Getting to Know More with Belize Diving

Belize, located in Central America is not only known because of the many cultural and traditional festivities of the area but it’s also famous because it’s blessed with abundantly beautiful reefs.

Not many may have heard and talked about Belize, but once you try Belize diving, you’ll never be able to stop talking about the wonders of its reefs and its marine life.

Belize Diving Vacation

So, take time to plan a Belize diving vacation or a scuba diving trip to the wonderful island of Belize. Belize diving should be one of your itinerary and activities when you drop by this place, so you’ll not only enjoy the people and its lands, but the aquatic life as well.

If you go scuba diving the waters of Belize, you’ll be fascinated with the colorful and life-filled reefs, because of the many kinds and types of reefs they have, let’s learn what these are to appreciate more when we get to see them underwater.

Exploring the sea floors of Belize on Belize diving will let you encounter a number of reef classes, including fringing reefs, patch reefs, faroes, barrier reefs, and atolls. Learning before you meet these reefs has its advantages, so, read through and surely, after you’ll know things about these reefs, you’ll be dying to suit up and dive in.

Belize diving fringing reef destination is located at Rocky Point on the northern end of Ambergris Caye, and is found near the mainland shores so you can actually walk among the coral skeletons. The Patch Reefs range from small to big clumps of corals, and its spread widely throughout the coastal zone.

Belize diving at Faroe, which is commonly known as shelf atoll, is a ringed reef and mostly divided into three major areas --- the outer rim, the inner lagoon, and inner patch reefs. The Barrier Reef looks like a continuous wall of coral, and has distinct zones --- back reef lagoon, which are the hard corals and sea grass beds, and fore reef, which forms massive canyons called spurs and grooves, and makes an awesome diving site.

The Coral Atolls is composed of three Belizean atolls and is considered as the finest in the Caribbean Sea; these three atolls are --- Turneffe Islands, which is the largest, has mangrove covered sand cays, Lighthouse Reef, which is the smallest, supports a diversity of living reefs, spurs and grooves, and Glover’s Reef, which is surrounded by well-defined reefs of living corals.

See, these are only the reefs, just imagine how much more you’ll see down there --- the creatures and aquatic beings that reside and visit these reefs. Scuba diving Belize makes your Caribbean trip a more meaningful one, so pass by the place now and don’t forget to say “hello” to the reefs and its inhabitants.

So, when you go Belize diving, make sure you get to tour around the Cayes in the area so you’ll truly enjoy all the reefs underneath.

Belize Diving Books

	The Rough Guide to Belize (Rough Guides) List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $11.06
	"The Rough Guide to Belize" is the ultimate travel guide to this unique country, with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions, from the beautiful, sun-washed cayes to the soaring Mayan pyramids...

	Diving & Snorkeling Belize List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $15.47
	The world's second-longest barrier reef, three of the Western Hemisphere's four coral atolls, more than 400 fish species and a host of invertebrates sheltering in warm Caribbean waters make Belize an irresistable destination for divers and snorkelers alike...

	Belize (Country Travel Guide) List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $11.93
	“With one foot planted in the Central American jungles and the other dipped in the Caribbean Sea, Belize is home to the second-longest barrier reef in the world, jungles that teem with wildlife, and mysterious Maya ruins...

	Fodor's Belize: with Tikal (Travel Guide) List Price: $18.99 Sale Price: $9.23
	Fodor's Choice ratings you can trust. Exceptional restaurants, hotels, and sights selected to help you make the best choices.Simple pleasures. Embrace the local scene as you snorkel Shark-Ray Alley, hike through Maya ruins, or enjoy a Belinkin Beer, the national brew...

	Diving & Snorkeling Belize (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Belize) List Price: $16.99 Sale Price: $2.09
	Belize is home to the largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere. This guide is designed for divers who base themselves on coastal or off-shore islands, or those who stay aboard to dive in more remote areas...

	Lonely Planet : Diving & Snorkeling Belize List Price: $15.95 Sale Price: $5.04
	September 1998 2nd edition trade paperback as shown. Tight spine, clear crisp pages, no writing, light edgewear, smokefree.

	Almost Tranquilo (An Insider's Irreverent Guide to Love and Scuba Diving)
	Scuba diving, like all tourist industries, has a happy facade. But diving differs from, say, a museum tour in that a very real risk of a seriously gnarly death lurks just below the surface, awaiting a mistake or complacency by the diver – or by his guide, divemaster or instructor...