Dive Review of Itza Lodge in
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Itza Lodge: "great diving...healthy reefs", Nov, 2015, by Lynn Austin, CA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 8714 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	Itza Lodge is on a small private island. The dives are mainly walls with slow drifts. The Blue Hole is only a 10 min boat ride so we dove it before breakfast one morning. The staff is very competent, friendly and accommodating. The food was very good and made to order. The accommodations are "rustic" but comfortable. Electricity is intermittent and the fresh water is stored rain water...Showers are quick and unheated. If you're looking for great Belize diving off the beaten path, Itza Lodge is for you...bring your own "night life"
Websites	Itza Lodge
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean Bonaire, FL keys, Hawaii, Cozumel ,
Closest Airport	Belize City	Getting There	Lots of flights to Belize city, but you need to get there by noon to make the small boat ride to Long Caye
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	60 ft. max on walls, 140 ft. in the blue hole
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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]

Report currently has 1 Helpful vote

Subscriber's Comments

By B. Alan Miller in CO, US at Apr 24, 2016 11:10 EST

I recently returned from Itza. Truly outstanding diving! However, Itza Lodge has issues. The weekly rental boat (Itza doesn't own it's own boat- you won't know what you'll be diving from) goes to the mainland for 4 days weekly, so no diving Wed. or Sat. You can only dive Thur. & Fri. if you go with adjacent Hurrican Divers. If you come for a week, you can only dive 5 days. Meals weren't "to order". It was always cook's choice. The kitchen staff were great. No hot water. Ice is precious and essentially rationed.

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Dive Review of Itza Lodge in Belize

Itza Lodge: "great diving...healthy reefs", Nov, 2015,

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Dive Review of Itza Lodge in
Belize