Scuba Diving magazine's readers voted for the best dive destinations for budget travel, selecting Belize, the Florida Keys and more.

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Aquatica Submarines announces Discovery Inc. as expedition media sponsor for scientific expedition to Belize’s Blue Hole and shares date for live broadcast.

Long Caye in Lighthouse Reef Atoll, home to diver-revered Itza Resort, is possibly the most environmentally focused private-island development resort and research community in the Caribbean. Combining a deep respect for nature with a desire to share the area’s natural beauty, Itza welcomes guests to fully appreciate the magnificence of wild Belize. We are the only beachfront dive resort within 50 miles of the Great Blue Hole and all the other famous dive sites in the Lighthouse Reef.

The World Heritage Committee made the determination based on extensive safeguarding efforts, including a moratorium on oil exploration in the entire maritime zone of Belize and the passing of several environmental sustainability measures including a ban on single-use plastic utensils.

Itza Resort on Long Caye is the closest beachfront dive resort (just 7.4 miles) and closest boat ride to the Great Blue Hole. Learn more about this private-island development resort and research community and all it has to offer here.

It may be one of the smallest nations in Central America, but Belize offers a wealth of diving adventures.

From pelagic animals and tiny underwater critters to magnificent underwater structures and even an underwater museum, these 15 sights are best viewed by scuba divers.

Presenting the 2017 readers choice awards for best overall scuba diving in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean.