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
Hol Chan Marine Reserve (Hol Chan Cut)
Dive site in Belize
A shallow channel about 9 m deep in a marine reserve, where large groupers, nurse sharks, stingrays and green moray eels can be seen.
- Max depth
- 9 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Mar–Jun
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A dive. Known for nurse sharks, turtles and eagle rays.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: ramons.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Nurse sharks
- Turtles
- Eagle rays
- Stingrays
- Barracuda
- Groupers
- 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
Reef
down to 21 m
Black Coral Beauty
Coral gardens of brain corals, sea fans and sponges near Caye Caulker, where stingrays, nurse sharks and sea turtles are common sightings.
- 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
