Caye Caulker – Dive Sites
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
Dive Belize Hol Chan Belize
Only 25 minutes away, the park is situated in coral canyons which run like fingers East from the Barrier Reef.We descend at approximately 50ft/15m and dive out between the canyons, creating a unique sensation of coral walls on either side. Hol Chan is a 7 and a half sqare mile ar ea which has lots of divesites including Eagle Ray Canyons, the Small Aquarium, Pillar Corals, and Amigo’s Wreck.
When you dive from Caye Caulker the surface interval is spent in a very popular snorkeling spot: inside the reef at Hol Chan Marine Park. You will often snorkel with Nurse sharks in this area. Please keep in mind that this snorkel area, which is “inside the reef” and a maximum depth of 24ft/ 8m is very different from “outside the reef” where we dive among huge coral canyons at a depth of 21m/ 70ft.
Frenchies Holes
Located very close to Caye Caulker this site offers easy diving to a depth of 70ft, you will swim through coral canyones with lots of sponges, brain coral and tube sponges. Marine life you can expect to see while divingt this site are, Turtles, Lobsters, Stingrays, small Groupers and lots of small reef fishes.
Caye Chapel
Located close to Caye Caulker this neibouring island offers easy diving in the Coral canyons located jsut offshore lots to see on this dive such as the coral canyons some which you can swim through the reef (very cool) the odd Barracuda possible sightings of dolphins and sharks. Average depth is 70ft gradually coming up tospend the latter part of the dive at 55ft just on top of the reef.
Spanish Bay
Diving Belize's Barrier Reef
Protected from the deep blue by Turneffe Islands, Spanish Bay usually provides calm waters even when other areas are choppy from wind. The protection is good for divers and good for the corals which have avoided damage during storms.
You will dive along a sloping wall. We descend at approximately 50ft/15m onto a sandy bottom and then swim out along the wall to a maximum depth of 70ft/21m. Halfway through the dive, we ascend to the top of the wall where shallow reef creates a “field of coral” approximately 30ft/10m wide, an excellent opportunity for divers to spread out and explore the coral crevices where we find Turtles, Moray Eels, Crabs, and other creatures.
St Georges Caye
St Georges Caye the famous island where the British Baymen took on the Spanish in the Battle of St Georges Caye where finally the British won the right to settle Belize.
sloping wall dives. Shallow reef. Beautiful soft corals. and easy diving.
The sloping walls are a good location for easy dives. Your initial descent is to approximately 50ft/15m, and then you gradually descend to a maximum depth of 70ft/21m. You can explore along the wall while we watch the open waters for marine life. Halfway through the dive, you ascend to the top of the wall and spread out across a large expanse of shallow coral.
Sergeants Caye
This area which is protected from winds off the deep blue by Turneffe Islands. The result is calmer waters and a protected reef.
You begin the dive by descending along a sloping wall of cascading corals to a maximum depth of 70ft/21m. Then, you swim along the wall which edges Sergeant’s Caye, and look for creatures such as lobsters and eels within the wall, while we watch the open waters for Eagle Rays and turtles.
You ascend to the top of the wall for the latter half of the dive and spread out among shallow coral, 40ft/12m, where we find crabs, Trumpetfish, Angelfish, crabs and other life among the well developed soft corals. The sea of coral is intermittently interrupted by sand valleys, creating holes and crevices for creatures.
