"Diving the Belize Barrier Reef off Ambergris
Caye is easy...none of the many dive sites are more than 30 minutes ride
away from San Pedro, and some are much closer! Our two local dive vessels
"Sharky 1" and "Sharky 2" are perfectly equipped to whisk you to the pristine
reefs that make diving Belize such a treat. Of course, both vessels are equipped
with Canopy, Oxygen, First aid kit and radio and full safety gear.
Surface Intervals with the Blue Hole Dive Center
always include drinks (non-alcoholic, of course!) and snacks, so you
can enjoy off-gassing as well as the diving. For those of you who prefer
to travel light, our rental gear is immaculately maintained and very reasonably
priced. If you enjoy diving with our gear and want to buy it, you can! Just
ask.
For exposure protection we recommend a Shorty wetsuit during the Winter
and Spring. For Summer and Fall, a Shorty is fine, but many people do without
very happily.
Here are a few local dive site names, depths and brief descriptions to
whet your appetite:
Hol Chan Marine Reserve, 30ft, packed
with fish of every description.
Amigos Wreck, 70ft, a small barge with friendly
Nurse Sharks in attendance.
Pillar Corals, 50-70ft, wonderful pillar
corals amongst numerous other coral and sponge species, a few friendly grouper
in amongst lots of smaller fish.
Cypress Canyons, 50-90ft, splendid coral canyon
formations, small fish.
Tackle Box, 60-100ft, coral arches, short
tunnels, small fish.
Victoria Tunnel, 60-100ft, coral canyons
with one particularly interesting long canyon which has formed into a
tunnel.
Tuffy Canyons, 60-90ft. canyon formations,
small fish.
M&M Canyons, 90-110ft. for the deep
diving lover, incredible swim-thru's.
Other dive sites worthy of mention are Tres Cocos, Mata Rocks, Mayan Princess,
Esmeralda, Love Tunnels...there are more; dive them when you get here!
On all the dives listed above you have a great chance of seeing spotted
eagle rays, sharks of all species and large and friendly (we promise!) barracuda.
Click here to Snorkel Belize
Map of Reef Diving Areas
For more
information on our packages and services, please email us at
[email protected]
Make sure you look at our other full day excursions to Turneffe
Islands, Lighthouse Reef and the Great Blue Hole! Click
here to see the Atolls.