St. George's Caye Wall:
Full Day Trip - 2 awesome wall dives, lunch & equip incl
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ST. GEORGE'S CAYE WALL
St. George's Caye, the old captial of the country of
Belize, is located approximately a 40 min. boat ride from
Caye Caulker. Many of the wealthy merchants from the
mainland own vacation homes on St. George's Caye. Most of
the time, however, most of the homes lay uninhabited.
Less than a mile east of St. George's Caye is one of the most
beautiful swimming and diving areas in the world. Just off
shore is a patch of white sandy shallowness giving this area a
hue of beautiful greens and blues. Having done this dive
myself several times, more than once we have spotted
dolphins swimming across this sandy patch of white sand.
They are easy to spot as a large part of the bottom
composition in this area is clear white sand.
At the edge of the sandy area, in approximately 35 ft.
of water, starts a coral wall. The bottom of the wall tapers out
at about 135 ft. In this 100 ft. depth span lies a very interesting
wall. St. George's Caye dives are usually drift dives, which
means you can dive to your heart's content. No need to return
to your starting point. The boat captain will pick you up
wherever you surface.
The wall is an interesting patch of a combination of
both soft and hard corals. It consists of many cracks and
crevices where you may spot eels, lobsters, barracudas in
addition to the many interesting coral formations and other
colorful fish life. Both dives are done on different locations
along this wall and both are drift dives.
Surface interval time is done on the island of St.
George's Caye. There is a restaurant if you're hungry, or you
may explore the island if you wish.
