Shark Point Diving at Glover’s Reef, Belize Dive Guide

Shark Point is a dive site in Glover's Reef, Belize.

See below for all liveaboards that dive Shark Point.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated liveaboard diving Shark Point, scoring 9.2/10. You can easily book the Belize Aggressor IV liveaboard using this link.

Shark Point sits on the exposed north-eastern corner of Glover’s Reef, where converging water attracts grouper, reef sharks, rays and schooling fish. It is a more demanding wall and drift dive than the atoll’s sheltered reefs, and liveaboard access lets the crew choose the best tide and weather window without a long mainland crossing.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the second highest customer rated liveaboard diving Shark Point, scoring 9.2/10. You can easily book the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard using this link.

Belize liveaboards that dive Shark Point

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

Belize Aggressor IV

Belize

Liveaboard Rated: 9.2/10

SDE Rating: 67%

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Belize Aggressor IV Liveaboard: 67%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Belize Aggressor IV liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Belize Aggressor IV liveaboard are ([Diving:9/10] + [Cabin:8/10] + [Boat:6/10] + [Dining:5/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:4/10] = 32/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Belize Aggressor IV liveaboard is calculated as 32/60 = 67% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .

From £248.00 GBP /day

Cabins: 10·Bathrooms: 13·Guests: 20

Length: 138 ft·Beam: 26 ft

Dive certification:Open Water Diver
Logged dives:No minimum number of logged dives

Belize Aggressor III

Belize

Liveaboard Rated: 9.2/10

SDE Rating: 67%

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Belize Aggressor III Liveaboard: 67%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard are ([Diving:9/10] + [Cabin:6/10] + [Boat:7/10] + [Dining:6/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:4/10] = 32/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard is calculated as 32/60 = 67% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .

From £250.00 GBP /day

Cabins:Bathrooms:Guests: 18

Length: 110 ft·Beam: 22 ft

Dive certification:Open Water Diver
Logged dives:No minimum number of logged dives

Shark Point Diver Details

Useful training for this site
Advanced Open Water Diver, Drift Diver, Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver, Strong buoyancy control in current

Suggested equipment
3mm wetsuit, Delayed SMB, Dive computer, Nitrox

Dive type
Drift, Reef, Shark dive, Wall

Entry
Boat

Minimum recommended experience
Intermediate

Belize; Shark Point Dive Site Details

Water type
Salt

Water temperature
26.0°C–29.0°C

Best time to dive Shark Point
Year round when conditions allow; April to June can provide favourable offshore conditions and seasonal grouper activity

Depth
10.0m–35.0m

Visibility
25.0m–35.0m

Current strength
Moderate, Strong

Location
16.92, -87.72

Belize’s Shark Point dive site map and location

The latitude and longitude for Belize’s Shark Point dive site are: 16.92, -87.72

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Shark Point Liveaboard Dive Site

Shark Point occupies the north-eastern corner of Glover’s Reef Atoll, where the reef bends towards open Caribbean water. The position can concentrate current and marine life, producing an energetic wall dive with a healthy reef plateau above deeper blue water.

Caribbean reef sharks and nurse sharks may patrol the reef edge, while grouper, snappers and parrotfish use the coral and sandy channels. Spotted eagle rays and southern stingrays are possible, and larger sharks have occasionally been reported in the deeper water. The name describes the site’s potential, not a guaranteed encounter.

The dive commonly begins on the shallower reef before following the wall towards 30 metres or more. Moderate current may strengthen around the corner, so intermediate experience, confident buoyancy and comfort with drift procedures are important. Stay with the guide, watch depth and gas, and be prepared for a blue-water ascent using a delayed or standard surface marker buoy. The Shark Point site profile describes the north-eastern wall, moderate current, 25–35 metre visibility and the possibility of reef sharks, rays and schooling fish.

Shark Point is remote enough that a liveaboard is the most practical way to plan the dive. The crew can wait for an appropriate current and weather window, enter early and move to a more sheltered site if the corner is unsuitable. It also lets you combine the dive with grouper encounters at Grouper Flats and easier coral exploration at Baking Swash Reef.

Night diving is better suited to a protected nearby reef than this exposed corner and should depend on the captain’s decision. That flexibility is part of the liveaboard benefit: the itinerary can respond to real conditions instead of promising one fixed schedule. Compare Belize liveaboards and select a departure explicitly including Glover’s Reef, as many standard Belize routes concentrate on the Great Blue Hole and the northern atolls.

The Shark Point dive site in Belize is visited by three dive liveaboards. The highest customer-rated liveaboard scores 9.2 out of 10. Prices across these liveaboards start from £248.00.

If you want a more intimate experience, the smallest liveaboard in this selection of the Shark Point dive liveaboards is Belize Aggressor V, which has 6 cabins, accommodates up to 14 guests, and is 100 ft in length. If you prefer a larger boat, Belize Aggressor IV, which is 138 ft in length, has 10 cabins, and accommodates up to 20 guests.

To dive the Shark Point dive site, the minimum diver certification is Open Water Diver, and you are required to have no minimum number of logged dives. So be careful when you choose a liveaboard that has the Shark Point dive site on its itinerary, to make sure both your dive certification and level of experience match its minimum levels.