Great Blue Hole
A deep dive to about 30-40 m among stalactites under the overhangs, watching for nurse, Caribbean reef and blacktip sharks on the ascent.
- Experienced
- Blue hole
- Blacktip shark
Advanced≤30 m
Black Coral Beauty
Dive site in Belize
Coral gardens of brain corals, sea fans and sponges near Caye Caulker, where stingrays, nurse sharks and sea turtles are common sightings.
- Usual dive
- 21 m
- Deepest point
- 21 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Mar–Jun
- Current
- Mild
The dive
A reef dive. Known for nurse sharks, turtles and stingrays.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: frenchiesdivingbelize.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Nurse sharks
- Turtles
- Stingrays
- Moray eels
Season in Belize
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Mar–Jun.
Source: liveaboard.comWhere is Belize?
The point shows the Belize area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Belize
Half Moon Caye Wall
Garden eels on a 6 m sand shelf give way to a wall dropping past 30 m into the abyss, with reef sharks patrolling its edge in gentle currents.
- Advanced
- Wall
- Manta rays
Hol Chan Marine Reserve (Hol Chan Cut)
A shallow channel about 9 m deep in a marine reserve, where large groupers, nurse sharks, stingrays and green moray eels can be seen.
- Advanced
- Nurse sharks
Reef
down to 18 m
South Channel
Slow-paced 18 m local reef dive minutes from Caye Caulker, with time to practise buoyancy and explore reef details.
- Open Water
Wall
down to 37 m
The Elbow
Groups of up to 50 eagle rays and occasional hammerheads over dramatic drop-offs on an advanced, strong-current dive at Turneffe.
- Advanced
- Hammerhead sharks
Pelagic
down to 24 m
Gladden Spit
Whale sharks at the snapper spawn around the full moons of April to June, 22 miles off Placencia, on dives typically to 60 ft (18 m).
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Great Blue Hole dive site, Belize, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Half Moon Caye, Lighthouse Reef, Belize, anoldent from Asheville, NC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Green sea turtle in Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Belize, Nikdahl, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
