Dive Review of Turtle Inn in
Belize/Plancencia

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Turtle Inn, Apr, 2005, by C Vernon Hartline Jr, Tx, USA ( Reviewer 5 reports). Report 1656.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	20+ miles to the wall from the shop - LONG boat rides. Shop takes care of divers and snorklers on same trip. Drop the snorklers off at a caye and divers proceed (once 9 miles further)to a dive site. Profiles enforced. Bertram,Quienton and Edlyn are local dive masters and they try hard. Julie is the knowledgable dive shop manager and is the PADI instructor. We dove Laughingbird,Silk and Raniguana Cayes. Viz sucked most dives. I took a new video camera and housing and never got them wet. I regreted only once I didn't have it. Saw a huge Loggerhead turtle on one dive at Silk Caye. Too early for the whale sharks (3 weeks). I had scheduled 4 days of diving and only did 3. Roll off the back of the boat - drift dive. Full fills - well equipted dive shop. One dive,when we surfaced, the boat was a long way away and it took several minutes to get the attention of the driver. This is a secondary dive activity place - not a dive destination. Turtle Inn is Francis Ford Coppula's resort. Very Bali-ish. No phones - no AC - no TV - internet available for a fee. Pricy but very well done. [Bill Gates' wife and kids were there one day for a romp on the beach and a massage - should have seen their yacht.]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Red Sea, Mexican Pacific & Sea of Cortez
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	76-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-70 Ft/ 6-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	80' for 45 minutes - 1st dive 60' for 45 minutes 2nd
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	Put in the boat a fresh water box for my camera

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Dive Review of Turtle Inn in Belize/Plancencia

Turtle Inn, Apr, 2005,

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Dive Review of Turtle Inn in
Belize/Plancencia