Diving
Belize offers some of the world's best diving. As an official PADI Dive Center, Blue Marlin Lodge offers its guests the best diving variety along with the best in dive service and equipment. Blue Marlin's experienced staff is always prepared allowing guests more leisure time before, during and after dives.
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Boat Trips
Morning and afternoon single tank boat trips are the normal daily offering. One or two-night dives are available each week. Trips to the reef sites average 5 to 25 minutes, with the only really rough seas encountered are when going out through the cut during high winds.
All boat dives are drift dives, not because of current, but because this infrequently dived section of the barrier reef is without any permanent moorings.
Nearly every site is a wall dive or at least adjacent a wall. Deep dives are planned 'over the wall', while shallow divers are conducted at the top or just inside the outer reef crest. An unusual aspect of Blue Marlin is the very generous bottom time allowed; dives start deep and end shallow, allowing for about 50 minutes of average bottom time per dive. Computer diving is encouraged. The divemaster leads the dive but there is freedom of movement within the buddy teams.
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Dive Center
Blue Marlin Divers is a PADI Dive Center, complete with rental equipment and a menu of instruction and specialty courses, including: - Open Water
- Advanced Open Water
- Search & Salvage
- Underwater Hunter
- Night Diver
- Deep Diver
- Wreck Diver
- Underwater Photography
The Southern Cayes of Belize rates as one of the top dive destinations in this hemisphere. Southwater Caye, in particular, offers access to some of the most spectacular wall dives and ocean drop-offs anywhere in the world. Wall dives range from 30 to 120 feet with water visibility averaging 80 to 100 feet and water temperatures between 80 to 85 degrees year round.
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Snorkeling
Snorkeling is as spectacular for the diver and non-diver alike. The lagoon and forereef habitats have healthy coral reefs. Patch reefs and mound-like formations called spur & groove abound throughout the barrier reef making it ideal for snorkelers. Even those that do not swim well will find plenty of shallow, protected reefs. Wearing of a life preserver is encouraged for those that can't swim or are uncomfortable in the water.
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Marine Life
The diving is quite spectacular, with walls, marine life and visibility being the highlights of nearly every dive. The types of fish that can be seen on any one dive include spotted eagle rays, moray eels, dolphins, rock snappers, and smaller species of fish.
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Barrier Reef
The Barrier Reef of Belize is alive and well. Many International Associations, the Government of Belize, and the people of Belize are impassioned with keeping Belize pristine for future generations. Blue Marlin Lodge urges visitors to do their part in preserving the natural treasures of Belize.
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Dive Boats
The focus of the dive operations at Blue Marlin is the gear shack and boat dock, where a variety of dive boats are berthed. The main dive vessel, featuring a design that is the best combination of speed, practicality and trim for Belizean waters, is the MISS MARIEL, a 42-foot custom V-hull with twin cats outfitted with tank racks for 20-25 divers. This vessel is used for larger groups and all day dive trips to Glovers Reef.
A second vessel is the NAUTILUS, a 30-foot Mexican skiff powered by twin 150 outboards for up to ten divers. Blue Marlin's Pro 42 Jet Drive Reef Cruiser is state-of-the-art in diver comfort, safety, and convenience. Easy exit and entry on the boat is just one of many features that makes it a premium dive vessel.
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