....

 

[NativeWannabe]

Andy- how was your Placencia trip? We’re going this weekend, but we decided to not bring our drive stuff, based on my limited research of longboat rides to The reef?

 

[AndyKaplan]

The diving was really good, and Splash was top notch - very professional and really nice. The boat trips to the reef depend on where you go, but a minimum of 30 min. Most stuff seemed to be about a 45 min ride, but there were a few “extra special” places that were between 60-90 min.

I thought it was worth it for the diving, but really depends on your tolerance for the boat time.

 

[NativeWannabe]

Thanks Andy. I‘ll think about it more this week and decide. It’s been a long time since we took a vacay and didn't dive. A week relaxing on the beach doesn’t sound so terrible