Update on Sapodilla Lagoon and Marina, Belize. December 2018

Sapodilla is 18 miles north of Placencia and 30 miles south of Belize city. The reef and passes to Glovers reef and lighthouse reef are 12 miles away off shore.

Sapodilla marina construction is complete and the marina is open for business.
Currently services are limited to docking, fuel and laundry. An introductory rate for docking of $25 a night is in force.

The marina is part of a 14,000 acre development that will see 4000 acres of housing plots with 10,000 acres of wild land, mangrove lagoons and pines. So far 30 houses have been built with another 50 under construction. A smart Beach club is open Wednesday to Sunday and is approachable from the lagoon and marina through 1 mile of dredged canals.

Sapodilla Lagoon remains untouched and is a good foul weather anchorage, but probably not a hurricane refuge.
Approach is 270 degrees at 16 46 07 N , noting shallow water extending from the mangroves to starboard, north, until turning into the buoyed and lit channel. ( US IALA B. Red to starboard).

Depths in the channel and marina are maintained at 12ft, 3.5m, and much of the lagoon is also at this depth for anchoring outside the channel.

Brian Simm
Yacht Scraatch, Sundeer 56