Eagle Ray Wall is a great wall dive with brilliant coral and marine mammals and with luck some spotted eagle rays out in the blue.
| Name divesite: | Eagle Ray Wall |
| Depth: | 30-140ft (9-42m) and deeper |
| Visibility: | 50-200ft (15-60m) and more |
| Accessibility: | Shore, Boat, Live-aboard |
| Time to visit: | All year around |
| Inserted/Added by: | Lighthouse Reef Scuba Dive Cabins |
| Specifications: |   |
The wall of Eagle Ray Wall plunges dramatically into deep water all along this part of the reef trend, where it is rich with corals and colorful red cup sponges. Here too, many painted tunicates occur clustered on a variety of soft coral branches between 60 and 65ft deep. This wall is also riddled with many holes and grottos, which are home to a variety of fish and invertebrates.
On most dives here you can see eagle rays in graceful flight just off the wall. Usually, these magnificent creatures are seen about 40 ft below the surface, moving effortlessly through the water with majestic, slow sweeps of their wings. Their regular occurrence here may enable you to plan for some spectacular photographs or video with much depth of field.
Even if rays don't happen by, there are still plenty of photographic opportunities. Boats anchored here will sometimes swing parallel to the wall, making excellent silhouette shots with lots of colorful foreground.
Expertise Required: Intermediate Opposite a tidal cut through the north end of Long Caye and near Nurse Shark Lodge lies Eagle Ray Wall. This area has an excellent shallow reef and colorful wall, exciting and ideal for snorkelers. The reef is no more than 3 to 40 ft beneath the surface right up to the wall. A series of long, straight coral ridges separated by sand gullies serve as natural navigation aids. Snorkelers following these structures into shallow water are led straight to the reef crest, whereas divers are directed to the wall in the opposite direction.
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