Just got back from Belize a week ago. We stayed at Ramon's Village on Amergris Caye on a dive package.
The resort was really nice. Much of it burnt down a couple of years ago, so all very new. We stayed in the cheapest rooms, which were across the street away from the beach from the rest of the resort, so it made it a whole 1 minute walk to the beach. Those rooms were sufficient for us...2 beds, shower, fridge, AC. The resort has its own reverse osmosis system so we didn't need bottled water all week, which was awesome. The beach was nice, and the cleanest of any that we walked on in either direction. They seemed to have a full-time raking crew cleaning up walkways and the beach. A very short walk into San Pedro (<5 min) along either the beach or the street, which was nice for exploring lots of food options. Town was quite safe, we never had any weird encounters or felt the slightest bit like we needed to take any extra precautions over what I would in a city 3 hours from me. The drivers were a bit crazy, but 85% of traffic is golf carts so it was fine. Our package included breakfast at the resort, which was nice for grabbing a bite before diving. We ate quite a few lunches there (depending on diving), but headed elsewhere for most dinners. The food was very good at the resort and most other places we tried. I ate a lot of fish...mmm...
Of the 4 travelling, 3 of us were certified and one did the course, but I don't know that she'll turn into a diver...more than compentent, but VERY nervous. The other 3 of us came to an agreement that we wouldn't push her to dive if we took another trip together, and leave it up to her if she wants to try again.
For those of us on the package, it included 2 dives/day, which is much less than I'm used to. There were afternoon and night dives available, as long as there were enough people (which I think was 3), at an extra cost. We did a couple. We also upgraded one day to the 3-tank Blue Hole trip. A very cool dive at the Blue Hole, swimming between the massive stalactites at 41.6 m. My deepest dive to date...and probably for the foreseeable future, as I have no desire to push the recreational limits any farther. The dive shop at Ramon's was very nice, very professional with good gear. The weather wasn't great (it was very much the beginning of their high/dry season) and we had a number of days with patchy rain and high winds. There was one day when no boats went out at all, and they gave us credit for those 2 dives. On our last day they wanted us to finish diving by 10 because of our flights the next day, which initially was going to mean we only did the first morning dive. After the stormy week we had (we also had a night dive cancelled at the last minute as a storm blew in), our divemaster decided to come in early that day and got out us early so we could do 2 dives, which they certainly didn't need to do but we appreciated.
The diving itself was good, though the weather did affect the visibility somewhat. The reef is very interesting, with a kind of finger-canyon structure which made it fun to dive. The reef seemed quite healthy and although we spotted a few lionfish they are being hunted vigorously. Our divemaster often carried a spear, and we frequently had a contingent of sharks following us around hoping we'd spear one for their lunch. Hopefully they eventually realize that they are prey without having a human kill it first.
Very good trip overall, just could have wished for less wind!!