Turneffe Flats

How To Get There

Located in the Turneffe Atoll. The boat trip to Turneffe Flats takes approximately 90 minutes. You will travel through several offshore cayes, the Barrier Reef, across open ocean and then through the interior lagoon of Turnfffe Atoll to Turneffe Flats.

Dive Overview

All dive packages include trips to the Blue Hole and Lighthouse Reef without any additional fees! Belize offers stunning reef diving with a wide and colorful variety of life.

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Accommodation Overview

11 total rooms comprised of 8 beach cabanas, a 3-bedroom reef villa, a 3-bedroom garden villa, and a spacious oceanfront two-bedroom villa.

Food & Drinks

• Meals are a delicious combination of Belizean and International dishes. Fresh seafood, local produce and home-baked pastries are standard fare. Depending on your plans and your preference, you have the option to take a packed lunch or return for lunch each day. Following hors-d'oeuvres and refreshments in the evening, dinner is comprised of soup or salad, entree and a delicious dessert.
• Entrees vary among seafood, chicken, pork and beef and they will try to accommodate special dietary needs.
• The bar is located in the Lodge just adjacent to the dining area with plenty of open space to gather after a day of fishing, diving and adventure.

Dive Information

Dive Overview

While diving throughout the Turneffe Atoll, you will see a variety of hard and soft corals as well as all of the Caribbean tropicals, eagle rays, sharks, turtles, dolphins, moray eels, and occasionally a whale shark in addition to large schools of permit, horse eye jacks and dog snapper.

Typical Diving Day

Following a delicious breakfast, a typical dive day begins at 8:00 AM and includes three boat dives. Depending on the dive location, we either return to the resort for lunch or pack a lunch. Traveling to the dive sites takes from ten minutes to an hour, with the longest trip being to the Blue Hole. On Blue Hole day we leave between 7:00 and 7:30 AM which often makes us the first boat there. The weekly night dive is usually on Wednesday evening. We generally dive the Elbow, at the Southern tip of Turneffe, later in the week. On Fridays, we do two or three dives depending on divers flights the following day.

Dive Center Information

Turneffe Flats Dive Center Overview

Turneffe Flats emphasizes personalized service and maximum flexibility. Dive groups, led by the excellent, service-oriented dive team, are generally kept at eight divers or less. Turneffe Flats offers three dives daily including a weekly trip to the Blue Hole and Lighthouse Reef - weather permitting. PADI Dive Instruction is available with a range of courses including Open Water Referrals, Advanced SCUBA Diver Certification, Discover Scuba Diving and various Specialty Courses.

Dive Center Features

On the dive boat, towels, cold drinks and fresh fruit, as well as a fresh water rinse tank for camera equipment, are provided. Unless you request otherwise, you do not have to handle your dive equipment during your stay. The staff will change all tanks and rinse your dive gear daily before storing it.

Your dive safety is of the utmost importance to Turneffe Flats. For this reason, and to ensure that you see the best of the marine life, a qualified Divemaster and/or Instructor is in the water at all times. They use the buddy system, conduct safety stops on every dive and plan adequate surface intervals between dives. The staff is First Aid & Oxygen First Aid trained and we are affiliated with Subaquatic Safety Services which operates the Hyperbaric Chamber in Belize.

Tanks, weights and weight belts are provided by Turneffe Flats. Rental equipment is available at the Turneffe Flats including BCD's, regulators, and dive computers. They do not stock wetsuits or dive skins at Turneffe Flats but can make arrangements for rentals in Belize City with advanced notice. Cylumes are provided for your night dive, but you will need to bring your dive light

Nitrox is available as is Nitrox Certification.