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| Roatan |
| West End Wall, which encompasses Peter’s Place and Herbie’s Place, is great for diving and snorkeling. The reef starts at the shore and extends out 20 yds, where the wall drops off sharply from a ledge at 15 ft. Visibility often exceeds 100 ft. Marine life is superb, with schools of horse-eye jacks, permits, and schoolmaster. Seas are calm, with an occasional light current. |
| Guanaja |
| The Bayman Drop and Pinnacle are wall dives off the north shore. The top of the wall is between 10 and 40 ft. The Pinnacle rises from 135 to 50 ft at the top, where you’ll find large barrel sponges, azure vase sponges and gorgonia. Black coral can be found at about 80 ft. Guanaja is excellent for both diving and snorkeling. |
| Pavilions is a series of blind tunnels, pillar corals and outcroppings between 30 and 60 ft. Soft corals and sponges dominate the shallows. Beware of the fire coral which seems hotter here than other parts of the Caribbean. The site is off Michael’s Rock around the point next to the Bayman Bay Club. Good for diving and snorkeling. |
| Waterfall Reef, the site of a huge black coral tree growing off the wall at 45 ft. This site takes its name from a series of overhangs with soft bushy corals which appear to cascade down the slope. Numerous anemones, big vase sponges and lots of fish make Waterfall a photographers’ favorite. Good visibility. |
| Jader Trader
is a 200-ft wreck lying on its right side at 90 ft off the southwest side of Guanaja. Big morays, schools of silversides,
turtles and barracuda are in residence. Seas average two to four ft with a light current. Always good visibility.
For experienced divers. Additional dives along Guanaja’s barrier reef are Eel’s Garden, Black Rock Canyons, a maze of tunnels and canyons, Jim’s Silverlode, a sheer wall off southwest cay with huge sponges and soft corals. The Cut branches out into caverns and tunnels. |
| Cayos Cochinos |
| Cayos Cochinos are a group of 13 small islands deemed a Biological Reserve and managed, in part, by the Smithsonian Institution to conduct a scientific study of the reef. The park is patrolled by park rangers. Diving and snorkeling from the shore or by boat is outstanding. |
| Utila |
| Utila, fringed by virgin reefs, caves and canyons, offers some of the best shore diving and snorkeling in the Caribbean. Wildlife is exceptional, with turtles, eagle rays, southern sting rays and tropicals. Offshore sites are a 15 to 45 minute boat rides. The shore dives lie about 150 yds out. |
| Barbaretta |
| Barbaretta Wall off Barbaretta island, a favorite snorkeling and picnic spot between Guanaja and Roatan. This area is a wonderland of barrel sponges and soft corals. The wall stretches for a mile. |
| Pigeon Cays |
| Pigeon Cays are a small cluster of islands surrounded by shallow protected reefs, all perfect for snorkeling. |
| Site descriptions provided by Blair Nichols. |
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