Dive Review of Huracan Divers/Itza Lodge in
Belize/Lighthouse Atoll

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Huracan Divers/Itza Lodge: "Long Caye, Half Moon, and Blue Hole", Jan, 2018, by eric williamson, MT, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 10106.
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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	We stayed at Long Caye 2 weeks. Despite windy conditions and some cloudy days, we were able to dive premium sites nearly every day. There is some dead coral, but abundant sponges, soft corals, and reef fish. Half Moon Caye Natural Monument is a 10 minute boat ride away, and has more large snappers and grouper, generally,but we liked the dives adjacent to Long Caye as much or more. Many sites are only 5 minutes away, so we came back to the Lodge between. On most days, 3 dives were scheduled. Diving was along a wall, with lots of cracks and grottos. We saw 1 or 2 nurse or reef sharks almost every dive. Eagle rays are common in the shallows, but only occasional during dives. Half Moon Caye is a nesting site for red footed boobies, and frigate birds. There are crocodiles on Long Caye, but are rarely seen. Itza Lodge and Huracan Diving seem to be about equal as far as accomodations and food. Itza is on the beach, while the Huracan facility is back in the woods a hundred yards.Itza offers diving, and seems fine, although they didn't have their own boat or dive instructors/ masters on staff, but hired as needed. Sand fleas are present, but the Lodge sprays with a natural product to diminish, and we found any type of repellent to work. We dove the Blue Hole, but were not that impressed. There is very little life, visibility is not great. We snorkelled there on the next trip and found some of the nicest reef and abundant fish, however.
Websites	Huracan Divers Itza Lodge
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Cabo San Lucas, Chinchorro Banks, Belize, Honduras Bay Islands, Panama, Costa Rica, Alaska, GBR, Tasmania, Ningaloo
Closest Airport	Belize City	Getting There	$25 US for taxi to hotel; then 1-2 hr boat ride to Long Caye. Boat owned by Huracan Diving, runs 2x per week.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-110 Ft/ 24-34 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Generally 70 feet max, but prep dive and Blue Hole were 125 feet.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Huracan Divers/Itza Lodge in Belize/Lighthouse Atoll

Huracan Divers/Itza Lodge: "Long Caye, Half Moon, and Blue Hole", Jan, 2018,

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

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Dive Review of Huracan Divers/Itza Lodge in
Belize/Lighthouse Atoll