Dive Review of Sun Dancer II in
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Sun Dancer II, Apr, 2003, by Martha & Jeff Hubbard, NY, us ( Top Contributor 33 reports with 18 Helpful votes). Report 460.
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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	The week’s diving is five days plus 3 hours on Friday morning. One could do 26 dives. Usually the two morning dives are at one site, two afternoon and one night dives at another. Excellent walls, bommies and channels; minimal current. Peter Hughes comfort and amenities continue . . . hot chocolate (with Irish Cream, if you like) after the night dive! Meats and vegs are fresh and varied. The cooking is spicier and greasier than we like, and can cause discomfort when diving right after meals, as in the night dive after dinner. This is one of several reasons we prefer dinner after the night dive. (Our introduction to liveaboard cooking, years ago and also on a Peter Hughes boat, was the legendary Sylvia, a Belizean who told us there are cooking tricks which minimize gas and discomfort while diving.) Desserts and snacks were excellent. Somehow, the crew maintains their enthusiasm while taking excellent care of week after week of divers. A few times, one of us skipped a dive and there was always a crew member on the dive who was ready for a buddy. The passengers were pretty tame and we didn’t see anyone pushing the limits. Nitrox 32 is $150/diver/week (no credit for the air you didn’t use!) and fills were between 3100 and 3300 psi. A fire drill put the passengers in lifejackets on the top deck: “ . . . we let the water level reach the deck then launch the rafts.” We went below after the drill, which may have been shorter than usual, and found fire hoses all over and the crew deployed in fire suits with independent air supplies. There are now excellent connections through Texas and Charlotte to Belize – a Miami transfer is no longer the price of visiting Belize. The Fort George Radisson Hotel (where the boat docks) is a reasonable place to spend an extra day or two in comfort.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Virgin Islands, Palau, PNG, Australia, Fiji, Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	80-0°F / 27--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay within your computer
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Sun Dancer II in Belize

Sun Dancer II, Apr, 2003,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Sun Dancer II in
Belize