Dive Review of Fantasy Island in
Honduras/Roatan

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Fantasy Island, May, 2005, by Patricia Sinclair, Tx, USA ( Top Contributor 31 reports with 10 Helpful votes). Report 2066.
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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	Bad - Divemaster not attentive to diver during the dive. Example - novice diver (first dives after cerification) is allowed to dive with a group of experienced divers going to 90 feet. She freaked at the depth, her partner (more experienced than her, but not by much) took her up to 50 feet, and then back to the boat when she showed no signs of getting better...divemaster did not notice them leaving the group. Divers grouped together by language, while this is good for communications, it is not good for "newbies", or people doing their first dives after ow certication to be with more experienced divers and/or going to depths greater than 60 feet. 1 divemaster and 14 people - not good! Groups should be split by experience, photographers split out, etc. 1 divemaster, 14 people (10 are photographers) on a night dive - BAD!!! Luckily no one had a mask knocked off, or regulator kicked out of their mouth during the photo frenzy (aka CLUSTER) that ensued when anything was spotted! Good - The instructor for EANx course really was well informed and very good with teaching/explaining what was not evident in the course book. Boats were well maintained. Fruit and drinks provided after every dive. GOOD in season fruit! Food, while not great, was plentiful and usually there was a fairly good selection, one which would please even Vegans. Rooms, are clean and neat and fairly well maintained, even if a bit sparse by US standards. TV had English channels and you could keep up with news Stateside. Weather great in May!!!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Caymans, Fl Keys, Cozumel, Jamaica
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	None really, other than follow/stay with the divemaster - usually dives were no deeper than 94 feet.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	Other than providing a camera rinse bucket, nothing else was provided. Some Divemasters really good at finding the little stuff for photographers. Downside - too many photgraphers on a lead dive makes for a real cluster (around the poor, scared, hiding from the lghts,etc. critter.)

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Dive Review of Fantasy Island in Honduras/Roatan

Fantasy Island, May, 2005,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Fantasy Island in
Honduras/Roatan