Paradise Canyons

One of the most popular dive areas on the island of Ambergris Caye in Belize

Cypress Canyons is a spur-and-groove reef with deep and narrow canyons running perpendicular to the reef line. Coral spurs crest at 50-70 ft whereas the sand-floored cuts fall off rapidly to depths of 100 fl. A very cool, beautiful site.

Mermaid’s Lair sits just off Ambergris Caye and is a great dive and snorkel site with the reef being fairly shallow with no current. This site is accessible by boat only and has great visibility.

Tuffy Canyons also known as San Pedro Canyons is located directly in front of the main channel of San Pedro Town. It has a variety of stony corals which forms a loose framework that supports a multitude of protective homes for small invertebrates such as the Brittle Star Fish, Shrimps and Crabs.

Tackle Box is a very popular dive site off of Ambergris Caye. It consists of canyons, caverns, tunnels and lots of places to explore for lobsters, eels and good macro life, or schools of jacks around the reef.

Toffee Canyons is a great dive site just off Ambergris Caye. This is a fairly shallow site great for newer divers and snorkelers. Healthy reef system with lots of marine life to see.

The house reef right off of the Mayan Princess Hotel on Ambergris Caye offers nice, shallow diving good for beginners and snorkelers alike. Not as pristine as the reefs Belize is famous for, but an easy dive that is easily accessible.

Mexico Rocks Marine Reserve is a shallow patch reef complex located off the northern tip of Ambergris Caye. The site consists of approximately 100 Holocene patch reefs and is composed predominantly of boulder corals all in very shallow water making this a great snorkel site.

Also known as Tuffy Rocks, this site sits adjacent to the more popular ’Tackle Box’ dive site. This reef is fairly shallow and is good for newer divers and snorkeling alike. This site is boat accessible.

One of the most beautiful dives off of Ambergris Caye, the Esmeralda Canyons consists of multiple “slot canyon“ like coral reefs making you feel like your swimming up and down rows of bookshelves in a coral library.