Just a note to let visitors to Caye Caulker know that all beaches on Caye Caulker, and in deed in all of Belize are PUBLIC. It is Queensland (the first 60 feet) and for public use. So if a property owner tells you to get off his/her beach, they are wrong to do so. The police can't/won't come and remove you from the beach, as long as you are behaving yourself and not doing anything illegal.

She is helping you out here, but don't focus too much on the 60 ft part. Erosion is a factor. You can see where the beach is and it is yours to use.

Thanks for the clarification Dane. Anyone posting a "Private Beach" sign or advertising a private beach is just fooling themselves.

Hello everybody, Earth day is April 22nd. Urging all business's and individuals to do their part and adopt the beach, street or area around their home or business to help keep it clean from trash.

Make a difference for the underwater environment while having fun and getting wet. Dive In To Earth Day is a global event taking place the week of Earth Day, April 22, 2006. Dive In offers dive operators, divers, snorkelers and water enthusiasts of all ages the chance to participate.
People across the globe are gearing up for annual Dive In To Earth Day events. Dive In engages dive volunteers in hands-on aquatic conservation activities including:

• Shoreline and underwater cleanups
• Fish ID, reef or sea turtle surveys
• Mooring buoy maintenance and installation projects
• AWARE Kids events
• Project AWARE Specialty courses
• Whale Shark Project photo excursions
• Ecology dives
• Environmental seminars, fairs or fundraising events

More than 1500 activities have taken place in 103 countries and territories around the world since Dive In’s inception in 2000. This year, Dive In To Earth Day organizers, Project AWARE Foundation and CORAL, expect hundreds of activities to take place in at least 70 countries.

Please check www.coral.org www.projectaware.org http://www.projectaware.org/americas/english/dited.asp

Please pass on this message to your friends.......Lets all try to make a difference in Belize.

Thanks for the info about the public beach and Earth Day... will get some people involved and help out.

There are some nice sunrise and sunset beach areas. ALL are public, weather there is businees or private home there. Enjoy the views with respect to the property owners in front of these areas!

Happy Views!

Hmmm! If all beaches are public how come no one can step foot at the Tourism Village? Isn't that private property?

We are talking about beaches on Caye Caulker, not riverfront property in Belize City.

Hmmmm!

So, how come you can't go to the public beaches of Caye Chapel without some guard chasing you off? Or how come you can't just dock up at Tobacco Caye and claim you came to come on the beach? Different rules for different islands? Why so?

No guard ever chased me off Caye Chapel.I have been there amny times. The only time I stopped at Tobacco they greeted me and ignored me. I have gone in Tourist Village at my leisure. There is little reason to do so except at night and that guy is in court to let him open back up.

You be a white boy, dude. That opens many doors in this country. If you are a local they surely don't greet you the same way and there ain't no public beach.