Guide to diving Gladden Spit in Placencia Peninsula, Belize

Gladden Spit is a dive site in Placencia Peninsula, Belize.

See below for all liveaboards that dive Gladden Spit.

The liveaboard shown opposite is one of the liveaboards that dives Gladden Spit. You can easily book the Belize Aggressor V liveaboard using this link.

Belize liveaboards that dive Gladden Spit

Below are all the dive liveaboards currently found for Gladden Spit in Belize, sorted from highest to lowest customer liveaboard rating, with unrated liveaboards shown last.

Gladden Spit Diver Details

Useful training for this site
Drift Diver, AWARE Shark Conservation, Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver, Experience with negative entries, Strong buoyancy control in current

Dive type
Drift, Reef

Entry
Boat

Difficulty
Intermediate

Belize; Gladden Spit Dive Site Details

Water type
Salt

Water temperature
26.0°C–29.0°C

Best time to dive Gladden Spit
March to June which is the spring months when many species of fish gather to spawn around the full moon, which attracts whale sharks to feed on the abundant eggs

Depth
10.0m–30.0m

Visibility
20.0m–40.0m

Current strength
Moderate, Strong

Location
16.4522, -88.0403

Belize’s Gladden Spit dive site map and location

The latitude and longitude for Belize’s Gladden Spit dive site are: 16.4522, -88.0403

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Gladden Spit Liveaboard Dive Site

The Gladden Spit dive site is currently visited by one featured dive liveaboard, Belize Aggressor V and prices starting from £313.00.

This boat has 6 cabins, accommodates up to 14 guests, and is 100 ft in length.

To dive this site, the minimum diver certification is Open Water Diver, and you are required to have no minimum number of logged dives.