Dive Review of SunDIvers/Beach House in
Honduras/Roatan

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SunDIvers/Beach House: "Roatan", Feb, 2014, by Sandra Maruszak, NH, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 7860.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	First time to Roatan. Friend had recommended The Beach House. Great location (close to town, oceanfront, next door to dive shop), clean, good continental breakfasts. If you stay there, there is no need for a car--you can walk to restaurants, dive shop etc and if you want to go further, taxis are easy to get. We chose SunDivers because of their location (next door to The Beach House) and they dive in small groups. The guides (Martin, Sofia and Mel) are passionate (they are all part owners of the business), skilled guides/divers and very flexible. They didn't hover, but happily pointed out things if you asked. It was amazing the tiny critters they found for us! For folks that needed extra support, they happily offered it (a person we stayed with dove for their first time with them and they were over the top happy how Martin kept her anxiety controlled). My husband and I are more experienced and like photography so they let us (safely) do our thing. We will absolutely dive with them again. Boat and rental gear were brand new (we brought our own gear, but it looked great). My only fear in saying how wonderful they are is word will get out and they will be full next time we go! I felt safe in Roatan, but I would not leave objects out on the beach. People noted that their flip flops, sunglasses etc disappeared when they went swimming. A guest left her room unlocked and a local boy stole her electronics (witnesses saw the boy leaving her room but they couldn't recover the items). I kept our room locked at all times and never left anything out of sight, and was fine, but a local boy did grab my husbands sunglasses and started running away before we stopped him, so it's a nuisance. A true treat was getting to snorkel with a whale shark--not a common event there, so it was very special. SunDivers went out of their way to make that happen as it was not part of the regular dive trip. I see The Beach House is for sale. Kate did a great job running it, so hopefully it stays just as good! Electricity sometimes goes out--during our trip it was only a few hours on two days, but they say sometimes it is more frequent. We ate out every night and thought the food was excellent (but don't expect the Ritz). We didn't get sick from food or water. Hotel and restaurants automatically provided bottled water to drink (they recommended we not drink tap water). Everyone speaks English and you can pay directly with American dollars. I'm told the ATM at coconut tree divers is most reliable. You can get some groceries but it's sparse. Bugs were non existent our trip, but I'm told can be very bad. I took Malaron without any issues. No need for fancy clothes. We ate: Argentinian Grill--good meats Thai Place large servings and good food Rotissarie Chicken Inexpensive and good;our favorite--great desserts LightHouse more expensive, nice setting, food good,service was SLOW EarthMama Good smoothies and wraps SunDowners: one of the better monkey lala drinks (I think I had one almost everywhere) Next to dive shop. Put lunch order in immediately if you're diving in the afternoon--food was sometimes very slow to come out (1 hr+). Quality was good. I would jump off boat and immediately order, asking them to "rush" it if I wanted to go on the afternoon dive. One time they didn't get food out in time and they held the dive boat for me so I could eat. All in all, amazing trip and I can't wait to go do it again!
Websites	SunDIvers Beach House
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Bonaire, Cozumel, DR, Keys, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	79-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	4
Water Visibility	90-120 Ft/ 27-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Normal safety, take nothing, don't touch reef. Had to be guided, but given a long leash to do your own thing if you were experienced
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
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	Cameras could be stored in separate waterfilled box and they were happy to give it to you after you entered.

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Dive Review of SunDIvers/Beach House in Honduras/Roatan

SunDIvers/Beach House: "Roatan", Feb, 2014,

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Dive Review of SunDIvers/Beach House in
Honduras/Roatan