Dive Review of Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort in
Belize/Hopkins

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Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort, Jun, 2011, by Sue Sepelak, MD, US ( 2 reports). Report 6321.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Hamanasi Resort was a great resort. Beautiful accomodations; great food; and excellent customer service. The resort offered a number of activities in addition to diving including kayaking; jungle trecking; cave tubing. The week we were there was quite windy and the seas very choppy. Shoes/sandals were not allowed on the dive boats which made for unsafe, slippery conditions. The reefs near the resort (about a 20-30 minute boat ride) were healthy and had good fish life, although not a lot of large fish. Schools of eagle rays were bountiful. The resort offered a 3-tank boat dive to the reefs farther offshore (about an hour boat ride) such as Turneffe Caye, but those did not have anything more to offer than the reefs closer in. Snorkeling was a good bet - also by boat to the nearby reefs. A guide accompanied the snorkelers. They saw a good variety of fish including nurse sharks, rays, tropicals.
Websites	Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea; Malaysia; Thailand; Haiti; Puerto Rico; Fiji; Galapagos; Bonaire; Curacao; Sea of Cortez; Cozumel; North Carolina; Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	80-85 Ft/ 24-26 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Time and air limits; no limit on depth
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Dive boat had a marked water container for cameras. The boat crew failed to instruct the divers that the container was only for cameras and not masks. Therefore, masks were rinsed in the camera container until someone informed the crew what was going on. They assumed everyone knew boat etiquette.

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Dive Review of Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort in Belize/Hopkins

Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort, Jun, 2011,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort in
Belize/Hopkins