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Sea Kayaking

The 80-degree waters of Belize create an unbeatable setting to enjoy the thrills of sea kayaking, and no prior experience is required. Our guides provide instruction covering a full range of kayaking techniques, including paddling strokes, rolling, and rescues. We paddle every day to nearby islands, into the lagoon, or along the reef in search of new snorkeling locations. Skimming over the neon blue water, our boats dodge patch reefs and startle spotted eagle rays, barracuda, and bonefish. We often see porpoise and sea turtles while paddling through the channels into the open sea, where we stop to snorkel from the boats. Because we base from our private island, you are assured of getting in as much or as little paddling as you desire on Belize's premier kayaking tour. For more information, visit our sea kayaking activity page.

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Snorkeling
Snorkeling in Belize: Of all the highlights of your visit to Long Caye, exploring the underwater world will be the most memorable. The pristine reefs of Belize are world-renowned, and those at Glover’s National Marine Reserve are the best in the country. In addition to 700+ patch reefs accessible by kayak, there is outstanding snorkeling on the reef wall just off our shore. The abundance and variety of sea life is astounding, and you could spend a lifetime exploring the coral formations at Glover’s Reef Belize. For more information on snorkeling in Belize, visit our web page.

Bring your dive light for a night snorkel! Conditions don't permit this every trip, but what an amazing experience, to view the nocturnal creatures of the underwater world. Octopus, lobster, and basket starfish are often seen, not to mention the illusive Toad Fish, found only in Belizean waters!

Here are some fantastic shots taken while snorkeling on one of our trips in December of 2007. All photos by Tom Holub.

  
     Juvenile bluehead wrasse & pillar coral                      Trumpetfish                                                           Yellow spotted stingray

  
        Stoplight parrotfish                                                     French grunt                                                          Elkhorn coral

  
         Blue tang                                                                  Southern stingray                                                   Midnight parrotfish

Freediving enthusiasts: diving up to 45 feet is a breeze here, 80 degree water and 150 foot visibility!

Scuba Vacation 

The remarkable clarity of the water at Glover’s makes this an ideal location for scuba, which is available from our associates at Long Caye Dive Shop. There are 54 miles of wall diving within a 12-mile radius of Long Caye. The top of the reef wall varies from 35 to 80 feet. Glover’s is especially well known for its variety of sponges and gorgonians. It is not uncommon to encounter dolphins, sea turtles and as many as 50 species of creatures in one dive.

Located just down the beach, the dive shop is a full-service PADI scuba facility. Guests often take time off from our activities to go diving. In addition to serving certified divers, they also provides scuba diving training that permit novices to train and continue to dive.

All guests must be physically fit to dive. Areas of concern for diving fitness include respiratory conditions (such as asthma); circulatory conditions (such as heart trouble); diabetes; and recent major surgery. Please visit our scuba page for more information on the required medical release for diving.

Sport Fishing

Although Slickrock’s program focuses on kayaking, snorkeling, surfing, and windsurfing, fishermen will not be disappointed! There is no need to hire a private guide, you just wade in. The fishing (catch-and-release only) is excellent just off our island; in fact local fishing guides regularly bring their guests over 35 miles by boat just to fish a few feet from our shore. It is common to pull in several bonefish per session. Many fishermen also spin-cast off of our dock, as permit, jack, and barracuda also provide a great deal of excitement. Fishermen can fish any time they like, if you get up early or fish late in the day you won’t even miss any of the other activities. And we pay for your fishing license so you can begin to fish right away! See our sport fishing page for information on what gear to bring.

Kayak fly-fishing is the hot new sport for dedicated anglers. People who yearn to fish at Glover’s Reef can now use our top-of-the-line fishing kayaks as an alternative to wading in from shore or fishing off of our dock. Paddling a fishing kayak is easier than you might think, and we include this instruction. Fishing kayaks are wider than regular kayaks to prevent them from tipping over while casting, and they also use anchors and pontoons to stabilize the craft when fishing.

Surfing Kayaking Vacation

When we say "Kayak Belize" we don't just mean sea kayaking! The eastern shore of Long Caye is exposed to the prevailing trade winds, which create ideal conditions for surf. The waves break on shoals of coral rubble, which generate a perfect "point" break and a great ride for our surf kayaks. Even if you have never surfed before you will be carving it up after your 45 minute surf kayaking introduction. Watching the action from the beach is a sport in itself as the surfers provide hours of entertainment for those who choose to relax with a cold soda or beer. For more information on kayak surfing we have a kayak surfing page.

Slickrock now has a selection of surf boards for guests with previous surfing experience. Although our surf break is perfect for all levels on surf kayaks, it is not suitable for beginning surfers. However, experienced surfers often catch long rides along our break and they love this wave! Visit our surfing page for more info.

Windsurfing Instruction

We offer beginning to advanced windsurfing with six complete rigs and a land trainer on the island. The calm waters of the lagoon are an ideal place to learn. For experts our short boards provide big action in the channel surf. Steady winds are almost always present, and the 80-degree water means you get to windsurf in your bathing suit! Our windsurfing page has a complete list of our gear.

Kite Boarding

Bring your kiteboard to our island and experience perfect conditions for this exciting new sport. The flat water of the atoll, near constant winds (10 mph 95% of the time) and the 80 degree waters of the Caribbean all add up to a kiteboarder’s dream!

Birding

Many birds make their home on Long Caye, including osprey, frigate birds, pelicans, ruddy turnstones, terns, plovers, herons, and falcons. At certain times of the year, Long Caye also plays host to a multitude of migrating birds. In April, you may see more than 40 species, including summer tanager, chestnut-sided warbler, rose-breasted grosbeak, yellow-billed cuckoo, indigo bunting, and Baltimore oriole.

When the Sun Goes Down

We receive rave reviews about our menu. Our Belizean cooks specialize in seafood feasts, such as Fish Tacos, Horseradish Grouper Fillets, and Shrimp Shish-Ka-Bobs. Nighttime activities vary from informative talks by staff to hermit crab races on the beach (pictured at left), and our cold beer and rum punch keep the action lively during volleyball tournaments. Please visit our Glover's Reef menu page. Kids especially love our family beach vacations.

Sport Orientations
Your guide will first provide instruction in all sports before you try them. Each orientation takes between 30 min. - 4 hours. Regardless of your experience and ability level, attendance in these instructional sessions is required if you plan to participate in the activity, since your guide has no way of knowing your experience level. This is a safety issue, and your well-being is our number one priority. Attendance at the orientation on the evening of Day 1 is also required.

The Buddy System
We use the buddy system for all sports so that no guest is alone in the event of an accident on the water. At any given moment five different sport activities may be taking place -- once guests have completed the required orientation they are free to pursue an activity without a guide. Guests may paddle, snorkel, surf, or windsurf without a guide as long as they find a "buddy" to join them.

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Island Sport Equipment
Adventure sports are equipment intensive. We realize that the quality of your sport experience relies on the equipment quality. All of our gear is late model and top-of-the-line.

Sea Kayaks: Singles: Sea Lion, Eclipse and Shadow 14.0 (for small women) by Perception; Looksha IV, Elaho and Eskia (for tall men) by Necky; Sealution II XL by Wilderness Systems, Doubles: Seascape II by NW Kayak, Amaruk by Necky

Belize Resort: Slick Rock's Adventure Island at Glover's Reef trip is the most popular of sea kayaking vacations; if looking for kayak tours out of private islands you won't find anything in the Caribbean that rivals this all-inclusive package. You've got to try Belize sea kayaking to believe it...and this is the best place in the country for scuba diving vacations: 80 degree water and 150 foot visibility!

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