For scuba divers seeking to explore Belize’s renowned atolls, the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard represents a dedicated platform for serious diving discovery. As part of the globally respected Aggressor Fleet, this vessel brings decades of operational expertise to the heart of the Western Caribbean. Its tours are thoughtfully designed to showcase the pinnacle of Belizean diving, focusing on the pristine ecosystems of Lighthouse Reef, the iconic Great Blue Hole, and the remote splendour of Glover’s Reef. This is not merely a dive trip; it is a week-long immersion into some of the best preserved and biologically rich marine environments in the region, delivered with a focus on reliability and diver-centric service.
The operational philosophy of the Aggressor Fleet centres on creating seamless, safe, and enriching experiences. The Belize Aggressor III embodies this through consistent, Saturday-to-Saturday schedules that maximise time at the legendary Great Blue Hole, and the stunning walls of Turneffe and Lighthouse reefs. The diving itself offers variety, from exhilarating wall dives and gentle reef drifts to optional deeper explorations, catering to a range of experience levels within a framework of managed, guided diving.
Designed for functional comfort, the 110-foot monohull accommodates up to 18 guests in 9 well-appointed, en-suite cabins. The layout is intelligently planned to separate social and dive operations areas. The heart of the liveaboard is its expansive dive deck, featuring individual gear storage, dedicated camera stations with air hoses, and in-place nitrox fills, facilitating an effortless rhythm of up to 5 dives per day. Above, a spacious sun deck with a hot tub Jacuzzi and shaded lounge offers a perfect vantage point for relaxation between dives.
Belize Aggressor guest experience is further enhanced by a commitment to convenience and ongoing education. The onboard team includes dedicated dive guides and instructors, supporting everything from guided group dives to continuing education courses. While marine life encounters - from resident reef sharks and eagle rays to prolific macro life - are a core attraction, the approach is one of respectful observation, allowing the natural environment to reveal its wonders. The inclusion of amenities like a photo centre, and available rental equipment, underscores the liveaboard’s suitability for both casual divers and underwater imaging enthusiasts.
Beyond the diving, the Aggressor values of comfort and local engagement shine. The vessel’s saloon provides a communal space for daily briefings and socialising, complemented by inclusive beer and wine service. As the week at sea concludes on Friday, the operator facilitates seamless connections to land-based excursions, including cultural tours to ancient Mayan sites, allowing for a well-rounded conclusion to your Belizean liveaboard adventure.
Choosing the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard is a decision to explore Belize’s underwater treasures with an operator known for its professionalism and operational integrity. It is an investment in a dive-focused tour where logistical excellence, a well-equipped vessel, and a knowledgeable crew form the foundation for a truly exceptional and trustworthy liveaboard experience.
The Belize Aggressor III has a total of 9 staterooms available on its liveaboard safaris. There are 8 Deluxe twin/double bunk bed staterooms with portholes on the lower deck. Most Deluxe staterooms have a lower double bed and upper single bed. 1 has 2 single bunk beds. The Master double bed stateroom has seaview windows on the upper deck of the liveaboard. All these staterooms have private bathrooms and entertainment systems.
The Master stateroom is much larger than the Deluxe staterooms, has a higher ceiling, an extra wardrobe, and full walled-mirrors.
All the staterooms have:
- Individual controlled air-conditioning
- Sea-view windows or portholes
- Toilet and hot water shower, hand basin, bathrobes, hairdryer, body wash and towels
- Small TV and DVD player
- Reading lights
- 2-pin US style mains outlet 110 volts - 24 hours per day
- Cabinet, drawers and mirror
- Bedding & space for luggage
- Fire alarm
No. of bathrooms / showers - 9 / 9 - hot water
Turneffe, Lighthouse Atolls & Blue Hole
Trip highlights: turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Turneffe Atoll and Lighthouse Reef including The Great Blue Hole of Belize
Day 1
You’ll board the Belize Aggressor III at the Radisson Fort George Hotel Dock in Belize City. After a warm welcome with refreshing drinks and an introductory briefing, you’ll have time to settle in and meet the exceptional liveaboard crew and your fellow divers. Savor a chef-prepared dinner, then relax and recharge for the extraordinary diving adventure that awaits.
Core Days
Over the next week onboard the Belize Aggressor, you'll explore the breathtaking reefs of Turneffe Atoll and Lighthouse Reef. The diving is suitable for all levels, with generally mild currents allowing you to immerse yourself at ease in the stunning underwater landscapes.
The cruise will include popular dives sites such as the Great Blue Hole. Descend into the colossal collapsed cavern to witness the ancient stalactites that hang from the wall at 110 feet (35m). The surrounding crown reef is a nursery for juvenile fish, as well as sea turtles.
The Elbow offers one of your best chances to encounter large pelagics. Prepare to be amazed by huge schools of jacks and snapper, eagle rays, reef sharks, and sometimes hammerhead sharks.
Experience the magic of a large swim-through at Silver Caves, often inhabited by a shimmering vortex of thousands of silversides. The site is also a gathering point for big black groupers and the ubiquitous school of horse-eyed jacks.
Dive through the majestic site of Cathedral, marked by colorful, steeple-like coral formations separated by sandy channels. The area is a hub for marine life, including black groupers, jacks, several species of angelfish, and even Spanish dancers on night dives.
Then at West Point, explore a fascinating labyrinth of vertical reef buttresses that start in shallow water. The walls are adorned with black coral, deep-water gorgonians, and giant barrel sponges, while the sandy bottom is alive with garden eels, peacock flounders, and stingrays.
Your adventure isn't limited to diving the depths of the Caribbean. Weather permitting, you'll visit Half Moon Caye to visit a bird sanctuary and see the red-footed boobies and frigate birds from a treetop observation deck.
On Friday, after a half-day of diving, you can choose an optional land-based excursion to explore ancient Mayan ruins or enjoy a cave tubing adventure through the lush jungle.
Final Day
Check-out from the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard is in the morning after a continental breakfast. An air-conditioned minivan is waiting to escort you back to Belize City airport.
Glover's Reef (8 Days / 7 Nights - 27 Dives)
Trip highlights: turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Glover’s Reef: Baking Swash Reef, Split Reefs, Shark Point, Grouper Flats, Long Caye Wall, Southwest Caye Wall, Emerald Forest Reef, Wrecks: the Argyle, Polly, the Chance, Fishburn, General Don, the Perseverance
Day 1
Step onboard the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize City to a warm welcome with refreshing drinks and an introductory briefing. Settle into your cabin, meet the crew and your fellow divers, and enjoy a delicious chef-prepared dinner. Rest well, you have a week of unparalleled diving ahead at the remote UNESCO World Heritage Site of Glover’s Reef.
Core Days
Prepare to explore the spectacular and remote Glover's Reef, an oval-shaped coral atoll and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located 27 miles (43 km) from the mainland, its sparkling lagoon is dotted with over 800 pristine patch reefs and pinnacles. Thanks to its protected status, you'll dive virgin reefs with abundant pelagics in generally mild conditions, making it suitable for scuba divers of all experience levels.
Your adventure will include breathtaking dives at sites such as Shark Point, a site known as a grouper spawning aggregation area that attracts an impressive array of sharks. Be prepared for potential sightings of nurse, blacktip, and even the occasional hammerhead or tiger shark cruising the white sand channels. At Long Caye Wall, you can experience the grandeur of a vertical wall adorned with giant, colorful sponges, black coral, and wire corals. This beautiful site is frequented by sea turtles, eagle rays, manta rays, and curious barracuda. Look down to see garden eels in the sand and gleaming schools of fish in the blue. Be mesmerized by a massive, golden elkhorn coral colony at Emerald Forest Reef that creates a stunning underwater canopy. Explore amidst large basket and tube sponges where snappers, groupers, and angelfish dwell, surrounded by clouds of blue chromis and schools of wrasse. Split Reefs is a kaleidoscope of life, featuring endangered elkhorn coral, large brain corals, and intricate thickets of staghorn coral, all swaying with colorful sea whips and gorgonians. The reef is alive with shimmering schools of blue chromis and sergeant majors.
Glover's Reef is also a graveyard for 16th and 17th-century shipwrecks. Dive alongside history, exploring the remains of vessels like the English merchantman Argyle (1774) or the American ship Polly (1774), which met their fate on these very reefs.
On Friday, after a half-day of diving, the Aggressor liveaboard will return to Belize City, where you can choose an optional land-based tour such as Mayan ruins or cave tubing.
Day 8
After a final continental breakfast on board, it's time to check out. An air-conditioned minivan will be waiting to transfer you to the airport, marking the end of an unforgettable week exploring one of the Caribbean's last true diving frontiers.
[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].
After a day of exploring the depths with the Belize Aggressor III liveaboard, refuel with a diverse array of expertly prepared meals. The chef creates a rotating menu of international favorites and authentic local Belizean, Mexican, and Caribbean dishes using the freshest ingredients, from local seafood and produce to homemade breads and desserts.
Meal service & style:
• Pre-breakfast, Breakfast & Lunch: Served buffet-style for a relaxed, help-yourself experience.
• Dinner: A waiter-served, plated dining experience.
• Locations: Enjoy your meals in the air-conditioned main deck dining room.
• Snacks: Delicious homemade snacks are provided mid-morning and mid-afternoon to keep your energy levels high.
• Beverages: Coffee, tea, soft drinks, wine, beer, fruit, yogurt, and drinking water are provided free of charge.
• Additional purchases: Liquor and spirits are available for purchase from the bar.
A taste of the week:
• Local Belizean flavors: Enjoy authentic dishes like Red Beans and Rice with Oven-Baked Red Snapper, or a traditional Belizean Breakfast of fried fish, ham, and beans.
• International favorites: Indulge in Filet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce, Spaghetti Bolognaise, or Cheese Burgers in Paradise.
• Fresh seafood: Savor Blackened Shrimp, Conch Fritters, or Shrimp in Black Bean Sauce.
• Homemade desserts: End your day on a sweet note with Banoffee Pie, Very Berry Cheesecake, Key Lime Pie, or Chocolate Bread Pudding with Rum Cream Sauce.
• Themed nights: Experience a Wine & Cheese Party and a final evening dinner at a local restaurant in port.
• Special diets: Vegetarian, vegan, and all other dietary requirements can be happily accommodated with prior notice.
Dining Service begins with dinner on the first evening of your cruise.
Summary of the daily diving schedule:
7 am: Continental Breakfast
8 am: 1st Dive
12 noon: Lunch
2 pm: 3rd Dive (at a new site)
~3:30 pm: Afternoon snack & relaxation time (whirlpool hot tub)
4:30 pm: 4th Dive
6 pm: Dinner
8 pm: 5th Dive - Optional night dive (usually at the afternoon dive site)
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The staff was really nice. The boat was kept clean at all times. The food was amazing. The only thing I would like to mention is the cabins need a bit of improvement although they were very well-maintained. Especially the staff was very very hardworking and nice. " -
Tasha Kim, Canada, 16 January 2018 ...
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Very good facilities, staff on Aggressor very skilled and extremely professional, helpful, and friendly." -
Kevin Wolfinger, Lichtenstein, 19 October 2015 ...
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Facilities were excellent. There was even a chance to do 6 dives a day on some days. Food was great." -
Bengt Redlinger, Germany, 26 August 2014 ...
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Staff was very helpful and very knowlegable, I just thought they could spend more time showing stuff under water than taking pictures of it. food was great! " -
Jessica Siems, Germany, 23 May 2014 ...
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25 dives in one week, rented BC & fins, excellent pre-dive briefings, most spacious dive-deck ever seen on a liveaboard and very efficient refilling of tank with Nitrox or Air. Food excellent (and plentyfull...)." -
Alexander Zwahlen, Switzerland, 22 April 2014 ...
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The boat is very well organized and equipped. The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly and professional. The food was really amazing. The diving awesome. Really nothing to complaint about." -
Jennifer Hughes, France, 23 October 2013 ...
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Staff was always very helpful, good humored and I felt like it's my personal boat from the first moment. Food was fresh, absolutely delicious and plentiful. Showers in the cabins should be refurbished." -
Jonas Maechler, Switzerland, 7 May 2013 ...
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Very good operation all in all, except for the fact that we didn't go to the Blue Hole. Nice boat (cabins smaller than appeared to be on pictures). Excellent predisposition of the Captain on giving me my own cabin, since there was no space on the boat. Great service, specially Fermin Carpio, the boat engineer, on guiding many of my dives and showing me every little and big thing there was to see underwater. and Yannis, the boat cook, catering to my needs when she realized I didn't eat spicy food." -
Vanessa Carras, Argentina, 31 January 2013 ...
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The service onboard was excellent. The crew were amazing, very friendly and very helpful. The facilities onboard were very good and the equipment we rented was of a higher than average standard. When anything didn't work, it was replaced immediately. The food onboard was brilliant too." -
Peter Redman, Switzerland, 14 January 2013 ...
MORE TRIP DETAILS
Dive experience: When guests compete their Cruise Application they affirm that they are fit to dive in the destination that they have applied for. "Fit to dive" implies physical fitness, dive skills, and dive experience. The best person to judge that is the diver themselves. To use criteria such as certification level or number of dives is not appropriate. Divers are expected to accept personal responsibility for their fitness to dive.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, water, soft drinks, hot drinks, local wine and beer, return transfers to the boat from Belize City airport on dates of boat departure and return, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s), tanks, weights and weightbelts, torch, sales tax.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment rental ((includes BCD, regulator, computer, night dive light, mask, fins, snorkel) 7 nights - USD 175, 10 nights USD 260) for the trip, port and park fees USD 130 (7 nights), USD 185 (10 nights), diving insurance, restaurant meal on final evening. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash or credit card).
Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks (outside of meals), 12 liter nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (USD 100 for the 7 night trips and USD 150 for the 10 night trips). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival. Note: prices of items purchased onboard are subject to change.
How to get there: The Belize Aggressor III liveaboard departs every Saturday from the Radisson Fort George Hotel Dock at 6 pm. Guests will be transported from Belize International Airport (BZE) in an air-conditioned van to the hotel at 12 noon or 4:30 pm. Boarding starts at 4 pm.
At the end of the week, there will be 2 complimentary shuttles to the airport at 8 am and 12 noon. The last dive of the trip will be at around 11 am the day before disembarkation.
Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
For more details, including airlines, see our Belize travel information section.
Non-diver rate: USD 200 off the full published price (does not apply to specials).
Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travelers may choose to share a stateroom or pay a supplement of 65% of the normal published price for a single occupancy cabin.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 8 guests and an additional person can join the cruise in a Deluxe stateroom free of charge (total 9 or more guests).
Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 16 guests and 2 additional persons can join can join the cruise in a Deluxe stateroom free of charge (total 18 guests).
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