Approximately 30 miles long and 10 miles wide, it is made up of a fringing coral reef extending around the entire atoll, miles of back reef flats, mangroves,
turtle grass beds, littoral forest, channels and large central lagoon.
On turtle reef you are very likely to see hawksbill and green turtles as it is adjacent to
turtle grass beds.
Don't forget Turtle Reef to see rare and endangered sea turtle species adjacent to
turtle grass beds.
Grab a boat with a friend or on your own and float over
the turtle grass beds.
Not exact matches
One of the things that grows on the rotting blades is a slime mold that in the 1980s laid waste to vast
beds of
turtle grass in Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
«No shoes, no shirt, no worries» is the infamous motto for the Cayes off the east coast of Belize, and you will have the opportunity to discover infamous barrier reefs, dive the Blue Hole, marvel at an extraordinary array of colourful reef fish and rays, sea urchins, anemones, octopus and even sea
turtles feed at luxuriant sea
grass beds.
«No shoes, no shirt, no worries» is the infamous motto for the Cayes off the east coast of Belize, and you will have the opportunity to discover infamous barrier reefs, dive the Blue Hole in your free time, marvel at an extraordinary array of colourful reef fish and rays, sea urchins, anemones, octopus and even sea
turtles feed at luxuriant sea
grass beds.
A male rainbow parrotfish patrols a
bed of
turtle grass in Hol Chan Marine Reserve.
The west coast (high tide only) can be a good spot for spotting
turtles and general drift snorkelling, though you need to swim a good way out over
beds of sea
grass to get to the best.
At Cistern Point, tarpon gather on a rocky projection above a
grass bed that attracts hawksbill and green
turtles, while Vanishing Rock is swarmed by sergeant majors and schooling jacks.
This is a popular spot for snorkelers because there are green
turtles — an endangered species of sea
turtle — that come here to feed on the ample sea
grass beds.
Given the close cultural connection between the natural environment and Islander culture, habitat change that impacts significant fauna (for example, reduction in
turtle nesting beaches, migratory bird foraging or sea
grass bed decline) is likely to affect Islanders» mental well - being.