Surface intervals are usually necessary evils. Repetitive diving demands some decompression time on the boat between dives to allow body tissue to off-gas accumulated nitrogen. It’s like paying a debt ...

“Fishing” for a tarantula — using a twig to tease it out of the hole in the ground it calls home — is cool by me, at least after I pull the thick sleeve of my rain jacket over my hand. But I draw the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Dina Mishev, Special to The Washington Post CAYO DISTRICT, BELIZE — “Fishing” for a tarantula — using a twig to tease it out of the hole in the ground it ...

AMBERGRIS CAYE, Belize — The swarm of sharks seemed to be as curious about us as we were about them. Twenty meters deep at the Tackle Box, a dive site off Ambergris Caye, dozens of nurse sharks of all ...

The Belize Tourism Board introduces Beyond Blue: Belize’s Great Dive for Sustainability, Belize’s first national dive dedicated to marine conservation and sustainable tourism. Fifty divers can ...

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article featured a photograph of a scuba diver holding a sea urchin. That image has been replaced to avoid the appearance that The Post promotes divers ...

Gisselle is a Belize native who writes primarily about Belize travel. Her work as appeared in numerous travel publications. Facing the southern edge of Ambergris Caye about 4 miles from shore, Hol ...