Samantha M
Google
This was my second Scuba.com and this time our group stayed at Ramon's Village on San Pedro Island in Belize. |I found this resort to be an amazing place to go for a week of diving. |First the Resort: The resort arranged for our airfare from Belize city and back and even picked us up from the little airport on San Pedro. The resort is located adjacent to the airport but we had a beachfront room and were gone most of the day diving, so the airport noise did not affect us. The resort staff was friendly, attentive and many of them even learned our names after just one day. The resort was very clean and well attended the whole week were there. Our room was very CLEAN, pretty, and comfortable with excellent air conditioning and good water pressure in the shower. The bed and pillows were amazing! It was the most comfortable bed I have ever slept on. |The pool is in the shade so if you want sun, you have to go to the beach. There is no hot tub on the property.|The resort is located next to a market that has basic supplies for snacks and sundries if needed. |The restaurant at the resort is Pineapple's. Pineapple's had a diverse menu, great daily specials, and tasty food at all meals. The only feedback I have for the restaurant is to offer lighter options at dinner like simple sandwiches because both my husband and I do not like to eat a heavy meal the night before a dive. |The Dive Shop: Since we dove with Scuba.com our group had a dive boat to ourselves and two fantastic dive masters for the whole week. The boat was a typical, well maintained dive boat, the crew went above and beyond everyday, and the dock and locker facilities were steps from our room at the resort. Pete and Kris, our dive masters did a fantastic job with safety briefings, gear management and getting us to some truly memorable dive sites. It was my first time diving in Belize and it was spectacular the whole week. Most of the dive spots aren't far from the resort so they return to the resort between dives for the surface intervals. This made for a really fun time diving. The weather during our time was windy and pretty much every day there were HUGE swells which made getting on the boat from the water a challenge. The boat captains were exceptionally skilled at navigating the large swells and crew did an amazing job keeping us safe in very big water as we got back on the boat. We only missed one day of diving because of weather, but the dive shop worked with our group and offered make up dives later in the week. |The dock/dive shop had rinse tanks and lockers available to manage our gear. The lockers have dive gear hangers and the shop provides the locks. |Highlights of the dives for the week: lots of fishes, sharks, turtles (a couple varieties), eels, gorgeous formations/swim throughs and visibility was crystal clear. Best part was the captain lead a large pod of dolphins to our location while we were diving and the dolphins stayed and swam all around us for at least 20 min. |Thanks for an amazing week of Diving Ramon's!