Dive Review of Hamanasi/Parrot Cove Lodge in
Belize/Hopkins Village

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Hamanasi/Parrot Cove Lodge, Nov, 2012, by Fran Leach, CT, US ( Reviewer 6 reports). Report 6887.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We dove with Hamanasi after the dive operation based out of the very good small hotel we were staying at did not have enough divers to take out. We made the arrangements initially via a nice lady at Divers City (they also rent golf carts and are near Belizean Shores resort. Hamanasi diving is run with military precision and they had 4 boats tied up to the resort dock. We did 4 dives with them Glovers (marina reserve, lots of fish, lobsters and nurse sharks) and the barrier reef. They provided food during the surface interval. As in my other rport on Hopkin Underwater Adventures while we were in Hopkins there was cold front which made it very pleasnt on land (dry air low 80s) and it created some low visibility conditions near the water surface, plus a chilly thermocline in spots in the upper 20 feet. Because they are catering to large groups the service was efficient but less personal than I would have liked, but I have no complaints. They also picked us up and dropped us back at our hotel before and after dives. Hamanasi also does other land based trips in and around the resort, if I was an early bird I would have got up at dawn to do an ornithology hike but as I'm not...
Websites	Hamanasi Parrot Cove Lodge
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Mostly Caribbean, also Red Sea and Australia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	75-82°F / 24-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	50-60 minutes 70-80 feet, not strictly enforced
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
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 Hamanasi/Parrot Cove Lodge in Belize/Hopkins Village

Hamanasi/Parrot Cove Lodge, Nov, 2012,

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Dive Review of Hamanasi/Parrot Cove Lodge in
Belize/Hopkins Village