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Lighthouse Reef Specific Dive Sites

Listed below is a selection of some of the best dive sites on the lighthouse Reef. We have only briefly listed the points of interest. These are major dive attractions and are known to the diving freternity world wide. A detailed description is outside of the cope of our site.

Hat Caye Drop-Off

Depth: 50 ft (15 meters), Current: Minimal, Visibily: 50 ft (15 meters), Level: , Points of Interest: dramatic wideangle photographic possibilities, Brittle starfish lobsters.

The Playground

Depth: 50 feet (15 m). , Current: none, Visibily: good, Level: novice, Points of Interest: big lobsters, fish life in abundance.

Eagle Ray Wall

Depth: 35 ft (11 meters), Current: minimal, Visibily: 80 ft (24 meters), Level: Intermediate, Points of Interest: Nurse sharks, also good for snorkelers, eagle rays and sponges.

The Aquaium

Depth: 30 ft (9 meters, Current: Strong, Visibily: 80 ft (24 meters), Level: Intermediate, Points of Interest: All kinds of fish.

Tres Cabeza

Depth: 35 feet (11 m), Current: Minimal, Visibily: good, Level: novice, Points of Interest: grouper and lobster. Turtles are regularly seen here and there is good chance of seeing manta and large spotted eagle rays.

Tarpon Wall

Depth: 35 feet (11 m), Current: Minimal, Visibily: good, Level: novice, Points of Interest: Lobster, grouper and snapper fill the many tunnels and small schools of jacks and tarpon.

Manta Wall

Depth: 35 feet (11 m), Current: minimal, Visibily: good, Level: novice, Points of Interest: manta rays which are often seen leaping out of the water.

Long Caye ridge

Depth: 40 ft (12 meters), Current: Minimal, Visibily: 80 ft (24 meters), Level: Novice, Points of Interest: Threespot and dusky damselfish will charge you if you get too close to their algal gardens.

Tres Cocos

Depth: 30 ft (9 meters), Current: Moderate, Visibily: 80 ft (24 meters)<, Level: novice, Points of Interest: Large spotted moray eels, lion's paw sea cucumbers, several kinds of urchins, coral shrimp, arrow crabs and sea feathers are just some examples, turtles often visit.

The Corner

Depth: 30 feet (9 m), Current: minimal, Visibily: good, Level: novice, Points of Interest: scenary from above the wall is sensational, hude eagle rays.

West Point

Depth: 25 ft (8 meters, Current: moderate, Visibily: 50 ft (15 meters), Level: novice, Points of Interest: Schools of smooth trunkfish, all four angelfish (queen, gray, French and rock beauty) and lots of parrotfish congregate here. Yellowtail snappers appear in great numbers, along with queen trigger- fish, white spotted filefish, hogfish, barracudas and tiger groupers. congregate here. Yellowtail snappers appear in great numbers, along with queen trigger- fish, white spotted filefish, hogfish, barracudas and tiger groupers. All the butterflyfish feed on the reef here too, including the rare longsnout. A variety of creole wrasses, blennies, gobies and hamlets.

Nurse Shark Lodge

Depth: 80 ft (24 meters), Current: Minimal, Visibily: 80 ft (24 meters), Level: , Points of Interest: Nurse sharks in abundance.

The Zoo

Depth: 80 ft (24 meters), Current: Minimal, Visibily: 80 ft (24 meters), Level: , Points of Interest: All kinds of fish in abundance.

Silver Caves

Depth: 40 ft 12 meters), Current: minimal, Visibily: 80 ft (24 meters), Level: Intermediate, Points of Interest: Excelent for video work.

Cathedral Reef

Depth: 30 ft (9 meters), Current: Minimal, Visibily: 50 ft (15 meters) , Level: Intermediate, Points of Interest: Fish watchers will take delight with large French angels, stoplight parrots, trumpets, groupers and schools of yellowtail snappers. The angels and snappers are particularly easy photographic targets. fantastic tunnela and passages, turtles, lobsters, eagle rays and huge groupers or jewfish, corals which rise like a small cluster of church spires. The tallest of these is over 8 feet (2.4 m) tall.

Quebrada

Depth: 40 ft (12 meters), Current: minimal, Visibily: 80 ft (24 meters), Level: novice, Points of Interest: Schools of yellowtail snappers shadow divers on the reefs. Large black groupers, ocean triggerfish and a host of others are abundant on the shallow wall and reef crest. Virtually all can be approached and photographed.

Flat Walls

Depth: 45 to 50 feet (14-15 m), Current: minimal, Visibily: good, Level: novice, Points of Interest: Turtles are frequent visitor,Oceanic whitetip sharks (complete with their attendant pilotfish), lemon, blacktip and bull sharks,are likely to be seen. The very largest of manta rays and good specimens of spotted eagle rays are frequently seen.

Southweat Cut

Depth: 40 ft (12 meters), Current: Minimal, Visibily: 50 ft (15 meters), Level: Intermediate, Points of Interest: Hudge dog fish, Manta rays, eels of all types.