Six miles north of Halfmoon Caye at Lighthouse Reef and about fifty miles due east of Belize City is the Blue Hole, the result of a cave which collapsed centuries ago.
Visible from outer space, the Blue Hole is nearly a perfectly circular hole 1,000 feet in diameter and 412 feet deep. Popularized by a Jacques Cousteau television special in the 1970’s this has become the most famous dive site in all of Belize - one that avid divers put on their “life list” of places to dive.
Notable Features
Ringed by coral which makes for great snorkeling, the base of this fringing reef gradually slopes to 50 feet, then with sheer walls adorned with stalactites and stalagmites to a ledge between 120-150 ft.
Visitor Experience To visit the Blue Hole, numerous dive operators can provide day and/or overnight dive trips from Ambergris Caye, Belize City, or other offshore Cayes and Atolls.
This dive works well with a combination of other dives on the spectacular dive spots in the Lighthouse Reef and Turneffe Atoll areas and with a stop at the Half Moon Caye Natural Monument
Once a grassy space outside the Belize Courthouse located at the town center, this was the site of traditional open-air public meetings during the nationalist movement towards Independence.
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