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Adventure land is a popular Disney theme park, but for those seeking real outdoor adventure and discovery, it is a place called Belize. Here, is an extensive offshore wilderness complete […]

Fifty feet below the crystal sea, only a mite off beach-strewn Grand Bahama Island, is an undersea spectacle so surreal that it must be seen to be believed. Staged by […]

Dawn had been a quick change from pastel to blue and a hearty breakfast was already a warm, full feeling when, by 9:00 AM, we were skimming across the Caribbean […]

SAILING AND DIVING THE ATOLLS OF BELIZE Moored at the southern end of Lighthouse Reef, our sailing sloop Mondriaan strikes a pose. Her white hull and twin masts are framed […]

We follow in the wake of creatures large and small on singular adventures in a sea of biodiversity. We left the resort dock early and for the next hour and […]

I am standing barefoot on the deck of a sailing sloop appropriately named Pirate's Lady. Its sleek white hull is cutting across what looks like a giant bowl of blue-green […]

The first yellow light of dawn had come and gone quickly; now a warm Cozumel sun rose over my shoulder, painting shadows across the seemingly endless white sand beach. A […]

The Bay Islands of Honduras are three mid-sized islands and 60-odd small islets and keys that string out into the Caribbean like teardrops falling off the face of Central America. […]

Hugh and I surfaced, laughing and talking about our dive even before we reached the deck of the Suzie Q. I had just experienced the most comfortable and pleasurable dive […]

IT'S EXTREMELY ADVENTUROUS, EXTREMELY EASY AT STUART COVE'S DIVE SOUTH OCEAN Zoom, there goes a shark. Zoom, there go three sharks. Zoom, there go five sharks. For the first 20 […]

Our small group of divers had entered a turquoise sea at the south end of Santa Rosa Wall, one of my favorite dives in Cozumel. A current pushed us toward […]

Directly in front of the charming mainhouse is a crescent-shaped white sand beach. With fins and camera in hand, I walk out to a platform in three and a half […]

With the simple but proper wave of her hand, student Nicole Gober prompts a dolphin to leave the water and slide up onto the swim platform. The huge dolphin, now […]

The horizon is an all-blue panorama. A line, stretching to infinity, separates a cobalt blue sky from a turquoise sea. Behind the handsome 55 foot Pelagic, cruising at more than […]

DIVE HOUSE/FIESTA AMERICANA COZUMEL REEF Juan Leca and I are riding in an underwater version of a tropical wind storm. It's a "bad" day for Cozumel; the current is really […]

Looking for a spectacular undersea and above water adventure without having to travel to the other side of the world? Less than three hours from several U.S. gateway cities in […]

The view from the private porch of your guestroom offers a blue green horizon of the Caribbean Sea, framed by a wide, sweeping white sand beach. It is viewed through […]

All of us look for that special place in the sun - a place with crystal water, golden reefs and comfortable accommodations attended by a complete dive operation. Perhaps you, […]

The island of Roatan possesses a unique geography: more than 30 miles long (including three mile long Helene, which is actually an extension of Roatan separated only by a narrow […]

Whether You've Been Diving for Weeks or Decades, This Mexican Paradise Offers Spectacular Diving Experiences I am gliding along effortlessly in water as warm as blood and clear as crystal. […]

Savor the Tranquility of this Bay Islands Retreat While Enjoying World-Class Diving "Posada del Sol, Posada del Sol," the boatman called out from the dock next to the airstrip. I […]

Trucking along in a two-knot current, we were suspended in gin-clear visibility. Nuggets of red, orange and yellow-encrusted coral heads leapt up from the white-sand slope. Reef fish - parrots, […]

The front yard is a seemingly endless white sand beach; the backyard is a mangrove-fringed lagoon. In between is an attractive, sprawling resort; a multi-faceted gem that includes a variety […]

Prolific Wildlife, Both Topside and Underwater, Makes Belize an Adventurer's Paradise Big islands and little islets; three huge rings of coral and a barrier reef that seems never to end. […]

Each day begins with the aroma of full-bodied coffee just before a hearty breakfast that includes a choice of eggs, pancakes, etc. Each day, however, is at a different location, […]

Anthony's Key Resort, on the verdant isle of Roatan, is both a diver's paradise and a perfect vision of tropicality. Add the presence of the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences […]

By the time you read this, it may be snowing in Chicago and dreams of the tropics will be swimming in your head. Palm-crowded islands, coral reefs and temperatures in […]

Diving and Innovative Educational Programs Come Together on Roatan Sunrise is remarkable, rising over the mountains and treeline to bathe the island in a warm glow. Sunset is unforgettable, creating […]

Imagine a narrow, palm-fringed island that stretches across the turquoise Caribbean like a string of pearls. A white sand beach borders the island on its sea-ward side, disappearing from view […]

Cozumel features a rich and splendid dive environment coupled with a unique Mexican/Caribbean island atmosphere. It is a destination that successfully combines pristine diving with many comforts and advantages of […]

Considering Belize isn't exactly over-run by tourists, my trip to Placencia was expected to be a wilderness visit. Since it's about 100 miles south of Belize City, fairly close to […]

A Quality Dive Operation and Hotel Close to the Popular Southern Reefs The visibility is awesome. I can see Juan Leca, our special host for this dive, and the others […]

If you happen to be at CoCo View during any of the many calms that permeate the tropics, the morning can be magical. After breakfast, with a fresh cup of […]

Cozumel is only 12 miles from the huge and mystic Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico. Known by the ancient Maya as Cuzamil, the Place of the Swallows, the 12 by […]

Scuba Paradise Found on Glover's Reef A sunny, cloudless sky and a crystal sea. Mammoth, wilderness reefs and quaint, comfortable cottages nestled on a palm-crowded, beachy tropical isle. There are […]

Belize is a destination of dual personalities. It is a Central American country but with a definite Caribbean reality and ambiance. It is an offshore world of extensive dive discovery […]

The Bay Islands of Caribbean Honduras trail away from the mainland like the dots of an unfinished sentence. The vestiges of a submarine ridge that extends from the Sierra de […]

First Class Hideaway with First Class Diving in the Bay Islands One of the very best surprises in Caribbean dive travel today is a visit to Posada del Sol, the […]

Turneffe Islands Retreat Offers Pristine Diving Fruitful and abundant, fruitful and abundant. These two words kept passing through my mind as I surveyed the underwater scenery. Coral Garden was the […]

Luxury Resort Offers Diving Off Roatan's North & South Coasts I can recall, with a certain clarity, the opening of Roatan's Fantasy Island Beach Resort in 1989. At that very […]

Bay Islands Resort Offers a Cornucopia of Marine Life There is a false impression that all of the great Caribbean diving areas have already been discovered and popularized. Enthusiasm will […]

It sits at the edge of the sea, the veranda from a tin-roofed guestwing, mounted on stilts, hangs over the water's edge. The courtyard, with its row of beach chairs, […]

Reaching paradise is not always an ordeal. My flight from Miami included a glass of wine, a fine seafood meal, an inflight movie and a cat nap -- completed with […]

It was already sultry and warm at 7:00 am--the best day of all and I had to leave this special place. It's not fair; it's supposed to rain the day […]

The Bay Islands of Honduras are comprised of three main islands (Utila, Roatan and Guanaja) three islets (Helene, Morat and Barbareta) and about 65 cays, including the Cochinos group. Although […]

My first night and day at the Rum Point Inn in Placencia, Belize, promised an entirely new menu of diving experiences and above water adventures. I had arrived kate the […]

Blue Hole Extravaganza Belize, a small Central American country with an extensive coral world offshore, is a paradise for divers. In fact, the quality and quantity of its barrier reef […]

On the Belize Barrier Reef The wind blew with a constant audible and visible presence, bending and rattling the tall coconut palms and raising white caps on the luminous seas. […]

New Early Bird Service From an Old Favorite Whether you are looking for it or not, you can't miss it - as soon as you leave "downtown" San Miguel and […]

Cozumel, for many geographical, biological and cultural reasons, is the Caribbean's most popular single island diving destination. In the "good old days" of the late 1960s and '70s, the chief […]