About this site
The iconic 300m-wide, 124m-deep marine sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau, ringed by a shallow coral rim in open ocean. Freedivers come for the sheer scale, the stalactite-lined walls and circling reef sharks.
Conditions
- Country
- Belize
- Region
- Lighthouse Reef Atoll
- Max depth
- 12–124 m
- Visibility
- 15–40 m
- Water temperature
- 25–27°C
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best season
- April–June
- Type
- Blue hole
- Suitable for
- Freediving
- Scuba
- Dive types
- Blue hole
- Wall
- Marine life
- Sharks
- Groupers
- Pelagic fish
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