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After you leave Santa Cruz the Bacalar Chico Cut through the mangroves leads you to another site. On the way, keep an eye out for fish in the underwater caves. You may even spot one of the 200pound groupers that are reported to hang around under ledges in the area.

Snorkeling is good right from shore on Tobacco Caye. However, stay out of the channel where boats pass. One woman was killed in early 2002 when a motor boat passed over her. Locals have now put up buoys, but you must also be careful. The dive site closest to thecayeis Shark s Cave and is for advanced divers only (a cave full of sharks sounds like suicide to me). There s a shore dive at Tarpon Channel, at the south end, where the reef curls around the island. Between March and November, this cut is full of tarpon that can weigh up to 300 pounds (135 kg) and measure up to eight feet (2.5 meters) in length.

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