Great Blue Hole
Belize, which is situated along the easterly coast of Central America, boasts a rich cultural history and sundry natural beauty including impressive diving sites. For a scuba vacation with a difference you might do worse than Dive in Belize.
Vacation makers can visit the great Mayan ruins on the mainland or accept the challenge to dive in Belize's famous Blue Hole. The climate in Belize is hot and damp for the majority of the year with tiny modification in temperature even in winter.
As well as the smashing diving opportunities, there are a lot of land activities for holiday makers ,eg the Belize zoo and traditional Mayan churches.
Many travellers nonetheless, come solely to enjoy the various dive sites in Belize. Experienced divers have a tendency to like the challenge of excitement dives, and the Blue Hole in Belize is one of those dives. A blue hole is a cavern or sinkhole and is sometimes called a vertical cavern. The steep drop suggests that the center of the hole is a rich dark blue color, and the closer one gets to the shallows around it, the lighter the water becomes. Blue holes are thought to once have been formed in the last Ice Age when sea levels were lower than they're now. Belize has the biggest and potentially the most shocking blue hole in the world, and found near Lighthouse reef, it's a diving shangri la. The hole is virtually an ideal circle and is more than one thousand feet ( 305m ) wide and 480 feet ( 146m ) deep. Apparently a blue hole doesn't generate much circulation, so small oxygen reaches the depths of the hole. As a consequence, few sea life creatures can survive there, though bacteria appear to proliferate. Other famous blue holes include the Andros Island Bahamas Blue Hole and the, Egyptian Blue Hole just north of Dahab. All of the main Islands in the Bahamas have blue holes, but the Andros Island is thought to be the best of the lot. The Egyptian blue hole, particularly, is understood to be extremely threatening and has claimed the lives of many divers over time. Belize also has amazing legendary reefs to scuba dive. The biggest barrier reef in the northwards hemisphere can be discovered in Belize. It has mangrove forests, coastal lagoons and estuaries and is enclosed by a couple of sea reserves. The area has been placed on the exclusive list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, which is a tribute to the great beauty found there.
The blue hole and reefs alone make Belize an amazing place to go scuba swimming. Divers travel from around the globe to experience scuba diving in Belize. For major scuba divers, the most important thing to do in Central America is to dive in Belize.