Scuba diving with Itza Dive Resort in Belize

Introduction

This page is about the deals offered by Itza Dive Resort. Here you will find all the details. In the booking section on this page you can send a booking request directly to the reservation team of Itza Dive Resort.

About Itza Dive Resort

Belize’s world-class dive sites of Lighthouse Reef Atoll are just minutes from Long Caye! Dives include the world-famous Great Blue Hole, Half Moon Caye, the Aquarium, Que Brada, Silver Caves, and the Cathedral. Dive into the Blue with Us!

Belize’s world-class dive sites of Lighthouse Reef Atoll are just minutes from Long Caye! Dives include the world-famous Great Blue Hole, Half Moon Caye, the Aquarium, Que Brada, Silver Caves, and the Cathedral. Dive into the Blue with Us!

Dive The Lighthouse Atoll with Itza Resort

Whether you are coming for the best diving in the world, snorkeling, research and education purposes or simply to unplug from the world, our goal is to make sure you enjoy your stay.

Explore our beautiful island surrounded by "enchanted waters" as the name Itza in Mayan means. Lay back and relax or explore the island. Get inspired by a walk along the beach by picking up Mayan pottery or other relics from shipwrecks that are washed ashore.

Relax and unwind from your daily work and stress and enjoy the tranquility of our island. Hear the waves rolling on the beach in the night and let you wake up by a beautiful sunrise watched from your private balcony or even from your bed. Feel the sand under your toes, enjoy our barefoot island and book your holidays today with us.

Package deal

Package overview

This Package Includes:

  • Stay in Sea Wing or Beach Level room

  • All meals (including water, coffee, tea, juices, and snacks)

  • Up to 4 dives per day, scheduled at 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and a Night Dive (weather dependent)

This Package Includes:

  • Stay in Sea Wing or Beach Level room

  • All meals (including water, coffee, tea, juices, and snacks)

  • Up to 4 dives per day, scheduled at 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and a Night Dive (weather dependent)

  • PADI-certified Dive Master Guide or Instructor

  • Free use of SUP boards, kayaks, and bikes

  • Free WiFi in common areas

  • Round trip transportation from Belize City to Long Caye (Wednesdays & Saturdays)

Not included in this Package:

  • Full dive rental is not included in the package rate

  • Park Fees for Blue Hole and Half Moon Caye Marine Park are not included (US $30.00 / US $10.00)

Good To Know:

  • 4-day package: arrival on wednesday only

  • 5-day package: arrival on saturday only

  • 8-day package: arrival on both wednesday and saturday

  • Diving the Blue Hole is available from 5 Days packages

  • Diving Half Moon Caye from 5 Days packages

  • Remember to bring your diver’s certification card

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Guided tours

Guided tours PADI - Open Water Diver

PADI | 3-4 Daily Dives (Blue Hole is optional)

Duration
days

Diving with Itza

Belize has great all-year diving conditions! The lighthouse reef offers calm waters with little or no current. Visibility usually ranges from 50 up to 100 feet (15 to 30 meters), with an average water temperature of 78 – 86 F (25 – 30C).

Diving with Itza

Belize has great all-year diving conditions! The lighthouse reef offers calm waters with little or no current. Visibility usually ranges from 50 up to 100 feet (15 to 30 meters), with an average water temperature of 78 – 86 F (25 – 30C).

Join our PADI certified Dive Masters and instructors. You should plan for 2 – 3 dives daily at 08:00 am, 10:30 am and 2:00. If you’re interested in a little adventure, enjoy a night dive around 6:00 pm when scheduled (depending on weather conditions).

Our local dive sites are remote for everyone else. Most of the traffic you will experience will be from Dolphins, Spotted Eagle Rays, Sharks, Turtles, Groupers, Tarpons, Octopus, Sea Slugs, Shrimps, any many more fish and creatures – just keep in mind: the ocean is not a zoo but you might see all that and more on one dive.

Good To Know:

  • Diving the Blue Hole is available from 5-days packages

  • Diving Half Moon Caye from 5-days packages

Choose from our local dives sites:

  • The Great Blue Hole - The Blue Hole was just voted “The Best Dive Site in the World” by the readers of Scuba Diver Magazine! Located just eight miles from Long Caye. It was made famous by Jacques Cousteau in his 1970 Calypso journey. In the last ice age, seawater was frozen in glaciers lowering the sea level more than 350 feet, exposing the limestones of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. As a result larger subterranean caverns were created when fresh water flowed through the limestone deposits. Since this ice age, the top of the cavern has collapsed to form this sinkhole. With 100 feet of visibility, there are no currents and there are depths of over 400 feet making the Blue Hole an amazing site for advanced level divers. The Blue Hole is a round, deep depression in the center of more than 75 square miles of blue-green water, making up the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. Its diameter is just over 1,000 feet, with a maximum depth just over 400 feet. Besides two narrow passages on the eastern and northern rims, the Blue Hole is entirely surrounded by living coral. Visitors may dive either the north or south side to depths of 100 to 150 feet where the closest caves may be seen. Occasionally you may see a shark or turtle casually swimming by. Red algae, hydroids and gorgonians cover most of the corals. You may also find sharing brush, mermaid’s fan algae, elkhorm, club finger, shallow-water starlet corals, giant green anemones and arious urchins. The most diverse and abundant marine life is found on the reefs that border the outside of the Blue Hole. Snorkelers will also enjoy observing the many life forms that surround the Blue Hole.

  • The Aquarium - The Aquarium is located right off the northwestern side of Long Caye. Clear, long coral ridges and sandy canyons run perpendicular to the reef. The coral ridges here have many holes and grottos, providing a sanctuary for a variety of marine life. The Aquarium is breathtaking for intermediate level divers with depths of 30 plus feet, visibility of 80 feet with the possibility of strong currents. Moderate to strong currents flow across the reef here almost all the time. When exploring the north-facing wall of the point, you may find troublesome currents too. These currents by the point usually go across the reef from the east. To feel less of the current, you should go down to the reef surface. If you swim east at the beginning of the dive, you will have an easier trip back to the boat. Named for its wide-ranging invertebrate life, the Aquarium is where you will see the ordinary and extraordinary. Many of the animals that are usually hidden deep in the reef at other dive sites are more visible at the Aquarium. A good place to check is next to the crest of the wall. By the top 50 feet of the wall, deep-water lace coral and black coral are also seen. All different types of parrotfish can be seen on the algae patches covering the reef top. The fish are definitely colorful and diverse at the Aquarium.

  • Half Moon Wall - Half Moon Wall is an amazing dive spot, which includes the Half Moon Caye National Monument. Before or after your dive you can also see the boobie bird sanctuary on Half Moon Caye. The reefs here are magnificent and diverse. The site is located just south of Half Moon Caye. The coral structures form a thin rim at the border of the wall. There is also a sloping, desolate sand flat separating the reef rim from shallow reefs by the shore. The Half Moon Wall is an excellent dive spot for the intermediate level diver. It has depths of 30 plus feet, amazing 100 feet of visibility and low-level currents. When divers go 30 feet below, they see that the reef rim has a stunning development of spurs and grooves. There is both large and small marine life on the Half Moon Wall. You will see garden eels, conch, rays, flounder, star-eye hermit crab, tilefish, manta rays, groupers, yellowtail snappers, razorfish, toadfish, spotted eagle rays, turtles and black groupers as well as various other marine creatures at the Half Moon Wall.

  • Que Brada - Another grand dive site. Just a ½ mile north of the Long Caye Ridge you will see Que Brada or “broken reef.” It has a fine ridge of corals rims and crescent-shaped wall. As on other parts off the west side of Long Caye, the wall is vertical to slightly overhanging. You will see plentiful stacks of coral sprinkled across the sandy bottom. The coral patches extend right up the wall, and just north, turns suddenly to the east. It depth range is 40 plus feet, 80 feet of visibility and having minimal currents making it another great spot for new divers. Like elsewhere off Long Caye, coral and sponge growth provide plenty of great photography subjects, with some of the best being the fish. Many dive boats have been feeding fish here for years. Schools of yellowtail snappers shadow divers on the reefs. Large black groupers, ocean triggerfish, spotted eagle rays and turtles can be seen at this site, allowing for spectacular photos.

Other Dives Sites we regularly visit are: Tres Cocos, Hat Caye Drop-Off, Cathedral Reef, Eagle Ray Wall, Long Caye Ridge and Silver Caves.

Included in the tour

Dive Guide, Skipper, Boat transport

Accommodation

Resort

Stay at Itza Dive Resort

Lodges With Ocean View

We are the only Lodge on the island directly at the beach with ocean view rooms and a sea breeze restaurant/bar.

Most rooms have private baths and oceanfront balconies – accommodating singles, couples, and even families. We also have lower-prices rooms with shared baths. All the rooms are right on the beach, which offers a great view of Half Moon Caye (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and great sand-bottom swimming.

Lodges With Ocean View

We are the only Lodge on the island directly at the beach with ocean view rooms and a sea breeze restaurant/bar.

Most rooms have private baths and oceanfront balconies – accommodating singles, couples, and even families. We also have lower-prices rooms with shared baths. All the rooms are right on the beach, which offers a great view of Half Moon Caye (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and great sand-bottom swimming.

We offer the following room types:

  • Beach Level room - Rooms with an Ocean View & Sea Breeze. They each have a queen or king bed with private bathroom, ceiling fan, standing fan, ocean view deck with hammock and chairs. This room can accommodate a maximum of 2 guests.

  • Sea Wing room - Step out of your Beachfront room and into the Caribbean! The Sea Wing has 12 rooms, each with 2 twin beds, or one king bed upon request, built in desk, chair, standing fan, and shared baths down the hall from the rooms.This room can accommodate a maximum of 2 guests.

Amenities

Bar, Bikes available, Daily cleaned rooms

Room type
Sea Wing Room

Room details - Sea Wing Room

Bed type: Double bed / 131-150 cm wide
Number of beds: 2
Smoking policy: Non Smoking
Guests per room: 2
Room size: 30 m2
Check in time: 11:00 AM
Check out time: 8:00 AM
Room amenities

Toilet paper, Bath, Free toiletries, Linen, Towels, Balcony, Room is situated on the ground floor, Board games/puzzles

Room type
Beach Level Room

Room details - Beach Level Room

Bed type: Double bed / 131-150 cm wide
Number of beds: 1
Smoking policy: Non Smoking
Guests per room: 2
Room size: 30 m2
Check in time: 11:00 AM
Check out time: 8:00 AM
Room amenities

Toilet paper, Bath, Free toiletries, Linen, Towels, Balcony, Room is situated on the ground floor, Board games/puzzles

Reviews

Payment policies

Reservation Policy:

  • The packages rates include the Hotel Tax, General Sales Tax and Service Charge.

  • All Packages are discounted items, No refund or exchange on discounted Items.

Reservation Policy:

  • The packages rates include the Hotel Tax, General Sales Tax and Service Charge.

  • All Packages are discounted items, No refund or exchange on discounted Items.

  • All packages are weather permitting. No refunds will be given for unused portions of packages and no substitutions can be made between packages. Any cost associated with an evacuation or dive chamber is solely at the cost of the guest. We strongly recommend dive/travel insurance.

  • No refunds will be given for unused portions of packages and no substitutions can be made between packages.

  • Any cost associated with an evacuation or dive chamber is solely at the cost of the guest.

  • We strongly recommend DAN dive/travel insurance.

  • Your credit card will be charged with 50% of the total amount of the package at the time of booking to confirm your booking. The other 50% of the total amount will be charged 30 days prior to arrival.

Cancellation policy:

  • >90 days before arrival – 100% refund

  • 31-9 days before arrival – 60% refund

  • <30 days before arrival – No refund given.

  • In the event of last minute cancellation, we are open for new dates of visitation within the next 6 months. After 6 months your credit card will cancelled and your reservation will be lost.

  • $100- Administration fee will be applied to all refunds/cancellations

Rescheduling:

  • If you book any activity with us and you choose not to go out on the boat for any reason or utilize all of your dive or snorkel excursions, we do not offer a refund on the unused portion of your activity.

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