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Hamanasi Dive and Adventure Resort

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Company description From scuba diving and snorkeling Belize’s Great Barrier Reef and Belize`s three atolls to climbing Mayan pyramids, hiking through rainforests in search of hidden caves, to spotting elusive birds and wildlife, Hamanasi resort offers Belize’s best from one comfortable, convenient location!
Belize is one of the world`s top dive destinations! With Hamanasi, a PADI 5 Star Gold Palm Resort, you will experience Belize`s best diving combined with our personal service touch. Our professional, PADI certified staff will help you explore miles of the pristine Southern Barrier Reef, and three of the Caribbean`s four atolls. We dive the Southern Barrier Reef, Glover`s Reef Atoll, Turneffe Islands Atoll, the Elbow, Lighthouse Reef, the Blue Hole, Half Moon Caye and more. Seasonally, we dive with the largest, perhaps most awesome, fish of the sea – whale sharks!
At Hamanasi your safety is our number one priority. You will be in expert hands with the assistance of our PADI Instructors, Assistant Instructors, Divemasters and Belizean certified tour guides. We strictly abide by safe diving standards to insure that your dive or snorkel experience is fun and safe, from start to finish. We are a member of the PADI International Resort Association and meet the strict standards set by them as a PADI Dive Boat Operator.
Hamanasi offers a host of exciting dive opportunities. Here`s a sampling of our dive trips:
SOUTHERN BARRIER REEF TRIPS
Departure Time: 8:00 AM
Approx. Return Time: 1:00 PM
Number of Dives: Two
Food/Drinks: Snack, Juice & Water
What to Bring: Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, wetsuit (available at dive shop), camera, candy bars/power bars, etc.
These trips will explore areas from just north of Tobacco Caye to a cut five miles south of South Water Caye called Grand Channel. The trip out to the Barrier Reef is ten miles and it takes 30-40 minutes to get to the first dive site. The pristine southern section of the Barrier Reef sees few divers and is typically a wall dive that is interspersed with sand channels and spur and groove sections. With literally dozens of dive sites Hamanasi Divemasters will show you a wide variety of this area. You will rarely dive the same site twice. We often see turtles, moray eels, barracuda, king mackerel, eagle rays and southern stingrays, as well as the little things like Pedersen shrimp, colorful gobies cleaning stations, and Spotted Drums. Hamanasi divers have seen manta rays, hammerhead sharks, jew fish and dolphins up close. Some of our common dive sites include Jason`s Wall, Elsie’s Aquarium, Carrie Bow, South Water Wall, Trick Ridge, Hell Hole and The Abyss. On these trips we often stop by a ``postcard`` coral isle, such as South Water Caye, perched right on the Barrier Reef.
WHALE SHARK TRIPS
Departure Time: 10:00 AM
Approx. Return Time: 5:00 PM
Number of Dives: Two
Food/Drinks: Snack, Juice & Water
Minimum Number of Divers: 8
Snorklers: No
What to Bring: Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, wetsuit (available at dive shop), camera & candy/power bars.
On the Southern Barrier reef just over one hour from Hamanasi is Gladden Spit, where the largest fish in the sea, whale sharks, come during the week of the full moon in April, May and June. This special place has a steep sandy bank pushing out into very deep sea. On an ordinary day one can see large schools of jacks or snappers and visibility is well over 100 feet. But during the full moon phases in April, May and June of each year Gladden Spit has no ordinary days. Each year during the full moon Mutton and Cuberra snapper spawn here. The giant whale sharks come from far away to feed on the spawn. It is common on this dive to see schools of snapper in the thousands with whale sharks passing through them. Divers will likely see these majestic creatures very close but they are not allowed to chase, ride, touch or otherwise disturb the Whale Sharks. These dives are very popular. Book your vacation in advance to see Whale Sharks with Hamanasi!
Location description: LIGHTHOUSE REEF ATOLL & BLUE HOLE
Departure Time: 6:00 AM
Approx. Return Time: 5:00 PM
Number of Dives: Three
Food/Drinks: Snack, Juice & Water
Minimum Number of Divers: 8
Snorklers: No
What to Bring: Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, wetsuit (available at dive shop), camera & candy bars/power bars.
We start this trip bright and early and head 50 miles offshore to the Great Blue Hole, which takes approximately 2.5 hours. Once there you can go down 130 feet to view the largest underwater dripstones on the planet. We have two Blue Hole dive profiles. Only experienced, comfortable divers will be permitted to dive to 130 feet. Other divers will enjoy a comfortable, 60-foot Blue Hole dive.
After the Blue Hole, we head a short distance to Half Moon Caye Bird Sanctuary. Located at the southeast corner of Lighthouse Reef, Half Moon Caye has some of Belize`s clearest waters and finest beaches. This 45-acre island managed by the Belize Audubon Society was declared a natural monument in 1981, largely because of its Hawk`s Bill and Loggerhead turtle nesting sites, as well as its 4,000 red footed boobies. These rare birds are a glistening white color with bright red webbed feet. The birds nest in the heavily wooded west end of the island where there is a viewing platform allowing visitors an unbelievable view of both the reefs and the trees covered with booby and frigate birds.
Our second dive explores the Half Moon Caye wall, a unique topography of swim-through channels. Immense coral buttresses are decorated with black corals, gorgonia, sea whips and a variety of brightly colored sponges, as well as a profusion of reef fish and cruising pelagics. Divers then return to Half Moon Caye for a picnic lunch and a relaxing surface interval before heading out to Long Caye for our third and final dive site. Perched on the edge of the cobalt blue abyss The Aquarium starts in only 15-20 feet of water before plummeting downward. This site offers what is arguably some of Belize`s most prolific and high energy diving. We then depart for our 2-hour journey home with the wind at our back and the sun setting over the Maya Mountains before us.
NOTE: The Blue Hole trip is highly dependent on weather and a minimum number of divers signing up. We average this trip approximately once every two weeks. Groups can pre-arrange this trip with our dive team if weather allows.

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Contact information:

Phone: 501-520-7073
Fax: 501-520-7090
Street Address:
P.O. Box 265
Dangriga Town
Stann Creek District
Belize
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  GMT - 6 Mexico, Monterrey, Guadalajara
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