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                                                                                                                                                                                                        SANTA ELENA                                       CHETUMAL

          The Official Dive Map of                                                                                                                                                BMeleixzieco                               Four                         Bahia de Chetumal                                                                                                                                                                    Belize City Climate                                                                              DIVING SEASON
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         LaMgoiloen                       CANSEJO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               There is year round diving in Ambergris Caye, with the least chance
                                                                                                                                                                                                        CHAN CHEN                                                                 0                   10                      20                                                                                                          JFAMaepanrbrirulcuahraryy                                                                             of rain in February and March and the highest during August to Oc-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                May                                                                             tober. The dry season runs from December to May when the weather
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Santa            PARAISO                                                     Kilometers                                                                                                                                                                      June                                                                       is mostly warm and sunny. Visibility is usually around 15-20m (50-65
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Rita                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              July                                                                 ft) and the sea’s surface is likely calm with occasional chop. June to
                                                                                                                                                                                                        SAN ANDRES SAN ANTONIO                                                                                                                                                                                                0F 0C                                             ADOSNceueotcgpvoteuebesmetmrmbbbeererr                          November is the wet season which brings a stronger possibility of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                tropical storms and a remote possibility of a hurricane (the last one
                                                                                                                                                                                             PATCHAKAN                      COROZAL TOWN                                             Rocky Point                                                                                                                           T 100 37.8                                  Rainy Season                                                             in Belize was in the year 2000), especially in September/October. If
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           e 95 35.0                AVAAGVV.GGD.. ADWIAALIYTLEYHRLIGOTHEWMAAPIIRRATTTESEMUMPRPFACE                              a tropical storm does hit then diving will be cancelled for 2-3 days,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      XALBE             RANCHITO                          Corozal Bay                                                                                                                                                      m                                                                                                                    but most often it’s blue skies with light winds and occasional squalls
                                                                                                                                                                                                 CALCUTTA             CAROLINA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  and rain clouds. The rains do effect shallow water visibility but pretty
                                                                                                                                                                                  CRISTO REY                                                                                         SARTENEJA                                                                                                                             p 90 32.2                                                                                                            soon the visibility will be back to 10-15m (30-50 feet). Storms do
                                                                                                                                                                       Rio Hondo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                bring waves but mostly the sea will be calm or have a light chop. Av-
                                                                                               BELIZE                                                                             SAN PEDRO                           SAN JOAQUIN                                                                                                                                                                                          e  85    29.4                                                                                                        erage water temperatures are fairly constant, ranging from a high of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            COPPER BANk                                                                                                                                                                    r                                                                                                                    29°C (84F) in September to a low of 26°C (79F) in February. There is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                very little current around Ambergris throughout the year.
                                                                                                                                                                             LOUISVILLE                 CONCEPCION                                         Barraconia                                                     For                                                                                              a 80 26.7                                                                                                            Although each turtle season lasts for 3 months or so, May is the peak
                                                                                                                                                                                                            LIBERTAD                                      Lagoon                                                  Ambergris Caye                                                                                           t                                                                                                                    season for matings, August is the peak season for laying eggs, and
                                                                                                                                                                       SAN NARCISO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              October is the best time to see turtle hatchlings, after a 2 month in-
                                                                                                                                                                             SAN ROMAN                                                CHUNOX                                                                           Details                                                        Laughing Gull                        u 75 23.9                                                                                                            cubation period, at Bacalar Chico in the north of the island. October
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See Reverse                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and November is the mating season for groupers. Divers can watch
                                                                                                                                                                                  SANTA CLARA                                                                                                                                                                                                                              r                                                                                                                    as the grouper move over the reef at the beginning of their short
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Mexico                                                                                             e                                                                                                                    migration southwest to swarm in the thousands on the west coast
                                                                                                                                                                  SAN VICTOR                                                                                                         Shipstern                                                                                                                                70    19.7                                                                                                        of the caye. Finally, May is the spawning time for thimble jellyfish.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Reserve                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   These jellies are irritating to scuba divers and snorkelers, and the best
                                                                                                                                                                                  BUENA VISTA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   way to avoid getting stung is to wear a full length wetsuit (which you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Shipstern                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            should rinse thoroughly after each use) and to use a waterproof and
                                                                                                                                                                                                        PROGRESSO                                                                           Lagoon                                                                                                                            65 18.3                                                                                                           greasy cream on soft tissue parts of your exposed skin.

                                                                                                                                                                DOUGLAS                    CALEDONIA                       Progresso                                                                                                                                                                                Days with Rainfall: 7 7 5 10 15 19 15 20 20 16 5 5
                                                                                                                                                                        SAN JUAN                                         Lagoon
                                                                                                                                                                                    SAN PABLO                            LITTLE BELIZE                                                                                                                                                                           Avg. Annual Rainfall: 183 cm (72 in)
                                                                                                                                                                 SAN LUIS         SAN JOSE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Southern Belize & the mountains may have
                                                                                                                                                         Albion Island                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        more than double this rainfall.
                                                                                                                                                                                         New
                                                                                                                                                                  SAN ROMAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sandy Slope
                                                                                                                                                                                                River
                                                                                                                                                                                               SAN ESTEVAN                    COROZAL                                                                                             Belize                                                               Bacalar Chico
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Ises Bowl
                                                                                                                                                                                  TRIAL FARM                            Freshwater Creek                                                                                                                                                               Franco Canyon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Forest Reserve                                                                                                                                                               Rocky Point Canyon
                                                                                                                  SANTA CRUZ                             SAN ANTONIO               SAN JOSE                                                                                                                                                                          Reef Point                        Robles Canyon
                                                                                                                                                                                    PALMER                            Honey
                                                                                                                                                                                    TOWER HILL                         Camp                                                                                                                                                                            Tortuga Canyons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Lagoon                                                                                                                                                                           Basil Jones Canyons
                                                                                                                                                                                         CARMELITA                                                                                                                                Deer Caye                                                            Basil Jones Cut

                                                                                                                                    YO CREEK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Punta Azul Canyons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Palmero Canyon #2
                                                                                                                  ORANGE WALK TOWN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Palmero Canyon #1        Ambergris Caye Belize has hundreds

                                                                                                                                                         Cuello                                                                                                                                                                    Ambergris                                                        Palmero Cut               of offshore cayes, but Ambergris Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Santa Rita Canyons        (pronounced "Am BEAR grease") is by far the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Angel's Flats
18000' N                                                                                                          SAN LAZARO                                                                                                                                                                                      Blackadore                   Caye                                                 Mexico Canyons            largest and most popular, with resorts, beaches,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Caye                                                                         Mexico Tunnels             and world-class diving along 40 kilometers of
                                                                                                                  TRINIDAD                               CHAN PINE RIDGE                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mexico Rocks                the Belize Barrier Reef. Most of these sites are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Spanish Point                                                                                Mexico Cut                   just a short boat ride away from San Pedro, the
          Photo: The Great Blue Hole                                                                                                                                                                                  SANTA MARTHA                                                                                                                                                              Catalan Rocks                 center of activity here. Snorkelers also find their                                                     18000' N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Mata Cut                        share of fabulous underwater scenery and
           Side 1 Detailed Dive Guide                                                      BOSTON MASKALL                                                GUINEA GRASS                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Punta Arena Canyons              Caribbean reef creatures as they explore the
           & Map of Belize                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Pescador Canyons                 coral gardens here.
                                                                                                                  AUGUST PINE RIDGE                                                                                         Old
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Pescador Tunnels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Buena Vista Canyons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Caoba Canyons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tres Cocos Canyons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Northern                                                                                SAN PEDRO                                             Tres Cocos Cut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    M&M Caverns
                                                                                                                                                                                            rn Highway                                                                                                                                                                              Coral Gardens
                                                                                                                                                         SHIPYARD                         Nort h                                                                                                                                                                                   Paradise Canyons                                                          Legend

                                                                                                                                                                                              e                                                           Northern                                                                                                             Tackle Box Canyons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            River                                                                                                              Toffee (Tuffy) Cut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Highway   Lagoon                                                             Hol Chan                                        Toffee (Tuffy) Canyons                                                    Caye             Spur & Groove
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Marine                                       Entrada San Pedro Cut
                                                                                                   SAN FILIPE                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Reserve                                      Dardanellos Cut

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Dos Cocos Canyons                                                                              Barrier Reef
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Victoria Tunnels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Cypress Canyons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Cypress Tunnels                                                                                    Dive Site
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SANTANA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Pillar Coral
                                               Side 2 Details of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Sand Bar
                                               Ambergris Caye                                                                                                     CROOKED TREE                                              LUCKY STRIKE                                                                                                                             Boca Chica Canyon                                                                                   Patch Reef
                                               Lighthouse Atoll
                                               The Great Blue Hole                                 INDIAN CREEK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Eagle Ray Canyon
                                               Glover's Atoll                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Hol Chan
                                               Turneffe Atoll                                                                                            INDIAN CHURCH                           Northern                                                                                                                                                      Shark-Ray Alley
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Midwinters                                                      Caye Caulker         Caye Caulker Reef
                                                   ORANGE                                                                                                                                        Lagoon                               Altun Ha Lagoon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Most famous
                                                                                                                  SAN CARLOS                                                                                   BISCAYNE        Maya ruin in

                                                                                         WALK                                                              New                    Crooked Tree                                     Belize                                            Manatee                      Chapel                                 Turneffe Reef Belize has three
                                                                                                                                                           River                                                                                                                                                    Caye
                                                                                                                                                         Lagoon               Wildlife Sanctuary                        Jones                                                                                                       Chapel Reef          large atolls and Turneffe Reef, at 48 km long
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Lagoon                                                                                                    Ski Slopes            by 16 km wide, is the largest, most diverse,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         and the closest to Belize City. Divers are
                                                                                                                                                                         Southern                       GARDENIA                                                                                      Hick's Cayes                                       often guided to south end dive sites, but                                   Bull Shark
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Long Caye                                          Turneffe Reef dive all around. Within the
                                                                                                                                                                                  Lagoon                                                                                                                                                                 atoll there is extensive mangrove and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         wildlife, including the American Crocodile.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SAND HILL

                                       SPONSORS                                            Rio Bravo Reserve                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Turtle Leap
                                                                Terra Nova
                                                                                                                                                                                  Community                                                                                             Frenchman's Caye                                                                                         Mauger Caye
                                                                                                                                                                   ISABELLA BANK Baboon
                                                                                                                                                                   DOUBLE HEAD Sanctuary                       BURRELL                                                                        St. George's Caye                                                                              Crawl Caye                             Lighthouse Reef The second of Belize's three
                                                                                                                                                                                                                BOOM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Fort George                                                                                                                              large atolls is most famous as the site of the Great Blue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Drowned
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      LADYVILLE                                                   Cayes                           The Wall                           Rendesvous Pt                                                  Hole, one of the best known dive sites in the world. It

                                                                                                                                                                      CABBAGE             BERMUDIAN LANDING                 LORD'S BANK                                                    Drowned Cayes                                                                                                                            is located right in the middle of this 41 km long by 3 to

                                                                                                                  RANCHO DOLORES                                                                                                      Belize                                         Spanish Lookout Caye                                                Hole in the Wall                            3 Corner Caye                  10 km wide atoll lagoon. The Great Blue Hole and diving
                                                                                                                              ST. PAULS BANK                                                                                                                                                           Sargeant's Caye                                   Elkin's Bay
                                                                                                                                                                                   WILLOWS BANK                                                           River                                                                                                                                                                     in Belize was made famous by Jacques Yvez Cousteau
                                                                                                                                                                                  BIG FALLS                                                               BELIZE CITY                               Water Caye                                  Tunnels & Barrels
17030' N                                                                                                                                                                                                 BELIZE                                                                                                                                          The Terrace                                                                after he televised his famous Calypso expedition there                                            17030' N

        Guatamala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mandy's Dandy                                                                      in 1971. The Great blue Hole is a 300+ meter perfect circle
           Belize                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Chasbo's Corner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Vincent's                     Lindsey's Back Porch     125 meters deep with stalactite caves formed during
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Gallows Pt Reef                           (Northern)                  Lettuce Lane                the ice ages.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Cockroaches Shallow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sibun                                                                                                     Lagoon                 Cockroaches Banks                                                        Gorgonian Forest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bight
                                                                                                                                                                                                           HATTIEVILLE                                                                                                                                                                        Barracuda Beach                                                       Sandbore Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Sibua River
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stingray Flats Snake Pt                                    Devil's Deep                                                        Northern Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                             GRACIE ROCK                                                                                                                      Snake Bite
                                                                                                                                                         BELIZE                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Front Porch            West Point I & West Point II
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  South Snake Point                                          Secret Gardens
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Lobster Bay
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Wishbone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Pine Ridge                                        Nelson's Turnover

                                                               Forest                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Crickozeen Cut                                         Turneffe
                                                              Reserve                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Douglas Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Northern                                                                                                                           Central                 Atoll                                The Great Blue Hole The Great Blue Hole
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lagoon                                                                       Goff's Caye Amber Head                               Lagoon
                                                                                                                  River MORE TOMORROW                                                                                                                                                                                               Elgene's Inn                                             Blackbird Caye
                                                                                                                    COSTTT.OMNWAeTTRTstHEeEErWnSHighWw iylMdloifFneRkASeNayKn'SBcEatDuyDaY ry                                    Southern
                                       LAS TAMBOS                       VALLEY OF PEACE                 Belize                                                                                                                    Lagoon                                                                         English CayeCamel's Hump                                                            Stingray Motel                                              Lighthouse
                                                LA GRACIE                     TEAKETTLE    BELMOPAN                                                                                                                      GALES POINT                                                                                                                                                                 Chinaman Wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sponge Shop
                                                SELENA                                                            Southern Highwa                                                                                                                                                                                                   Tarpon Bay                                                       Tubular Bells                                                       Atoll
                                                                                                                                                        a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sheer Delight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The Chutes of Calabash Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rusty's
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Middle Long Caye                                                                                                Fat John's
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     It's Place
                                                                                         ROARING                  SALVAPAN                                                                                                                                                                                Rendesvous Caye                                                                           The Notch                      Manta Wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Chrissea
                             SPANISH LOOKOUT                                                CREEK                   MAYA MOPAN                                                                                                                                                                        Rendezvous Caye                                                                             Corona                      Southwest Cut     Eagle Ray Wall
                                        DUCK RUN                                CAMALOTE                          SAN MARTIN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Jo-Jo's Splits         The Aquarium
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Bluefield Range               Bluefield Reef                                                            April's Fools               Silver Caves       Nurse Shark Ledge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Blue Creek
                                                                                               LAS FLORES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Cathedral Reef          Long
                             BILLY WHITE                                       ONTARIO
          Xunantunich                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Triple Anchors                 South                     Lee Ellen's Melons         Quebrada              Caye          Half Moon Caye
                                                                 UNITEDVILLE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Anchor Creek                 Lagoon                     Monkey Man Cut Long Caye Ridge
                   BRANCH MOUTH                         GEORGEVILLE                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alligator Caye                                                                                                                   Tres Cocos                          Half Moon Wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alligator Reef                       Sayonarra                                  South Deadman's Caye
                   SANTA FAMILIE               CENTRAL FARM                                                       ARMENIA                                                                                                                                                                                                         West Point Wall                                                                                           Flats Wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Front Porch
          BULLET TREE FALLS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Big Caye Bokel                               South Cut Wall                                   Hat Caye Half Moon Caye
                                               ESPERANZA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hat Caye Drop-off
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Black Beauty                                                      Natural Monument
          PASLOW FALLS                         SANTA ELENA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    T's Trail                                                             Reservation

                                       SAN IGNACIO                                                                                                                                                     Parrot                                                                                       Colson Cayes                                    The Corral                 Billy Bob's                               Hogfish Cut                                     Red-footed
                                            CRISTO REY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Colson Reef                              Myrtle's Turtles                                                                                 Booby
          BUENA VISTA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Elbow

          CALLE CREEK                                                                                                                                                                            Manatee                    MULLINS RIVER                                                                                 Glory Caye                            South Point Turneffe
                                                                                                                                                                                              Forest Reserve
                                                                                                                                                                   ST MARGARETS                                                                                     Colson Point Lighthouse                                                  Glory Reef Spawning Aggregation SR                              For
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Turneffe Atoll
          SAN JOSE SUCCOTZ                              LOWER BARRON CREEK                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Southern Long Caye               Emily or Caye                                                                                                                         For
                                   Cahel Pech  SAN ANTONIO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Glory Spawning                                                            Details                                             Lighthouse Atoll &
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Inner                                  Aggregation SR                                                        See Reverse
                   BENQUE VIEJO del CARMEN                                                                  Sibue                                                                   HUMMINGBIRD COMMUNITY                                                                                (Main)                                                                                                                                                                 Great Blue Hole
                                                                                                            Forest                                                                                                                                                                      Channel                                             Columbus Reef                                                                                                             Details
17000' N           ARENAL                                                                                  Reserve                                                               MIDDLESEX                                                       HOPE CREEK                                                                       Columbus Caye                                                                                                                                                                                       17000' N
                                                                                                                                                                                 VALLEY COMMUNITY                                                                                    DANGRIGA                                                                                                                                                                      See Reverse
                                                                                               CAYO                                                                                                                     POMONA                                                                                                Cross Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                       STEADFAST
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MILINDA             LONG BANK
                                                                                                                                                                              Sittee
                         Vaca                                                                                                                                                                                            ALTA VISTA              SARAWEE
                   Forest Reserve
                                                   Mountain Pine                                                                                                   Forest Reserve
                                               Ridge Forest Reserve                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Glover's                         Amounme Point
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Tobacco
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Range                                                      Marine                                 Shark Point
                                                                                                                                                                                                        C R E E K Glover's ReefSILK GRASS                                                                                                                                    Reserve                                                                                  At 32 km long by 12 km wide,
                                                                                                                                                                       STANN                                                                                                                                                      Shark Pit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Emerald Forest                                                                  Glover's Reef is the smallest and most southern of
                                                                                                                                                         Cockscomb Basin                                                                                   Freshwater                Thatch Caye                              Tobacco Caye                                                                          Northeast Channel Belize's three atolls. It is also the most distant from
                                                                                                                                                         Wildlife Sanctuary                                                                               Creek Lagoon                                                            Tobacco Cut                                 Glover Reef
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Split Reefs                                                                 Belize City and Ambergris Caye, and the least visited.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Commerce Bight HOPKINS                                                Coco Plum Caye               Man O' War Caye                                                                                                           The reef surrounds Glover's Reef LagoonThe reef is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Tobacco Reef
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            protected spawning ground for the Nassau grouper,

                                                                                                                                                                                                               SitteFeorest Reserve                                                                                                                                                                          Grouper Flats                  and it is a nursery for conchs, lobsters, and finfish.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Glover'sRiver SITTE RIVER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Twin Cayes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  South Water Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Atoll GloveFro'sr AtollMAYA CENTRE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sittee Point                                  Carrie Bow Caye

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Curlew Cut                    Baking Swash Reef                            Long Caye Lagoon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          DetailsSapodilla Lagoon South Water Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          See ReverseMarine Reserve
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ghway                                                                                                                             West Wall         Northeast Caye             Long Caye Cut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Pinnacles             Long Caye

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      n Hi                                                                                                                                            Middle Caye                   Long Caye Wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bev’s Garden
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The Crack
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Souther         SOUTH  STANN  CREEK                                                  Gladden                                              Southwest Caye                      The Abyss
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ROMAN                                   Peter Douglas Caye                     Cayes
                                                                                           MoMunaytaains Maya Mountain                                                                                                                                                                                             Gladden Reef                                                       Middle Caye Wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      RIVERSDALE
                                                                                                                   Forest Reserve                                                             SANTA     ROSA                                                                                                                                                                   Southwest Caye Wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                           SAN                                            Northeast Caye                              Saddle Caye
                                                                                                                                                                    MAYA MOPAN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jonathan Point                                        Northeast Caye Range
                                                                                                                                                                            GEORGETOWN                                                             Maya Beach                                          Channel Caye                                                                                                        Caribbean Sea
                                                                                                                                                                      RED BANK                                                                   Blair Atoll
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Cat Cay
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Quarmina Cay

                                                                                                                                                                  SAN PABLO                                                           Placencia Lagoon Lagoon Cayes                                       Round Caye

                                                                                                                                                                                 COW PEN                                              False Point                                    Crawl Cay                                                                           Whale Shark
                                                                                                                                                                                    SAN JUAN                                                                                                          Tarpum Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Gladden Spit East of Placencia, this is a world-famous Whale Shark Dive. This
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SEINE BIGHT                                    Long Loco Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Baker's Rendezvous                                                        Gladden Caye        mid-ocean site is a spawning ground for a many marine species which whale sharks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rendezvous Caye                          Funk Caye           come to feed on. Whale shark sightings are most common March through June, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rum Point                                                                                                   sometimes August to October or December and January. Since the sharks feed close
                                                                                                                                                                                                            INDEPENDENCE                                                             Wippari CayeCary Caye                      Jack's Caye       to the surface, and because they are gentle and tolerant, snorkelers and divers both
                                                                                                                                                                                                         BIG CREEK
                                                                                                                                      TRIO                          SWASEY                                                            Placencia Caye                                 Lark Caye                                    Gladden Spit & enjoy the amazing experience of diving with whale sharks.
                                                                                                                                                                          BELLA VISTA                                                                                                      Long Coco Caye
16030' N                                                                                                                   y                                                                                                          PLANCENCIA          Bugle Cayes                                                             Silk Cayes                                                                        Juvenile                                                                                          Ocean           16030' N
                                                                                                                              BLADDEN                                  MANGO WALK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Triggerfish
  Guatamala                                                                                                                                                              Monkey River                                                                                                                                             Marine Reserve                                                                                                                 Red Hind
      Belize                                                                                                                                                             MONKEY RIVER TOWN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Coney
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mosquito Caye               Hatchet Caye
                                                                                                                                                                         Punta                                              Harvest Caye
                                                                                                                                                                         Ycacos                                                                       Scipio Caye                      Laughing
                                                                                                                                                                         Lagoon                                                                  Colson Caye                           Bird Caye                 Silk Cayes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     National Park
                                                                                                                                                                          Punta Ycacos                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Queen Angelfish          Tiger Grouper                              Black Durgon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Laughingbird Caye                                                                                                                                                             Queen                     Juvenile
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Palmetto Caye                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Triggerfish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Juvenile

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Rocky Point                                                                                                                                                           Rainbow Parrotfish
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Monkey Caye
                                                            Maya Mountain                                                Deep                                                                                                                                                         Round Caye                                                                                                                                                                 Juvenile Rock Beauty
                                                            Forest Reserve                                     Golden Stream                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Blue Angelfish
                                                                                                                                                         River                                                                                                                Pompion Caye                                                                                                                                                       Gray Angelfish                                                     French Angelfish
                                                              TOLEDO                    Rio                                                                                                                                                                         Randguana Entrance
                                                                                                   GOLDEN STREAM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Midnight Parrotfish               Blue Parrotfish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ranguana Caye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bluehead          Yellowhead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Wrasse           Wrasse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Yellowfin          Reef          Banded                            Butterflyfish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Damselfish    Butterflyfish   Butterflyfish                           Spotfin
                                                  Lubaantun                                INDIAN CREEK
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stoplight Parrotfish
                                                            SAN MIGUEL           Nim Li Punit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Queen Parrotfish        Yellowtail                          Green
                                               CRIQUE JUTE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Parrotfish                        Razorfish
                                                                                    HICATTEE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Bar Jack          Clown
                   SAN JOSE                                                     SILVER CREEK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Wrasse                                      Spanish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Hogfish Saucereye Porgy White Grunt
                        CRIQUE LAGARTO MALTEDI                SAN PEDRO COLUMBIA                                                                                                                                                      Manta Ray                                                                                                                        Princess
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Parrotfish
                                                                                BIG FALLS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Tobacco
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fish
                        SANTA CRUZ             SAN ANTONIO                                                                                                                                                                                                Sapoodilla Cayes                                                            Black Grouper                                                                                    Hogfish
                                                                DUMP
          SAN VICENTE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Puddingwife
                                SANTA ELENA

                                                                                SAN MARCOS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Porupinefish

          JALACTE PUEBLO VIEJO                 BLUE CREEK                                 Grande                                                                                  The Snake Cayes                                                                                                                                              Graysby          Palometa            Sergeant           Schoolmaster Barred Hamlet Grey Snapper
                        AQUACATE                                YEMEN GROVE     JACINTO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Nassau Grouper                          Royal                        Major
                                                          LAGUNA                            FOREST HOME
                                                                                                                                                         Moho Caye                                                                                                                                                                                       Gramma       Caribbean                        Yellowtail Snapper
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Basslet      Reef Squid                                                                 Great                         Tarpon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Barracuda
                                               Moho                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Orange-Spotted                                                                           Juvenile
                       SANTA TERESA                           SAN FILIPE ELDRIDGE                   CATTLE LANDING                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Filefish                                       Glasseye
          SAN BENITO POINTE                                                                        PUNTA GORDA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Snapper
                                                                                HOPEVILLE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Scrawled                                                                                   Spotted             Cero                                        Smooth
                                     MABELHA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Filefish                    Bluestriped                                                 Trunkfish                                                       Trunkfish
                                                              SANTA ANA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Trumpetfish                                     Mahogany
                                  SAN LUCAS                                     NEW ROAD AREA                                                                                                                                                                                        Loggerhead                  White-Spotted                                                                            Snapper
                                                              River             BOOM CREEK                                                               Gulf of Honduras                                                       Hunting Caye                                          Sea Turtle                     Filefish     Honeycomb                                                                                            Spotted
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cowfish                                                                                Fairy        Drum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        White-Spotted                                                                                                                                                                                     Basslet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Eagle Ray
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Hermit                                                                                                      Spotted Cushion                             Grunt                                               Octopus         Longspine             Blue                         Elkhorn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Crab                                                                                                     Moray Eel Sea Star                                    Highhat                                         Sea        Squirrelfish                                        Coral
                        CORAZON                CONEJO                   MIDWAY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Balloonfish                                                                  Sea Fan                      Triton's                  Horse                             Tang
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Mountainous                                                     Trumpet Coral                                       Juvenile
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tomtate          Brown                     Star Coral       Redlip                                                                                     Sea Rod
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Chromis                                     Blenny                             Spanish              Crab                                                                          Brown
                                               SANDAY WOOD                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Bermuda Chub                      Blue                                                                                      Lobster
16000' N  OTOXHA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chromis                                                                                                                                                            Tube Sponge                                    16000' N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Spotted                  Queen                                                                                                                 Giant
                   CRIQUE SARCOTeunash                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Scorpionfish Striped        Conch                                                                                                                 Brain Coral
                                                       River            BARRANCO                                                                                                                                                                          Lionfish                                                                               Orange  Gorgonian                                                           Glassy Branching
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Burrfish                Green Moray Sponge            Fa~n                                French                    Sweepers Vase Sponge Squirrelfish
          DOLORES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Triton's               GardenEel                                        Foureye           Grunt                                                                     Bi-color
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Eel Peacock                                 Butterflyfish                                                                                Damselfish
                                                                                                                                                         Horse-eye Jack           Hawksbill Turtle                                                                                                                                                       '                                                                                                                             Creole
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Flounder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Staghorn CoralYeSllpoownTguebeAneSmeaone           Cleaning                                             Orange                Wrasse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tube
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Goby                                     Arrow                    Basket
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Crab
            Belize                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Coral                    Fire Coral            Smooth Frog Fish                   Brain        Sponge Sponge
          Guatamala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Star                              Coral                                                           Beaugregory
                                                                                   Fabulous Maps                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Coral       Sheet                                                                                   Flying
                                                                                 of Favorite Places                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Coral
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Southern Stingray                                                                                                         Yellowstriped    Long-spined                        Yellow
                                                                                                                           Green Sea Turtle                                                      Nurse Shark                                                                                                     Spotted Spiny                           Sand Diver           Crab Goatfish           Sea Urchin  Jawfish              Stingray         Sea
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Goatfish Lobster                                     Hermit                                                                        Cucumber

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