BELIZE ADVENTURE BLOG

By Slickrock Adventures | October 25, 2010

Hurricane Richard hit central Belize yesterday afternoon as a Category 1 storm, making landfall about 20 miles south of Belize City with 90 mph winds. The strongest winds were confined to a 30 mile radius from the storm’s center, so very few areas sustained damage according to preliminary reports. We are happy to report that everyone we know in Belize is fine. Our island base at Glover’s Reef

By Slickrock Adventures | October 22, 2010

Our paddleboard instructor and trip manager Victor Myers was a winner in the Werner Paddles Catalog Photo Contest. Victor created this self-portrait just off our island with a surfdeck mounted, waterproof camera. You can see videos he made with the same camera while paddleboarding off our Belize caye in an earlier blog post. To obtain your own copy of the Werner Paddles catalog, visit their websit

By Slickrock Adventures | September 28, 2010

We have recently assembled a wind graph for the island using statistics from a virtual buoy weather site located near the island. This location uses stats extrapolated from other, surrounding weather stations with actual instruments, and we were able to find 12 years of stats on the wind. From this we were able to create a graph of the average wind speeds we experience on the island, based on numb

By Slickrock Adventures | September 16, 2010

Slickrock has just teamed up with Vela Windsurf Resorts www.velawindsurf.com to become one of their new wind sport centers. Vela is the premier windsports resort in the US and they have operations in Maui, Venezuala, Dominincan Republic, Baja (Mex), and Brazil. Their resorts feature top level, current model windsurf and kiteboard equipment for use at locations with strong, reliable winds. Slickroc

By Slickrock Adventures | August 18, 2010

Several of Slickrock’s staff attended the annual Outdoor Retailer Show held in Salt Lake City, UT early this month, where all the latest toys in the outdoor sports industry are first displayed. We attend the show every year to keep abreast of industry trends and to purchase new equipment. At his year’s demo day at Jordonelle Reservoir, where all the water sport vendors have their lates

By Slickrock Adventures | July 19, 2010

A coral reef in the sea is like an oasis in the desert. Tropical seas are poor in nutrients and devoid of shelter, but the reef teems with life. Food for sea life is found there in the form of algae and small fish and crustaceans for larger fish to eat. Protection for sea life is also provided in the form of elaborate architecture that provides shelter from both wave action and from predators. The

By Slickrock Adventures | June 18, 2010

We serve Key Lime Pie on the island every Friday night as part of our “Belize Night” menu. This is actually my mother’s recipe, who is from the southern US. I always order Key Lime Pie when I see it on a menu, and I have yet to find a recipe that beats this one. For one crust: ½ box (1-1/2 packet of graham crackers) graham crackers ¼ cup sugar ½ cup (2 sticks) butter Melt the butter. Crus

By Slickrock Adventures | June 2, 2010

Are There Belize Surf Spots? Short Answer: Yes, One. (If you want all the details, you can click straightaway to the main surf page of Slickrock Adventure Island’s website) It is not widely known that a good surf location exists in Belize, and in fact if one inquires about a good surf break they will invariably get an answer that such a spot does not exist. However, this is not the case, for

By Slickrock Adventures | May 12, 2010

Many people who contact us are confused about the difference between an atoll and an island. We own the island Long Caye, which is located at Glover’s Atoll, also called Glover’s Reef. We often hear “I want to visit your island, Glover’s Reef.” But this is incorrect. If you are also unclear as to just what an atoll is, I hope that this will help. Atolls are made of co