Dive Review of Turneffe Island Resort in
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Turneffe Island Resort: "Top-notch Dive Resort", Nov, 2015, by Steven P. Smith, NY, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 8644 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Good: Private island enclave with beautiful accommodations. Excellent food. Attentive divemasters, boat crew, and hospitality staff. Wonderful diving. Bad: Nothing really. Weekly dive schedule includes 15 dives, which may be inadequate for those expecting 5 dives/day. Turneffe Island Resort is a real winner -- concierge diving at its best. The guest rooms are beautifully constructed and appointed. Meals are served in the dining room by a very attentive staff. The food is excellent quality, varied, and plentiful. The guest rooms, common areas, and grounds are immaculately maintained. Diving is done from small launches, accommodating about a dozen divers each. The dive sites are no more than 10 minutes from the resort, so surface intervals are back onshore. After a back roll entry, divers assemble with the divemaster for a leisurely drift dive. Our divemaster, Brad, was one of our all-time favorites. He kept an eye on everyone, and asked for only the most liberal depth and dive time limits. His ability to spot interesting marine life was excellent. Brad was very tolerant of underwater photographers, which I appreciated. During the week, there is a longer day trip on the resort's large dive boat to the Blue Hole. It is a dive worth doing, at least once in your life. Two additional dives are offered on that day, as well as a picnic lunch on a small island. Of note, we saw a pair of dolphins, several Caribbean reef sharks, 2-3 spotted eagle rays, a couple of nurse sharks, and multiple white-spotted toadfish (a species unique to Belize). Other activities offered are snorkeling, deep sea fishing, and ocean kayaking. I went on one snorkeling expedition, which was well run. The resort is active in lionfish control, and there are opportunities for the guests to learn to spear them if desired. The divemasters try to interest potential predators in broadening their diets to include lionfish, and the numbers of free-swimming green morays (at least a dozen during the week) indicates some success. Overall: Highly recommended.
Websites	Turneffe Island Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean (multiple sites), Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, Hawaii, Truk Lagoon
Closest Airport	Belize City	Getting There	Fly into Belize City (multiple carriers). The resort arranges a van from the airport to the dock, and transfer by boat to the island.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	83-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None. 1+ hour dives common. Guided drift dives.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or	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. Diving is done from small launches without camera tables. I used a Polar Bear brand soft cooler to transport my camera rig to and from the boat. The boat crew members and divemasters were very familiar with proper handling of cameras, so there were no issues. No specific facilities are available on land, but the guest rooms are spacious with several outlets for charging batteries, etc. Bring your own computer to download photos.

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Dive Review of Turneffe Island Resort in Belize/Turneffe Island

Turneffe Island Resort: "Top-notch Dive Resort", Nov, 2015,

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Dive Review of Turneffe Island Resort in
Belize/Turneffe Island