LUXURY DIVING HOLIDAYS IN LATIN AMERICA

Overview

With the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, diving holidays in Latin America offer some of the most diverse and exciting scuba diving in the world. The best dive sites vary from spectacular cenotes and blue holes to bucket-list big fish spots to warm, tropical coral reefs of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. From beginner to expert scuba divers, Latin America diving holidays have something for everyone and the experts at Reefscape Travel will tailor the holiday perfectly to requirements.

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scalloped hammerheads, Galapagos islands

whale shark, Galapagos islands

sally lightfoot crab, Galapagos islands

Schooling jackfish at Darwins Arch in the Galapagos

schooling jack at Dawin's arch, Galapagos islands

In Depth

Undoubtedly one of the biggest appeals for diving holidays in Latin America is the bucket-list liveaboard diving to be found off the Pacific coast from Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador. These remote islands, namely Socorro (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), are home to an incredible abundance and diversity of big fish life, drawing experienced divers from all over the globe. These big fish scuba diving destinations would suit more experienced divers, who are looking for exhilarating drift dives amongst breathtaking marine life.

Scuba diving highlights include inquisitive oceanic manta rays and dolphins in Socorro alongside 10 species of shark. In Cocos Island, schooling hammerheads and tiger sharks are the stars of the show whilst large pregnant whale sharks, marine iguanas, schooling hammerheads and rays including oceanic and reef mantas are seen in the Galapagos Islands. Luxury liveaboards provide the perfect platform for scuba divers to access these remote, advanced locations with stringent safety protocols in place.

Mexico also offers so much more when it comes to diving holidays. The Sea of Cortez or ‘The Aquarium of the World’ as it was called by Jacques Cousteau, offers incredible marine life encounters including whale sharks, sealions, whales, hammerheads and over 900 species of fish. On the Yucatan Peninsula, the spectacular cenote scuba diving showcases something quite different: water so crystal clear that it feels akin to floating in air.

Heading south, Belize is fringed by the second largest barrier reef in the world, the Mesoamerican Reef, world-famous to scuba divers for the Blue Hole. The Lighthouse Reef and Turneffe Atoll are home to the best dive sites in Belize, with stunning hard corals littered with reef fish and sleepy nurse sharks. Whale sharks can occasionally be seen from southerly Placencia, known for its palm-fringed beaches and a lagoon home to manatees.

Beyond the Reef

Diving holidays in Latin America offer so much more above the waves. Central America has a wealth of culture and history to be explored including incredible Mayan Ruins. Costa Rica contains nearly 6% of the world’s biodiversity, despite is comparatively tiny size, so needless to say the opportunities for wildlife sightings are endless. Explore the amazon from Ecuador as well as the endemic species of the Galapagos Islands including the Galapagos giant tortoise.