Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 17, 2011

Last week was another windy week on our Belize island, and the wind sports were in full swing with kites and windsurfing action adding to the paddle and surfing events. We were able to sail to the neighboring islands and even got some kite action in the surf. Check out some of these shots from Victor’s GoPro camera; he sent these shots as soon as he got off the island. In addition to these b

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 12, 2011

Meg has been sending several reports while she is taking some much needed R&R. It was a busy Christmas and New Year period on the kiting front with plenty of students leaving as happy new kitesurfers. The easterly trade winds allow for perfect conditions and the sand flats provide the ideal environment with no obstacles and miles of shallow water to master kite flying and board start skills. A

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 11, 2011

We sure are getting a lot of calls from Canada lately, and we just found out why. Slickrock stars in a feature article in Westworld Alberta magazine called “Sun, Scenery, and Serenity“. “While many private islands make a lot of noise about forgetting the outside world, this one means it. The Robinson-Crusoe-style haven promises to go easy on the environment, with just 15 rustic c

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Meg Griffiths, our Belize kitesurf instructor sent us a description of her recent busy weeks on the island. When a kiter imagines their ideal, fantasy kite location they undoubtedly think warm, clear water, 15 knots, white sand, palm trees and good beer. Add to that 3km of waist deep sand flats, an isolated dream island with both surf and flat water, plus the occasional giant spotted eagle ray mea

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 6, 2011

Last week we woke up the day after Christmas (Also my 29th birthday) to find a turtle nest had hatched. The weather was poor and we were planning a low tide walk in the pools out of the wind on the backside of our island anyway. It turned out to be the sweetest low tide walk ever. We found about 15-20 Turtles and walked them out across the tide pools and out beyond the breaking waves. Great Christ

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 4, 2011

Belize contains hundreds of Mayan sites. The Mayan civilization rose to its peak between 600 – 900 AD. Many large cities existed during this time, with a network of trading routes between them, and their impressive ruins can be seen today across the country. In addition to restored ruins found in Belize such as Caracol, Xunantunich, Altun Ha, and Lamanai, many other large sites exist still hidde

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 30, 2010

Years ago I wanted to find a place like our place; an island outdoor center with snorkeling right from shore, all the sport toys, great guides, and located somewhere in the world where the water is warm and clear. In short, I wanted a busman’s holiday; I wanted to take an adventure vacation full of adventure activities where I wasn’t in charge. I wanted someone to guide me for a change. Thatâ€

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 21, 2010

We have been customers of Google since they first started the pay-per-click adwords program. I don’t even want to tell you how much we spend on those little ads that show up on the right of your screen when you Google something like “outdoor vacation“. And we are surely a tiny advertiser in the grand scheme of all-things-Google. Over the years, Google has made a habit of sending

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 17, 2010

The internet is amazing. When we first moved to Long Caye in 1996, there were no on-line tools for watching the wind and waves off the coast of Belize. Now there are a whole host of websites that we watch to check the swell and wind. If you are planning a Belize surfing trip, you will want to check out the sites that we use. Magic Seaweed! Our #1 favorite (screen shot in the image above), you can