The Great Blue Hole of Belize

Located next to Lighthouse Reef, about 70 kilometres off the coast of Belize, the Great Blue Hole is part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System that was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Originally the Blue Hole was a limestone cave that started to form about 150,000 years ago.Looking from above, the dark blue color of the hole signifies that it has a great depth, especially compared to the shallow waters nearby.

Its deepest point lies at 124 meters. The hole has an almost perfect circular shape and it is 300 meters wide.  

The Blue Hole is well known among the world of recreational diving enthusiasts, for whom this place has them all: clear waters and a variety of flora and fauna as you can meet here nurse sharks, Caribbean reef sharks and bull sharks.

There are also many small islands or cays nearby that offer pristine beaches and affordable meals:

The most notable are Ambergris, which lies just off of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, to the north of the Great Blue Hole;

The Great Blue Hole is a massive underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. In the winter of 2018, a submarine crew from Aquatica Submarines ventured to the bottom of the hole and made some unexpected discoveries.

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