Diving at the Light House in Belize

mwrager · 12-15-2003, 05:26 PM

I have decided on one of the places I am going to go diving next year. Belize, Lighthouse reef is a 40-mile preserve and one of the most exotic dive spots in Belize, it is perfect for the seasoned scuba diver or snorkler. One of Belize's signature dive site is the Great Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef. Made famous by Jacques Cousteau's Calypso expeditions in the 1970's, it is said that its formation was during the last Ice Age, 10 to 12,000 years ago, when sea-level was nearly 300 feet lower than today, huge stalactites protrude from the surrounding inward slanting lip of the Blue Hole.

Tell me what you think.

mwrager · 12-15-2003, 05:28 PM

Cost $2760.00 per person, but here is what you get.

This wonderful trip includes:

Round trip airfare from Phoenix to Belize City
and Lighthouse Reef.
7 nights deluxe accommodations at the Lighthouse Reef Resort.
6 days of 3 tank diving,
(17 total dives).
All meals.
Transfers, tanks, weights and belts.

wooddood · 12-15-2003, 05:32 PM

congrats,i've really been thinking about taking up scuba diving i think that would really be an awesome experience.sounds like your trip will be one of a lifetime.hope you have a great time and dont forget the pics,looking forward to seeing them.

Maxx · 12-15-2003, 05:36 PM

Sounds good! My girlfriend Rocio and I went to Puerto Vallarta last May for a friends wedding, and it wass beautiful. We stayed at an all inclusive resort and that was great. Saved money that would've been spent on food that was available at the hotel. I've never been diving out that way...learned to dive in Hawaii, have dived in Okinawa and the Cayman Islands...let us know how it goes!
Nick

openbrain · 12-15-2003, 07:34 PM

Speaking of diving, I know it's winter here in NE, but do we have divers in the Mass. NH. area? I was thinking maybe we could get together in the summer and do a couple of dives. Maybe when some of the reef fish come north. I heard you can see fish right off shore someplace off the cape (cape cod) at a certain time of year.

mwrager · 12-15-2003, 08:24 PM

I plan on going in July after my shoulder heals

Pro_builder · 12-15-2003, 08:30 PM

Sounds like it would be a lot of fun.

Craig Manoukian · 12-16-2003, 05:09 PM

Will they Certify you Mark?

Thanks

mwrager · 12-16-2003, 05:16 PM

Craig

I am already certifed diver, I know the dive shop that is putting this on. I am sure they would certify you if you wanted to go. I can ask them. Email me if you want to know

Craig Manoukian · 12-16-2003, 06:33 PM

Thanks Mark. Will let you know!

ScottT1980 · 12-16-2003, 07:19 PM

Ah man, what I would give to go back to Belize...go visit the Crazy Cannuck bar for me (if you will be near the Amberguis Key) and enjoy the snorkling/diving...

Belikins abound along with some incredible underwater sights. Also, try to get in a night snorkle/scuba if you can. Sooooooooo much cool stuff comes out at night and it is a much different atmosphere in and around the reef.

Take er easy
Scott T.

mwrager · 12-17-2003, 11:35 AM

Here is where I will be diving when I go.

Craig Manoukian · 12-17-2003, 11:50 AM

Wow! Too cool! Great photo!

mwrager · 01-26-2004, 01:13 PM

Well at lunch today I will start the ball going for the Belize Trip, I will be the only one going on that one. The Belize trip is July 17 to the 25.

Next I am looking at doing some diving in the Keys. Still have to work this one out. I want to do the diving in the first part on June. I will be taking my two kids on this one.

Next one is a dive in Channel Islands. Started the ball going on this one also. The dive is from July 2 to the 5th. I will be taking one of my children on this one.

Now for the last trip of the summer of 2004. I will be going to Costa Rica. No details on this yet. I want to do it between the Keys dive and the Channel Island dive.

On one of the dives I plan on getting Nitrox cert. Probably on the Keys trip or maybe the Channel Island.

cheeks69 · 01-26-2004, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by openbrain
Speaking of diving, I know it's winter here in NE, but do we have divers in the Mass. NH. area? I was thinking maybe we could get together in the summer and do a couple of dives.

I'm not a certified diver but I can tell ya the water off of the Cape even in the middle of the summer is bone chillin

and don't mean to scare ya but watch out for the white sharks that have been hangin around there for the last couple of summers

12-15-2003, 05:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
mwrager Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert AZ Posts: 1,068 View Gallery Karma Komment	Diving at the Light House in Belize I have decided on one of the places I am going to go diving next year. Belize, Lighthouse reef is a 40-mile preserve and one of the most exotic dive spots in Belize, it is perfect for the seasoned scuba diver or snorkler. One of Belize's signature dive site is the Great Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef. Made famous by Jacques Cousteau's Calypso expeditions in the 1970's, it is said that its formation was during the last Ice Age, 10 to 12,000 years ago, when sea-level was nearly 300 feet lower than today, huge stalactites protrude from the surrounding inward slanting lip of the Blue Hole. Tell me what you think. __________________ Mark Some days I realy feel old! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner3.gif

12-15-2003, 05:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
mwrager Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert AZ Posts: 1,068 View Gallery Karma Komment	Cost $2760.00 per person, but here is what you get. This wonderful trip includes: Round trip airfare from Phoenix to Belize City and Lighthouse Reef. 7 nights deluxe accommodations at the Lighthouse Reef Resort. 6 days of 3 tank diving, (17 total dives). All meals. Transfers, tanks, weights and belts. __________________ Mark Some days I realy feel old! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner3.gif

12-15-2003, 05:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
wooddood the wood dude Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CARMEL. INDIANA Posts: 3,450 View Gallery Karma Komment	congrats,i've really been thinking about taking up scuba diving i think that would really be an awesome experience.sounds like your trip will be one of a lifetime.hope you have a great time and dont forget the pics,looking forward to seeing them. __________________ 120 gal/in wall tank/starboard substraight/2 250 watt 10k xm metal halides/ 4 55watt 03 actinics/150lbs lr/scwd on return/scwd on a closed loop/aquaclear aquatics 200 pro wetdry w/skimmer. ask all the questions you have if we cant answer it we'll make up some thing. remember patience is the key to a kick ass reef. dave.

12-15-2003, 05:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Maxx Manta Ray Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St Louis Mo Posts: 3,079 View Gallery Karma Komment	Sounds good! My girlfriend Rocio and I went to Puerto Vallarta last May for a friends wedding, and it wass beautiful. We stayed at an all inclusive resort and that was great. Saved money that would've been spent on food that was available at the hotel. I've never been diving out that way...learned to dive in Hawaii, have dived in Okinawa and the Cayman Islands...let us know how it goes! Nick __________________ "Chaos, confusion, despair...my work is done here." ...Some guy named Murphy.... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Reef Sanctuary Knowledgebase (Answers to all your questions and then some!)

12-15-2003, 07:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
openbrain Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 151 View Gallery Karma Komment	Speaking of diving, I know it's winter here in NE, but do we have divers in the Mass. NH. area? I was thinking maybe we could get together in the summer and do a couple of dives. Maybe when some of the reef fish come north. I heard you can see fish right off shore someplace off the cape (cape cod) at a certain time of year. __________________ Don ---------- Then it comes to be that soothing light at the end of the tunnel, it's just a freight train coming your way

12-15-2003, 08:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
mwrager Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert AZ Posts: 1,068 View Gallery Karma Komment	I plan on going in July after my shoulder heals __________________ Mark Some days I realy feel old! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner3.gif

12-15-2003, 08:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pro_builder DIY Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oxford, Iowa Posts: 1,746 View Gallery Karma Komment	Sounds like it would be a lot of fun. __________________ -Troy 180 gallon Reef, 3- 250 XM 15K MH Electronic ballast, 380 watts VHO Actinics, 2- 5 watt LED Moon lights, 100 gal rubbermaid sump, 75 gallon Fuge, ETSS 600 Skimmer, 4700-5400 gph pump for return, Octopus 3000 controller, Iwaki 40 RL skimmer pump, 2- 65w PC 10K fuge lights, 2 55 gallon barrels, Custom light oak stand and hood, misc pumps, extra 600 gallon rated tank size protein skimmer. Purple tang, yellow tang, pacific blue tang, 2 green chromis, 1 Sand sifting star, snails, hermit crabs, 2 mated perculas, pulsing Xenia, Anenome, mushrooms, ricordia, zoanthids, kenya tree 1 1/2" tall, misc other hitchhiker stuff. DIY is my dream... ...well OK the only way I can afford this Addiction!! Just as the light goes on in my head... ... I break the bulb!!

12-16-2003, 05:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,037 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Will they Certify you Mark? Thanks __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

12-16-2003, 05:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
mwrager Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert AZ Posts: 1,068 View Gallery Karma Komment	Craig I am already certifed diver, I know the dive shop that is putting this on. I am sure they would certify you if you wanted to go. I can ask them. Email me if you want to know __________________ Mark Some days I realy feel old! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner3.gif

12-16-2003, 06:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,037 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Thanks Mark. Will let you know! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

12-16-2003, 07:19 PM	#11 (permalink)
ScottT1980 Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,484 View Gallery Karma Komment	Ah man, what I would give to go back to Belize...go visit the Crazy Cannuck bar for me (if you will be near the Amberguis Key) and enjoy the snorkling/diving... Belikins abound along with some incredible underwater sights. Also, try to get in a night snorkle/scuba if you can. Sooooooooo much cool stuff comes out at night and it is a much different atmosphere in and around the reef. Take er easy Scott T. __________________ My Tank

12-17-2003, 11:35 AM	#12 (permalink)
mwrager Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert AZ Posts: 1,068 View Gallery Karma Komment	Here is where I will be diving when I go. __________________ Mark Some days I realy feel old! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner3.gif

12-17-2003, 11:50 AM	#13 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,037 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Wow! Too cool! Great photo! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

01-26-2004, 01:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
mwrager Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert AZ Posts: 1,068 View Gallery Karma Komment	Well at lunch today I will start the ball going for the Belize Trip, I will be the only one going on that one. The Belize trip is July 17 to the 25. Next I am looking at doing some diving in the Keys. Still have to work this one out. I want to do the diving in the first part on June. I will be taking my two kids on this one. Next one is a dive in Channel Islands. Started the ball going on this one also. The dive is from July 2 to the 5th. I will be taking one of my children on this one. Now for the last trip of the summer of 2004. I will be going to Costa Rica. No details on this yet. I want to do it between the Keys dive and the Channel Island dive. On one of the dives I plan on getting Nitrox cert. Probably on the Keys trip or maybe the Channel Island. __________________ Mark Some days I realy feel old! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner3.gif

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