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Dive Roberts Grove

Dive Centre Center (English)

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Company description The Dive Center at Robert`s Grove, member of PADI Int`l Resort Assn, is the newest of just a handful of dive centers currently operating out of Placencia. As a result, our dive center is fully equipped with brand-new, top-of-the-range Oceanic equipment, tried, tested and trusted.
We also pride ourselves on being safety conscious and environmentally aware.
The Inn`s Dive Center is staffed by experienced PADI divemasters and instructors and several licensed boat captains and snorkeling guides. We have a fleet of dive boats, including a 48-foot Pro Dive Boat, equipped with 3 engines and combined 1100 horsepower, and two 30-foot dive boats, each with two Honda fourstroke 130-HP engines.
The dive center is extremely safety conscious and environmentally aware. Our boats are equipped with life preservers, flares, VHF marine radios and cell phones. We also carry oxygen on all the boats and our Dive Center staff is medically trained in first aid, CPR and oxygen delivery. We also have a local protocol system in place in the event someone should experience decompression illness. Additionally, the dive center has a pure air system set up that encourages pure compress breathing air. Our air is checked quarterly by Trace Analytics, Inc., of Austin TX.
The Placencia Peninsula, where the Inn at Robert`s Grove is located, is the springboard to some of the most exciting dive sites in the world. The reason for this is that, as the edge of the Barrier Reef comes south along the coast of Belize, it separates itself further and further from the mainland. The result is a broad expanse of coral reef with channels that go down from 90 to 110 feet, but rising abruptly into shoals and cayes, providing many nearby SCUBA locations. At last official count there are a minimum of 20 named dive sites in the southern waters of Belize, off Placencia, bursting with untouched coral and abundant fish life. We are still discovering new sites every day!
Whale Shark Season:
During the months of April through June, southern Belize offers divers and snorkelers the unique opportunity for spotting the large pelagic feeder known as the Whale Shark. When in a playful mood, these gentle and curious creatures will hang around for long periods of time. If you are planning a dive trip with whale sharks in mind, the best time to do so during these months would be three days before the full moon to three days after the last quarter moon (It`s during this period that Cubera Snappers spawn, attracting the Whale Sharks). April - June is also spawning season for many other species of fish and mating season for turtles.
Whale Shark Dive Package - 7 Nights / 8 Days All-Inclusive
Package Elements :
•Roundtrip Domestic Flights Between Belize City and Placencia
•Complimentary Transfers Betwenn Placencia Airstrip and Robert`s Grove
•Accommodations in a First Floor Standard Room with AC, ceiling fans, cable TV, telephone & private terrace
•All Meals (Continental Breakfast Buffet, Lunch and Full 3-Course Dinner) (For meal plans, there is a small surcharge for US imported Beef items. Beverages are not included except for coffee, tea, milk and morning juice).
•Welcome cocktail drink
•3 days of Whale Shark Diving. Two tanks per day
•2 days of Reef Diving. Two tanks per day
•Dive trips include all gears, packed lunch.
•Complimentary use of the Inn’s three pools, tennis court, canoes, kayaks, windsurfers, sailboats, hobie kats, gym, rooftop Jacuzzis & bicycles.
Location description: The Dive Center makes trips to both the Inner and Outer Reef, each with its special features. Most of our dives are boat dives and divers are accompanied by a certified, insured PADI Dive Master or higher rating.
The Inner Reef, or the Lagoon as its called, acts as a home for juvenile aquatic animals. Here divers will find most of the Gorgonians, known in the Caribbean as sea fans, seawips, sea plumes and sea rods as well as the Pederson cleaner shrimp, yellowline Arrow Crab, Giant Hermit Crab and a wide variety of fish such as Spotted Drum (adults and juveniles), Spotted Eagle Ray and Southern Stingray.
The depth range on these inner reef dives is between 60 ft. - 80 ft. Visibility is between 50 ft. - 100 ft. Among the cayes we visit in the Inner Reef are Laughingbird, Moho and Tarpon.
The Outer Reef, or the Barrier Reef, is home to some of the most spectacular walls that start from around 40 ft. and drop off to approx. 3000 ft. Here the maximum depth for diving is 100 ft. and is multi level diving. Turtles, Manta Rays, Moray, Eels and Lobsters are just a few of the creatures divers will encounter in the outer reef. Outer reef visibility is around 80 ft. - 120 ft. Diving depth is 80 ft. to maximum 100 ft. Among the cayes visited in the outer reef are the Silk Cayes, Pompion and Ranguana.
Daily 2-tank dive trips start at the Dive Center at 9 am with a comfortable 45 minute to one hour ride, depending on the final destination. The boat ride begins with a spin through the beautiful Placencia Lagoon, where guests have the chance to experience The Red Mangrove, the most well-known mangrove plant in Belize. Also along the way there are opportunities for seeing and even snorkeling with dolphins (Atlantic spotted stenella plagiodon and Bottlenose tursiops truncates), if they are in the mood.
After the first exhilarating dive, we go to one of our beautiful islands for a surface interval (approx. 1 Ð… - 2 hours). Here we have a picnic lunch. After lunch we set out for another dive spot and our second dive. Then it`s back to the comforts of Roberts Grove at around 3:30 - 4:00 pm, for a Jacuzzi or a cool drink at the poolside bar.
November through March water temperature is 76o - 79o F. We recommend full 3mm wetsuit during these months April through October, water temperature is 78o - 81o F.

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Contact information:
Phone: 523-3565
Fax: 523-3567
Street Address:

Placencia
Belize
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  GMT - 6 Mexico, Monterrey, Guadalajara
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