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Dive Review of Sun Dancer in
Belize

Sun Dancer, Dec, 2008,

by ken, on, canada (Contributor Contributor 15 reports with 15 Helpful votes). Report 4600.

No photos available at this time

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

Accommodations 5 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments 5th trip to this destination with Peter Hughes. Great easy diving as always. New schedule did 5 dives on 3 dive sites per day instead of previous trips with only 2 sites per day. I liked the 3 sites per day better. Fish life & diving service the same as before, always left me wanting to return.
Included some new sites off Long Caye with an intersting profile - top of reef was only about 20 feet (no hang bar here) with a vertical wall. Top of reef on other sites on Half Moon were deeper, around 40 feet. Boat had some minor upgrades since our last trip: improved seating on the deck outside the dining lounge, new carpet & big flat screen tv & XM satelite radio in dining lounge, dvd player & flat screen in our room, new carpet, hammocks & loungers on the upper deck. Even more copies (3 recent sets?) of the Humann fish books available on board.
Only 10 divers on this trip (9 crew) but almost everybody had digital cameras. No dSLRs, mostly low end point & shoots. This matches the trend i have noticed over the past couple of years.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Caribbean, Hawaii, PNG
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry Seas choppy, no currents
Water Temp -°F / -°C Wetsuit Thickness 5
Water Visibility 50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions [Unspecified]
Liveaboard? yes Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish N/A
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 5 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 5 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments 2 camera rinse tanks (1 on each side of boat). 2 multi level camera tables (1 on each side of the boat), tri-level charging station on dive deck with lots of outlets and multiple power bars. Crew placed camera on camera table after dive - they did NOT pile them on top of each other in the rinse tank - no suprise scratches or floods.
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