Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on November 4, 2014

Have you seen this video yet? It’s INCREDIBLE. Although we do have an excellent surf break on our Belize island, it is from Caribbean swell so the waves are generally only 4-6′. But we keep our eyes open for great surf shots. We just ran across this spectacular footage of surfing action shot at 1000 fps, which makes the slow motion footage amazingly sharp.

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on October 28, 2014

Every year someone from our company drives the 3000 miles down to Belize. This is the only way we can get all of our sport gear and other important items to Belize that we need on our island at Glover’s Reef. This is the third year that our Belize Adventure Week guide Neri Chi has done the drive for us. He is now a pro at it, and it’s not easy! You have 2 borders to deal with. We talke

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on October 21, 2014

In an earlier blog post we talked about the incredible amount of plastic trash that has been accumulating in the ocean gyres, or eddies, around the world. For the most part these huge floating islands of trash that collect in these gyres remain out of sight and out of mind in the central part of the oceans. However, much of this trash does sink, where it remains on the seabed, adversely affecting

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on October 14, 2014

We have posted several times on the Lionfish problems we are experiencing out at Glover’s Reef. We spearfish for lionfish while snorkeling, we have tried serving fresh lionfish for breakfast, and we even teach eels to eat lionfish! This article recently ran in the NY Times describing the problems other areas are also having with the invasion of the Lionfish, which continues as an unfolding story

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on October 7, 2014

The islands of Belize are ever changing. Composed of sand and coral rubble, not bedrock, and low lying, they are susceptible to extreme weather events, especially hurricanes. Over the years we have observed whole islands disappearing from big storms, and others appearing out of nowhere as huge wave events from storms batter the islands. Out at Glover’s Reef on our island Long Caye, Belize, we ar

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 30, 2014

In an earlier blog post we talked about how important Parrotfish are to the health of the coral reef. Another great article discussing the health of coral reefs in relationship to the Parrotfish has just come out in the NY Times. It outlines various studies of reefs in the Caribbean and elsewhere and how this is dependent on algae grazing fish, primarily Parrotfish populations, to keep algae overg

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 23, 2014

Every week we teach a new group of guests how to kayak. We have been doing this a long time and we have a great system to get everyone on the water safely quite quickly. It’s a fantastic place to learn because the water is crystal clear and 82 degrees! Our guides are experts, the gear is professional grade, and in just a few hours you are ready to paddle out to a patch reef to go snorkeling

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 16, 2014

We follow Belize news closely, and we recently learned that there is a new mega resort being proposed on Northern Caye at Lighthouse Reef, where the famous Blue Hole is located. The new mega-resort is to be called the Puerto Azul Luxury Resort. Plans were unveiled at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in France, where the Italian developers showed off a model for a super high-end luxury resort the

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 9, 2014

I spend every March and April in Belize on our island. I’ve been doing this for almost 30 years now, and of course I love the island, and the snorkeling and kayaking and all of the other sports, but really, the best part is our guests. For some reason we have the BEST people join us, and they make me laugh, and that’s such a great thing. Last March Paul Jongerden and Brian Craig joined