Scuba Diving In Belize - the Turneffe Islands

Dive sites in Belize that can be recommended for novice scuba divers, beginner, intermediate and advanced PADI scuba divers.

Turneffe Islands - North

Again, the Turneffe Islands provide perfect shelter for this dive site. The waters are calm and visibility is great. It is favorite site for many people. There is an abundance of life and things to see. It is one of the sites where you are sure to see something different every time you visit. It is quite suitable for all experience levels. You can even snorkel there.

Turneffe Islands - The Elbow

This dive site is located towards the end of the Turneffe Atoll. So, it gives you an opportunity to see many of the larger sea animals including the occasional shark. You will also see huge gorgonians and other sponges. The site has strong current so it is only accessible when it is calm. But if you can get a trip on a calm day you will not regret the dive. It is recommended for intermediate divers.

Read the entire entry 6 of the Best Belize Dive Sites to learn more.

    More about the Elbow scuba diving site in Belize: The Elbow is considered an advanced dive site due to the complexity of environmental dive conditions. Even on calm days there large ocean swells occur, requiring extra efforts when entering and exiting the water, while during actually scuba diving, descending and ascending, there are underwater currents you need expertize to cope with. They might sweep inexperienced diver to the depth beyond the reef. Being capable of controlling one's buoyancy as well as monitor continuously the air consumption are a must. The Elbow dive site can be recommended for a drift dive and especially for underwater wide-angle photography.
Located close to Belize City and easily accessible, the Turneffe Islands boast fabulous scuba diving, appropriate for every level of recreational scuba diver visiting Belize, from novice to PADI Divemaster, with great variety of diving conditions. Here's an overview of Belize Turneffe Islands some specific dive sites around the atoll:

  • The Aquarium
  • Triple Anchors, expertise required: Novice scuba diver
  • Hollywood, expertise required: less experienced or infrequent diver
  • Susie's Shallows, expertise required: novice
  • Sayonara Wreck - for novice scuba diver
  • Bat Brook Shallows
  • Jill's Thrill
  • Randolph's Rocks
  • HMS Advice
  • West Point Wall
  • Cabbage Patch
  • The Coral
  • The Zoo
  • Myrtle's Turtles, required expertise of diver - intermediate
  • Lefty's Ledge
  • Joyce's Jump
  • Gorgonian Bluff
  • Billy Bob's Shallows
  • Black Beauty
  • Majestic Point
  • T's Trail
  • Cut Throat
  • Front Porch
  • Gailes Point
  • Blue Creek
  • The Secret Spot
  • Fabian's Roost
  • Birthday Reef
  • Rendezvous Cut
  • Cockroach Slope
  • N.E. Point
  • N.W. Hauger Wall
  • Vincent

    Choose up to your preferences and dive at any of Belize's most famous scuba diving sites around Turneffe Islands Atoll - without doing that your scuba diving experience would be incomplete.

    Blackbird Resort on Turneffe Atoll, Belize * Caribbean * world-class scuba diving * Reefs Of Belize * diving and exploring the underwater world of Belize * Turneffe Islands is the largest of the atolls, and it streches at a length of 30 miles *

    The review to follow soon: Turneffe Island Resort, one of the leading fishing and diving resorts in Central America, located on the coast of Belize and ideally situated near the Lighthouse Reef Atoll and close to Belize Great Blue Hole. This resort, situated on a private island, caters to wide range of scuba diver's needs, from novice diver to advanced PADI scuba diver; Turneffe Island Lodge resort: Built in 1962, was the first offshore resort in what is now known as Belize.

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