AtollPatrimonio Mundial UNESCOÁrea Marina Protegida

Glover's Reef

Profundidad: 5–35 mNivel: Advanced Open WaterAll year round

An oval coral formation rising from more than 660 m of water and enclosing a lagoon of some 260 km² with more than 700 patch reefs inside it. It is the least visited of the Belizean atolls and much of it remains unexplored.

Depth

5–35 m

Recommended level

Advanced Open Water

Average visibility

30 m

Water temperature

27 °C

Current

Moderate

Access

Liveaboard/Boat

Best time

All year round

Recommended certification

Advanced Open Water

Approx. price

80 USD / dive

Ocean World Heritage Marine protected area

Plan your dive

Best time: All year round
Approx. price: 80 USD / dive

Protection status

Reserva Marina Nacional de Glover's Reef

UNESCO designation

Patrimonio Mundial (Sistema de Reservas de la Barrera de Coral de Belice, inscrito el 4 de diciembre de 1996, con siete áreas marinas protegidas)

Did you know

Lleva el nombre del pirata inglés John Glover, que lo usaba como escondite. Antes se llamaba Longorif.

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (Half Moon Caye / Lighthouse Reef); Hamanasi; Toucan Discovery; belizehub.com; williamdrumm.com

Location

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40 species documented in Glover's Reef

Endangered

Tiburón de arrecife del Caribe

Carcharhinus perezi

Least Concern

Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Critically Endangered

Coral cuerno de alce

Acropora palmata

Least Concern

Delfín mular

Tursiops truncatus

Data Deficient

Langosta espinosa del Caribe

Panulirus argus

Endangered

Tiburón ballena

Rhincodon typus

Vulnerable

Tiburón nodriza

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Critically Endangered

Tortuga carey

Eretmochelys imbricata

Not Evaluated

Abanico de mar púrpura

Gorgonia ventalina

Not Evaluated

Cangrejo azul

Callinectes sapidus

Not Evaluated

Cangrejo azul terrestre

Cardisoma guanhumi

Not Evaluated

Cangrejo fantasma atlántico

Ocypode quadrata

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