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Can anyone tell us your favorite dive sites on the island...Please!
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Ruth

For starters and in no particular order, Cypress, Boca Ciego, Pillar Corals, Victoria Tunnels . .

Any good dive site on the north part of the island?

Very good Ruth, You get an 'A' for knowing those dive sites are on the South tip of the Island. There is a geographic impairment in San Pedro about North and South, watch for it when your here,those afflicted with 'Southchitis' (an acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the southern lobes, caused by imbalanced Taxation infection or exposure to chambercommerce irritants).
M and M caverns are close to you and the Sandpoint dive site has turtles more often than not. Punta Azul or Basil Jones are north. I wouldn't pass up the Blue Hole trip to lighthouse reef, if you don't like the Halfmoon caye wall dive you should throw away you gear and quit.

Elbert's the man...he is in the know...
Thanks again....Elbert.....tell Bubba hello...we got the doggie bones ready.

All the Best
Ruth

My fav. dive on A.C. is the nite dive at Hol Chan , the best N.D. I've ever done. I like all the sites off A.C.
The blue hole trip is a must do. The 2 dives off Half Moon Caye Wall are world class & lunch on Half Moon Caye is awesome,take a hike & see the nesting colony of rare red-footed boobie birds.
Dive often & Dive safely

I enjoyed Cypress and of course the Aquarium and wall dives off Half Moon Caye were the best! The Blue Hole trip is something I may have to do again next trip down just for the Half Moon Caye wall dives and the caye itself.

I like the dive sites north of the cut better than those down south. The problem is too many people come here with a preconceived idea of where to dive and dictate that to the dive master before signing up. They say things like "My friend told me that I MUST do so and so." Hence you get a lot of boats and divers at the same site every day.

THEN - after a few days of diving with me they finally ask "where do you like to dive?"
Then we go north. I like it best when they put two tanks per person on the boat and head north and put it at one of the north resorts for the surface interval. I have never had anyone disappointed in one of these trips.

The canyons up here are narrower and pump more water through which results in healthy sponges and sea fans. I especially like the Christ of the Abyss.

I've dived the Christ statue several times recently and visibility was dreadful - much worse than at eg. Tackle Box.

sorry to hear that - was there a lot of surge?

Not particularly. The water was distinctly green, and very murky.

Scuba lady your on to something there. Folks are always asking 'Where are we going today?' and I try to be as evasive as possible with an answer like, 'Diving! or my mother sure dressed me funny this morning'... because truth be told, the Divemaster makes the final call when he sees who's in the boat and decides what the experience level is of the whole and what sites the divers have visited already, then balances that with what the tides, currents and visibility are at the site. I usually don't complicate his job by saying a site name, he gets irritated with me adding just one more factor in his already complicated job...unless of course were on the internet.

Thanks again Elbert....World of information...

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All the Best,
Ruth

Esmeralda... I'm guessing this is probably the most dived site. Mostly because of the close proximitiy to the cut and the nurse shark pit that is usually the first stop. However, there are many ways to go after that stop that makes this dive very diverse. Saw a huge eagle ray on one visit and always see plenty of green morays.

Depending on conditions and divers' experience and preferences, there are superb sites all along the reef. Some sites are better at certain depths than are others. We really are just talking about different spots along the same reef, which is intrinsically fascinating because of the base coral formation. I've never seen anything like it anywhere else in the world. Although some of the wall dives on the atolls are lovely, with the best I know being Half Moon Caye Wall, there are lots of good wall dives around the world but very few spur-and-groove coral formations. We are very lucky.

Elbert - you are so right no. A good dive master gets to his/her first choice of sites and depending on a lot of things decides to do it or move on. I like operators who will not tie up where another group is already down. Visibility can change is just a short distance.
Pedro 2 - I totally respect your input but would differ with you on only one issue - I think the dive sites along the west of Long Caye at Lighthouse are totally amazing and seldom dived. Everyone knows about Half Moon Caye and the Aquarium - both premier - but often miss other great sites.

I agree about the sites on the entire west side of Lighthouse. A shame they're so rarely visited.