Say what you will about the differences of opinion that pervade our days, but there’s common ground when people are asked how they feel about water sports activities. Red Cross statistics verify the fact that 80% of Americans know how to swim, and age presents no barrier to people who enjoy this sport. But for most of us, swimming is just the beginning of our…
5 Reasons Scuba Enthusiasts Always Choose Placencia Belize When your mind travels to the pleasures of scuba diving, there’s a good chance you reflect upon the beauty, serenity, and eye candy that appears the moment you peek below the surface. What you may not know is that there are reasons you feel so great after time spent underwater: You get aerobic and anaerobic workouts that…
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Sailors, if you’re looking for a challenge, we have it, with stiff winds, strong currents and the Belize Barrier Reef.
With sixteen miles of sandy beaches, the impossibly blue Caribbean on one side, a mangrove-fringed lagoon teeming with life on the other, Placencia is indeed very special. And just offshore are myriad cayes, or small islands, dotting Belize’s barrier reef, the second largest reef in the world. Uncrowded diving, snorkeling, fishing, kayaking and island exploration trips are less than an hour away.
Scuba divers and snorkelers from across the globe come to Belize for water adventures that are unlike those anywhere else. Your experiences are authentic and unspoiled, like the country itself. Belize is definitely unique in every aspect.
Placencia prides itself as having some of the best diving in Belize …. The Placencia area is rapidly becoming one of the hottest diving spots in the Caribbean region. Here dive sites are more pristine because they have felt less impact from boats and divers. As the Belize Barrier Reef progresses southward along the coast, the reef begins to separate further from the mainland. This…
A feature attraction of diving in Belize, Especially for divers with an appreciation of geographical phenomena, is the opportunity to explore the famed Blue Hole. Part of the Lighthouse Reef System, it lies approximately 60 miles off the mainland out of Belize City. It is one of the most astounding dive sites to be found anywhere on earth, right in the center of Lighthouse Reef…
Spanning Belize’s coastline for 185 miles is the Belize Barrier Reef with dive sites inside and outside of the reef providing countless dive locations year round.