Pilican Cay

Pelican Cay at Turneffe Islands is an advanced dive off a small bird-nesting island where the nutrient runoff from the seabird colony supports extraordinarily rich marine life below. The reef drops steeply from the island's fringing reef into the deep channel, with the nutrient-enriched waters promoting dense coral and sponge growth. Large schools of snappers and grunts congregate near the wall, attracting reef sharks and large barracuda. The bird-enriched ecosystem creates a unique food chain where the marine and terrestrial worlds intersect, resulting in some of the densest fish aggregations at Turneffe.