Dive Review of Sea Horse/Laru Beya Resort, Placencia in
Belize/Gladden Spit

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Sea Horse/Laru Beya Resort, Placencia, May, 2007, by Todd Shannon Sr., ON, Canada ( 1 report). Report 3453.
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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	Laru Beya Resort restaurant, wasn't much. The hotel, which has very nice accommodation is right next door to Robert's Cove where food is excellent, and very near Turtle Inn with 5 star dining. Long boat rides from Placencia to Gladden Spit and wind was up. Very uncomfortable but unavoidable. Sea Horse up'd the $10 fee to enter Gladden Spit to $15. They charge 50% for cancelled dive days due to bad weather and since you pay in advance, you're stuck. This however, did NOT happen to us. Dive masters very capable, good sound boats, radios, GPS, O2, and good operators. Sea Horse is not the only operator in Placencia, but probably the best one, and in spite of their unfriendly customer service attitude, the whale sharks were amazing. Good trip worth the effort.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	San Andres, Curacao, Nassau, Roatan, Lake Ontario, St Lawrence River, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Lake Muskoka and most everywhere is the world
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Whale Shark dives, usual restrictions for shark safety applied.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	> 2
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	Nothing formally set up, go well prepared to be self sifficient

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Dive Review of Sea Horse/Laru Beya Resort, Placencia in Belize/Gladden Spit

Sea Horse/Laru Beya Resort, Placencia, May, 2007,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Sea Horse/Laru Beya Resort, Placencia in
Belize/Gladden Spit