Dive Review of Fantasy Island Dive Resort in
Honduras/Roatan

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Fantasy Island Dive Resort, Apr, 2006, by Brian Verbonac, Ontario, Canada ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 2410.
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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	I wanted to tell someone about the potential for serious trouble at Fantasy Island...all dive boats have one captain and one dive master regardless of the number of divers on the boat. Our best day was four divers and our worst day we had a total of nineteen in the water...one divemaster...the group had a wide range of experience and the one divemaster was no match for that many in one group !!! We decided on a night dive....big mistake...fourteen divers and, again, one divemaster. The strobe on the divemasters tank was good for about twenty feet...eight divers got separated and ended up swimming close to a quarter mile back to the boat. We had the feeling that our divemaster was more concerned about his employment than the conduct of his divers. This is best illustrated in two ways...1] There is a no glove rule on Roatan but more than one diver wore gloves and nothing was said..2] We had one out of control photographer who insisted in attempting to get as close as possible to walls and coral. Guess what...yes..he lost buoyancy on several occasions which caused him to do major damage. Again...the divemaster was silent!!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	San Andres, Colombia...Port Ghalib, Egypt...Cayo Largo, Cuba....Trinidad, Cuba
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-150 Ft/ 23-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	All dives limited to 45 minutes without question...often ended dive with 1200-1300 PSI
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	Not specifically set up for UWP....more oriented to the average diver.

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Dive Review of Fantasy Island Dive Resort in Honduras/Roatan

Fantasy Island Dive Resort, Apr, 2006,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Fantasy Island Dive Resort in
Honduras/Roatan