Cruzin-K Posted September 14, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I was looking at shore excursions for my cruise next April (Western, Liberty OtS) and the only port with a scuba excursion for certified divers was Cozumel. There were no scuba excursions in either Roatan or Belize which surprised me, because both ports are known for good diving. I'm hoping maybe it's just too early and all the excursions aren't listed yet :confused: Has anyone been to those ports RECENTLY and done a diving excursion through the ship? I guess we'll look at private dive ops, but I was hoping to just do the ship's excursion in Belize because of the tendering (and ship's excursions just leave directly from the ship to the dive site). However, if there is no such excursion, we won't have a choice. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpluvsdolphins Posted September 14, 2016 #2 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Yes to both places. The Belize dive is very expensive. Around $185 pp It is worth doing once but I would never spend that kind of money again. Not enough bottom time because too many of the divers are new. I loved the dive. And Cozumel, I always dive privately. I use Aldora. They use steel tanks and max out air 3500 psi. Almost everyone dives Nitrox Last dive with them in June....bottom time 86 mins. Max depth for me 75 feet Most of the time at 45 to 55 feet for most of the divers. I was around 55 ft For most of the dive. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpluvsdolphins Posted September 14, 2016 #3 Share Posted September 14, 2016 In Roatan I always use the ships excursion because of where we dock. I fairly new company, and I love it. Much better than the last company. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin-K Posted September 14, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Yes to both places. The Belize dive is very expensive. Around $185 pp It is worth doing once but I would never spend that kind of money again. Not enough bottom time because too many of the divers are new. I loved the dive. And Cozumel, I always dive privately. I use Aldora. They use steel tanks and max out air 3500 psi. Almost everyone dives Nitrox Last dive with them in June....bottom time 86 mins. Max depth for me 75 feet Most of the time at 45 to 55 feet for most of the divers. I was around 55 ft For most of the dive. Sent from my iPhone using Forums How long ago did you dive in Belize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnarpy Posted September 15, 2016 #5 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Yes to both places. The Belize dive is very expensive. Around $185 pp It is worth doing once but I would never spend that kind of money again. Not enough bottom time because too many of the divers are new. I loved the dive. And Cozumel, I always dive privately. I use Aldora. They use steel tanks and max out air 3500 psi. Almost everyone dives Nitrox Last dive with them in June....bottom time 86 mins. Max depth for me 75 feet Most of the time at 45 to 55 feet for most of the divers. I was around 55 ft For most of the dive. Sent from my iPhone using Forums +1 for Aldora! I'm hoping to possibly get some time with bull sharks this year but it may be too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpluvsdolphins Posted September 15, 2016 #6 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I dove in March of 2015 in Belize with the ship. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin-K Posted September 15, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) I dove in March of 2015 in Belize with the ship. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Thanks. That was quite a while ago though. I'm hoping to hear from someone who has cruised in the last month or so. This makes me think that they might have done away with that particular excursion. Edited September 15, 2016 by Cruzin-K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vplsh Posted September 15, 2016 #8 Share Posted September 15, 2016 My husband dove in Belize through the ship in December. However, Hugh Parkey has stopped their dive operation to concentrate on their resort, so there is no company arranging dives through the ship as of now. We are sailing Rhapsody in December and hope a new company will take over, but are looking into Sea Sports Belize in case no one does. In Roatan, he used Scuba Roatan and loved them and will use them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpostman Posted September 15, 2016 #9 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I was looking at shore excursions for my cruise next April (Western, Liberty OtS) and the only port with a scuba excursion for certified divers was Cozumel. There were no scuba excursions in either Roatan or Belize which surprised me, because both ports are known for good diving. I'm hoping maybe it's just too early and all the excursions aren't listed yet :confused:Has anyone been to those ports RECENTLY and done a diving excursion through the ship? I guess we'll look at private dive ops, but I was hoping to just do the ship's excursion in Belize because of the tendering (and ship's excursions just leave directly from the ship to the dive site). However, if there is no such excursion, we won't have a choice. :( I feel your pain... I'm hoping the diving excursion in Cococay will open up in our Cruise Planner for our March 5th Anthem cruise. It is still not listed but, if I go through the excursions page on RCI web site, the excursion lists all the available cruises that does this excursion and it does list our cruise, but it is just not in the planner yet. I got myself and my 2 kids certified this summer in planning for our cruise :( dp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin-K Posted September 15, 2016 Author #10 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) Oops. Didn't go back far enough before posting. Never mind Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk Edited September 15, 2016 by Cruzin-K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin-K Posted September 15, 2016 Author #11 Share Posted September 15, 2016 My husband dove in Belize through the ship in December. However, Hugh Parkey has stopped their dive operation to concentrate on their resort, so there is no company arranging dives through the ship as of now. We are sailing Rhapsody in December and hope a new company will take over, but are looking into Sea Sports Belize in case no one does. In Roatan, he used Scuba Roatan and loved them and will use them again. Bummer, but it confirms what I thought. Looks like we'll be doing private excursions everywhere. We had also looked at Sea Sports as an option for Belize. Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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