Dive guides for Belize: the Blue Hole, Hol Chan, PADI certification, and everything else to know before diving the Belize Barrier Reef from Casa Pisces.
Belize is one of the most popular places in the world to learn to dive — and it's easy to see why. Where else can your first open-water dives happen on the second-largest barrier reef system on Earth, in warm, clear, 80-degree water, with visibility that regularly tops 60 feet? If you've been curious about diving but never taken the plunge, a Belize vacation is a genuinely great place to start. Here's what getting certified actually involves. What Certification Level Do You N
If there's one dive site that puts Belize on every diver's bucket list, it's the Great Blue Hole. A nearly perfect circle of deep blue water dropping more than 400 feet into the earth, surrounded by the pale turquoise shallows of Lighthouse Reef Atoll — it's one of those dives that looks almost fake from the air, and feels even more surreal once you're in it. If you're planning a trip built around this one dive, timing matters. Here's what you need to know before you go. When
