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Basic Cathedral informations

Dive depth

Dive depth: 14 - 25m (46 - 82ft)

Visibility

Visibility: 20m (66ft) and sometimes over >30m (100ft)

Water temperature

Water temperature: 26 - 29℃ (79 - 84℉)

Current

Current: none - slight

Dive type

Dive type: big fish, exploratory and reef

Difficulty level

Difficulty: beginner divers
Dive operator: Belize Aggressor III

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  • Southern stingray

    Spanish: Raya americana, Raya látigo americana, Raya látigo, Raya verde, Rayalátigo arrecifal, Raya de espina

    Occurrence:

    1-10%

    Number:

    1-3

    Length: 90 - 200cmMax. weight: 135kgFound at depth: 0 - 53m, usually 0 - 4m

    Danger: Traumatogenic

  • Spotted moray (Common spotted moray, common conger, hamlet, speckled moray, white-jawed moray, white-chinned moray)

    Spanish: Morena manchada, Morena de mentón blanco, Morena colorado, Morena pintada

    Occurrence:

    1-10%

    Number:

    1-3

    Length: 60 - 200cmWeight: 2.5kgFound at depth: 0 - 200m, usually 0 - 35m

    Danger: Traumatogenic

  • Caribbean reef shark (Reef shark)

    Spanish: Cabeza dura, Cazón de arrecife, Tiburón coralino, Tiburón tollo, Tollo

    Occurrence:

    1-10%

    Number:

    1-3

    Length: 2 - 2.5m, max. reported length: 3mMax. weight: 70kgFound at depth: 3 - 30m, max. reported depth: 378m

    Status: NT - Near ThreatenedDanger: Aggressive in the presence of food

Basic Cathedral informations

Dive depth

Dive depth: 14 - 25m (46 - 82ft)

Visibility

Visibility: 20m (66ft) and sometimes over >30m (100ft)

Water temperature

Water temperature: 26 - 29℃ (79 - 84℉)

Current

Current: none - slight

Dive type

Dive type: big fish, exploratory and reef

Difficulty level

Difficulty: beginner divers
Dive operator: Belize Aggressor III

Cathedral description

Cathedral basic informations

Colorful formations resembling cathedral steeples with sandy cuts in between signify this site. This site is home to many black groupers and jacks, as well as three species of angel fish, scorpion fish, several varieties of eels and silver sides. Spanish dancers are sometimes sighted on the night dives.

Marine life (12 registered species)

Fish

Disk & Large Oval

Angelfishes

Silvery Fishes

Jacks
Horse-eye jack (Caranx latus)
Horse-eye jack
Horse-eye jack (Caranx latus)

Length: 60 - 101cm   Weight: 13.4kg

Occurrence:

1-10%

Number:

Small groups

Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database

Image credit to Gary Rinaldi

Bottom-Dwellers

Scorpionfishes

Eels

Moray Eels
Spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa)
Spotted moray
Spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa)

Length: 60 - 200cm   Weight: 2.5kg

Occurrence:

1-10%

Number:

1-3

Danger: Traumatogenic

Image source: Cathedral dive site

Rays

Rays
Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana)
Southern stingray
Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana)

Length: 90 - 200cm   Max. weight: 135kg

Occurrence:

1-10%

Number:

1-3

Danger: Traumatogenic

Image source: Cathedral dive site

Sharks

Sharks
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
Caribbean reef shark
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii)

Length: 2 - 2.5m, max. reported length: 3m   Max. weight: 70kg

Occurrence:

1-10%

Number:

1-3

Status: Near Threatened   Danger: Aggressive in the presence of food

Image source: Cathedral dive site