Turtle Canyons
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About this site
Turtle Canyons is a reef dive at the Silk Cayes, off Placencia in Belize. The site takes its name from the hawksbill and loggerhead turtles that rest there, and visibility is good.
Divers often make it their second dive after North Wall. It also works as a nursery for spotted drum, arrow crabs and cleaner shrimp, which makes it a good place for photography.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratumReported here · unconfirmed
Nurse sharkNurse sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
Whale SharkRhincodon typusReported here · unconfirmed
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