Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Belize

by Webster, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781740590471
• ISBN10: 1740590473
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(11)
Overview	11	(4)
Geography	11	(1)
Geology	12	(1)
History	12	(3)
Practicalities	15	(8)
Climate	15	(1)
Language	15	(1)
Getting There	16	(1)
Gateway City - Belize City	16	(2)
Getting Around	18	(1)
Entry	19	(1)
Time	19	(1)
Money	19	(1)
Electricity	19	(1)
Weights & Measures	20	(1)
What to Bring	20	(1)
Underwater Photography	20	(1)
Business Hours	21	(1)
Accommodations	21	(1)
Dining & Food	22	(1)
Shopping	22	(1)
Activities & Attractions	23	(7)
Belize Zoo	23	(1)
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary	24	(1)
Bermudian Landing Community Baboon Sanctuary	25	(1)
Guanacaste National Park	26	(1)
Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary	26	(1)
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	26	(1)
Mayan Ruins	27	(3)
Diving Health & Safety	30	(4)
Pre-Trip Preparation	31	(1)
DAN	32	(1)
Medical & Recompression Facilities	32	(2)
Diving in Belize	34	(8)
Dive Training & Certification	36	(1)
Snorkeling	36	(1)
Live-Aboards	36	(2)
Day Boats	38	(2)
Pisces Rating System for Dives & Divers	40	(2)
Northern Cayes Dive Sites	42	(16)
Mexico Rocks	45	(1)
Statue	46	(1)
Tres Cocos	47	(1)
Tackle Box Canyons	48	(1)
Mermaids' Lair	49	(1)
Esmarelda	50	(1)
Boca Ciega	51	(1)
Cypress Tunnels	51	(1)
Pillar Coral	52	(1)
Hol Chan Cut	53	(1)
Shark-Ray Alley	54	(1)
Amigos' Wreck	54	(2)
Coral Canyons	56	(1)
Stingray Village	56	(1)
Caye Chapel Reef	57	(1)
Middle Cayes Dive Sites	58	(11)
Faegon's Point	60	(1)
Faegon's Bluff	61	(1)
`Cuda Point ('Cuda Scuda)	62	(1)
Fishy Point	63	(1)
Turtle's Rest	64	(1)
Tobacco Cut	64	(2)
Tobacco Channel	66	(1)
Eagle Ray Bowl	66	(1)
Jack Fish City	67	(1)
Coral Monument Canyon	68	(1)
Southern Cayes Dive Sites	69	(13)
Mosquito Caye South	72	(1)
Laughing Bird Caye North	73	(1)
Laughing Bird Caye	74	(1)
Laughing Bird Caye South	75	(1)
North Wall	76	(1)
Silk Cayes (Queen Cayes)	77	(1)
Silk Cayes Canyons	78	(1)
Pompion Caye Wall	79	(1)
Pompion Caye	80	(1)
Chub Canyons	81	(1)
Offshore Atolls Dive Sites	82	(36)
Turneffe Islands	82	(2)
Sandy Lane	84	(1)
Black Coral Wall	85	(1)
Mini Elbow	86	(1)
Triple Anchors	87	(1)
Sayonara	88	(1)
West Point Wall	88	(2)
The Elbow	90	(1)
Black Beauty	90	(3)
Lighthouse Reef	91	(2)
Blue Hole	93	(1)
Eagle Ray Wall	94	(1)
The Aquarium	95	(1)
Silver Caves	96	(1)
Painted Wall	96	(2)
Julie's Jungle	98	(1)
Quebrada	99	(1)
Long Caye Ridge	100	(1)
Pete's Palace	101	(1)
Nurse Shark Ridge	102	(1)
No Cocos (Tres Cocos)	102	(1)
Elkhorn Forest	103	(1)
Half Moon Wall	104	(2)
Shark Point	106	(4)
Glover's Reef	107	(3)
Long Caye Lagoon	110	(1)
Long Caye Cut	111	(1)
Long Caye Wall	112	(1)
Bev's Garden	113	(1)
The Crack	113	(1)
The Abyss	114	(1)
Middle Caye Wall	114	(1)
The Pinnacles	115	(2)
West Wall	117	(1)
Marine Life	118	(6)
Hazardous Marine Life	121	(3)
Diving Conservation & Awareness	124	(4)
Marine Reserves & Regulations	124	(2)
Responsible Diving	126	(2)
Listings	128	(5)
Telephone Calls	128	(1)
Accommodations	128	(2)
Diving Services & Resorts	130	(2)
Live-Aboards	132	(1)
Tourist Offices	132	(1)
Index	133