Hol Chan Cut
水深はサイト上部から通常の最大深度までの範囲を示し、「推奨認定レベル」はオペレーターが一般的に求めるメインストリーム機関の資格レベルであり、法的な義務ではありません。流れと透明度は日々変化します——ここに掲載されている情報はすべて計画の目安としてご利用ください。
Hol Chan is proof of what a few protected decades do. The cut through the barrier reef has been off-limits to fishing since 1987, and its residents have concluded that humans are furniture: black groupers the size of doormen hold mid-channel, green morays free-swim in daylight, and nurse sharks and southern stingrays pile up nearby where guides once rinsed fish scraps at Shark Ray Alley. Turtles graze the seagrass beds with an escort of remoras. The dive is shallow and short on solitude — this is Belize's busiest reserve — but the biomass per minute is unmatched in the country.
その瞬間のために: Fearless big groupers and morays, nurse sharks and rays, protected-channel fish density.
地形: A natural break in the barrier reef — 'little channel' in Yucatec Maya — floored with sand, seagrass, and coral ledges.
流れ（カレント）: Tidal flow through the cut can be brisk; guides time the drift.
エントリー: Minutes from San Pedro and Caye Caulker; guided entries drift the channel with the tide.
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危険生物・リスク: Tidal current in the cut and constant tour-boat traffic overhead.
許可証＆ルール: Reserve entrance fee per person, collected by operators.
保全: Belize's oldest marine reserve; fees fund rangers, and the tameness of the animals is a trust not to abuse — no touching or feeding.
出会える生物
Great Barracuda
Green Sea Turtle
Nurse Shark
Porcupinefish
Southern Stingray
水中フォトグラファー向け
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