Diving:
Enjoy 3 dives per day. including 1 night dive.
Roatan’s close proximity to the Reef offers a wide variety of diving locations to choose from and to explore its calm protected world-class waters. Diving with us will add an unforgettable experience to your vacation. With our reef easily accessible for both, first-time divers and experienced divers it will give the opportunity to all level divers to explore a variety of marine environments at shallow depths with colorful walls that go as deep as your certification allows you to dive.
THE WRECK, EL AGUILA (THE EAGLE)
Another Roatan classic, this ship was an old beached cargo vessel, 287ft long, bought by Anthony’s Key Resort to create an artificial reef. Originally sunk in 1993 only to be smashed into 3 pieces by the mighty Hurricane Mitch in 1998. The Wreck was thoroughly cleaned before it was sunk so there was no environmental impact on the reef, and is perfect for penetration, as there are no obstacles to worry about.
BLUE CHANNEL
Famous for its perfect profile for snorkelers and divers, it is in fact a channel that starts from the inner part of the reef and flows out towards the coral ridge, starting at 10ft and then to 45ft at the top of the wall. Start on the wall, barrel sponges, interesting tiny coral heads cover the deep sandy slope that look like an army of strange mushrooms. Then head yet again toward the shallow water where a series of canyons in 20ft of water provide home to a large Porcupine Fish, Glassy Sweepers, Moray Eels and in mid-June to early August shoals of Silversides fill the canyons sometimes making it impossible to see which way one is going. After exiting the last swim-through, dancing with, and scattering the tiny fish, it’s time to follow the channel. Either side goes right up the surface guiding you to the outside of the reef and turtle grass in 10 ft where the boat can meet you, another perfect dive profile.
NIGHT DIVES
Two days after Full Moon, and for another 10 nights, Night Dives are an absolute MUST here in Roatan. Explain it if you will, but there is magic in the water every month, inspired by the Lunar cycle. After every full moon a special phenomenon occurs we call “The Strings of Pearls”, well it’s actually Microscopic Pelagic Shrimps that leave trails of phosphorescence. Drop onto a sand patch and switch your lights off and wait, be patient and you will see a glowing star system starting to appear all around you, constantly moving, forming new strings and fading out and forming more and so on, amazing.
But that’s not all, no, wait until you switch your light back on and you will be in for a surprise. There are thousands and thousands of tiny pink worms that are attracted to the light, so stay still and watch them swarm. Move slowly over to a patch of perhaps Brain Coral where if you put the light about a foot away from it, the worms will collide, and then caught by the open polyps, which excrete a protein that causes the red worms to explode!!!
Other night time creatures such as Basket Stars, Tigertail Sea Cucumbers, Brittle Stars, and Lobster are plentiful. And, of course, there are plenty of Octopi to watch hunting.
