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Scuba Diving:

Spanning Belize's coastline for 185 miles is the Belize Barrier Reef with dive sites inside and outside of the reef providing countless Scuba Diving locations year round.

With underwater visibility routinely extending hundreds of feet, and water temperatures akin to that of bath water, divers of all ages and abilities take pleasure in knowing that a dive in Belize’s waters is physically comfortable and teeming with activity.

At the Blue Hole near Lighthouse reef divers descend vertically along the walls of a submerged cave to weave between stalactites and stalagmites at 120-140 ft.

The atolls located beyond the barrier reef and heavier visitor traffic, offer combinations of patch reefs and the sheer walls of drop offs teeming with huge schools of fish.

Just outside the reef and before the “drop off”, look for Spur and Grove formations - narrow canyons of corals which are great for spotting grouper and the occasional emerald moray eel.

Drift dive along a ridge in lazy pursuit of a spotted drum fish, half over coral gardens and immense barrel sponges and then with a flick of the fin find yourself suspended in the bottomless blue of the drop off.

Belize Scuba Diving
Inside the reef, patch reefs are covered with hundreds of brightly colored fish and coral species.

For something a little different, try snorkeling or diving near a mangrove island "the nursery of the sea" where you are sure to find tiny barracuda, snapper and other fish whose parents you might have seen in deeper water.

These are only a few of the choices and when you meet your dive guides, they will have their own “secret spot” to share with you!

On the Southern Barrier reef just over one hour Boat ride 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
Belize Coral Reef
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