LIGHTHOUSE REEF

Dive Site: Half Moon Wall
Location: South Half Moon Caye, Lighthouse Atoll
Depth: 30 to 120 feet/9 to 36 meters
Access: Boat
Expertise rating: Intermediate

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Half Moon Wall stands as one of Belize's most renowned dive sites, capturing the essence of underwater beauty. This extraordinary wall commences at depths of 20 to 30 feet, revealing a breathtaking landscape of deep gullies, enticing swim-throughs, dramatic overhangs, and an astonishing profusion of gorgonians, sponges, and resilient hard corals. Exceptional visibility often graces this site, offering the chance to spot mantas, eagle rays, sharks, and various pelagic species as they gracefully navigate the wall. Ascend to the top of the wall, where a vibrant community of reef fish thrives, and continue onward to the sandy area above the reef, where southern rays, hogfish, and other species forage for their daily sustenance. A little further along, discover a mesmerizing colony of garden eels, swaying gently in the sea grass until your approach prompts them to retract below the sandy seabed.

 

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Dive Site: Long Caye
Location: Multiple dive sites on the north, west and east sides of Long Caye, Lighthouse Atoll
Depth: 20 to 120 feet/6 to 36 meters
Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Intermediate

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​Long Caye boasts over a dozen exceptional dive sites, each carefully chosen based on prevailing currents and weather conditions. As expected in Belize's vibrant underwater world, visibility often dazzles, creating the perfect backdrop for encounters with a diverse array of marine life. These encounters may include an abundance of reef fish, such as angelfish, trumpet fish, filefish, chub, grunts, snappers, wrasses, butterfly fish, and pufferfish. Additionally, barracudas, turtles, jacks, sharks, rays, groupers, lobsters, eels, and squid can be spotted, along with smaller wonders like nudibranches and various shrimp species frequenting cleaner stations. Amidst this underwater spectacle, you'll be surrounded by a stunning tapestry of hard and soft corals, colorful gorgonians, and sponges in a myriad of shapes and hues. Don't forget your camera to capture the magic!

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Dive Site: The Great Blue Hole

Location: 65 nautical miles northeast of Placencia
Depth: 130 feet
Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Advanced

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The journey into the Blue Hole starts at around 35 feet, with sheer rock walls leading to the captivating stalactites at approximately 110 feet. Surrounding this geological wonder, a circular reef area beckons snorkelers, providing a chance to appreciate the Blue Hole's beauty from the surface, especially during low tide when coral formations breach the water. Given the depth of this dive, it's essential that only certified advanced and experienced divers undertake. With bottom time limited to around 8 minutes, impeccable buoyancy skills are imperative to complete the mandatory safety stop successfully.

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Dive Site: The Aquarium

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Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Advanced

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The journey into the Blue Hole starts at around 35 feet, with sheer rock walls leading to the captivating stalactites at approximately 110 feet. Surrounding this geological wonder, a circular reef area beckons snorkelers, providing a chance to appreciate the Blue Hole's beauty from the surface, especially during low tide when coral formations breach the water. Given the depth of this dive, it's essential that only certified advanced and experienced divers undertake. With bottom time limited to around 8 minutes, impeccable buoyancy skills are imperative to complete the mandatory safety stop successfully.

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Dive Site: The Painted Wall

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Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Advanced

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The journey into the Blue Hole starts at around 35 feet, with sheer rock walls leading to the captivating stalactites at approximately 110 feet. Surrounding this geological wonder, a circular reef area beckons snorkelers, providing a chance to appreciate the Blue Hole's beauty from the surface, especially during low tide when coral formations breach the water. Given the depth of this dive, it's essential that only certified advanced and experienced divers undertake. With bottom time limited to around 8 minutes, impeccable buoyancy skills are imperative to complete the mandatory safety stop successfully.

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Dive Site: The Silver Caves

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Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Advanced

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The journey into the Blue Hole starts at around 35 feet, with sheer rock walls leading to the captivating stalactites at approximately 110 feet. Surrounding this geological wonder, a circular reef area beckons snorkelers, providing a chance to appreciate the Blue Hole's beauty from the surface, especially during low tide when coral formations breach the water. Given the depth of this dive, it's essential that only certified advanced and experienced divers undertake. With bottom time limited to around 8 minutes, impeccable buoyancy skills are imperative to complete the mandatory safety stop successfully.

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Dive Site: Cathedral

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Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Advanced

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The journey into the Blue Hole starts at around 35 feet, with sheer rock walls leading to the captivating stalactites at approximately 110 feet. Surrounding this geological wonder, a circular reef area beckons snorkelers, providing a chance to appreciate the Blue Hole's beauty from the surface, especially during low tide when coral formations breach the water. Given the depth of this dive, it's essential that only certified advanced and experienced divers undertake. With bottom time limited to around 8 minutes, impeccable buoyancy skills are imperative to complete the mandatory safety stop successfully.

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Dive Site: Tres Cocos

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Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Advanced

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The journey into the Blue Hole starts at around 35 feet, with sheer rock walls leading to the captivating stalactites at approximately 110 feet. Surrounding this geological wonder, a circular reef area beckons snorkelers, providing a chance to appreciate the Blue Hole's beauty from the surface, especially during low tide when coral formations breach the water. Given the depth of this dive, it's essential that only certified advanced and experienced divers undertake. With bottom time limited to around 8 minutes, impeccable buoyancy skills are imperative to complete the mandatory safety stop successfully.

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Dive Site: Eagle Ray Wall

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Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Advanced

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The journey into the Blue Hole starts at around 35 feet, with sheer rock walls leading to the captivating stalactites at approximately 110 feet. Surrounding this geological wonder, a circular reef area beckons snorkelers, providing a chance to appreciate the Blue Hole's beauty from the surface, especially during low tide when coral formations breach the water. Given the depth of this dive, it's essential that only certified advanced and experienced divers undertake. With bottom time limited to around 8 minutes, impeccable buoyancy skills are imperative to complete the mandatory safety stop successfully.

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Dive Site: Tarpon Caves

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Access: Boat
Expertise Rating: Advanced

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The journey into the Blue Hole starts at around 35 feet, with sheer rock walls leading to the captivating stalactites at approximately 110 feet. Surrounding this geological wonder, a circular reef area beckons snorkelers, providing a chance to appreciate the Blue Hole's beauty from the surface, especially during low tide when coral formations breach the water. Given the depth of this dive, it's essential that only certified advanced and experienced divers undertake. With bottom time limited to around 8 minutes, impeccable buoyancy skills are imperative to complete the mandatory safety stop successfully.

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These dive sites at Lighthouse Reef showcase the diverse underwater ecosystems and marine biodiversity that make Belize a top destination for scuba diving enthusiasts.

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