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Scuba Diving Belize : Great Dive Sites : A Great Place To Dive
Snorkeling Adventure
Turneffe Island Atoll
The Turneffe Islands Atoll is the largest of the trio (of Lighthouse Reef, Glover's and Turneffe) and also the closest from the Belize coastline.
Turneffe is surrounded by mangrove islands. These mangrove ranges, both offshore and coastal, make Belize diving so special as they are the nurseries on which almost all marine life depend to insure juvenile protection and biological productivity.
Although the atoll is best known for its walls, there are many shallow sea gardens and bright sand flats inside the reef excellent for snorkeling and scuba diving. Undoubtedly, the highlight of Turneffe Islands diving is a spot called the Elbow located at the extreme southern tip of the atoll. Here at the convergence of several ocean currents you may dive through enormous schools of permit, snappers, eagle rays, Atlantic spadefish, grouper and jacks numbering at times in the thousands.
Glover's Reef Atoll
Glover's Reef Atoll, is named after the 17th century pirate John Glover, who used the remote islands as the base for his raids against Spanish galleons heading to and from the Bay Islands of Honduras.
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Glover's Reef is the most remote island group in Belize. Rising out of the blue from a depth of well over 2,000 feet, this oval shaped coral formation surrounds more than 700 patch reefs inside its 100 square mile crystalline lagoon. Of the three atolls, Glover's Reef sees the least amount of human contact and is largely unexplored.
Come see for yourself why this atoll was recently designated a National Marine Reserve and, in 1997, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. |
Southern Barrier Reef
Diving the Southern Barrier Reef typically produces sightings of spotted eagle rays, turtles, moray eels, southern stingrays, large grouper, barracuda, king mackerel, dolphins and several shark species, as well as almost every kind of smaller tropical reef fish in regular profusion.
These sites are typically wall drift dives interspersed with sand channels and adorned with many varieties of brightly colored sponges and gargonia corals
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