Scuba and Snorkeling Dive Guide to
The Bay Islands of Roatan, Guanaja, Utila, Cayos Cachinos, Morat and Barbareta, Honduras

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The scuba and snorkeling dive guide to the Bay Islands of Roatan, Guanaja, Utila, Cayos Cachinos, Morat and Barbareta, Honduras contains descriptive information about 90+ scuba and snorkeling dive sites  throughout the Bay Islands of Honduras.  Several maps and pictures are used to illustrate the fantastic diving that can be found in the Bay Islands.  Hard and soft corals, lobster, moray eels, tropical fish, tube sponges, staghorn coral, elkhorn coral, whale sharks, eagle rays, coral walls and ledges, caves, and crevice pictures are some of the photos you will see with the dive site descriptions. 

 
French Angelfish
Photo by Carlos Gordon

The Bay Islands are located 30 to 40 miles north of the coast of Honduras and provides some of the best scuba and snorkeling sites in the world.   The largest of the islands are Roatan, Guanaja, and Utila.  There are 65 additional smaller cays that are part of the island chain.   The islands are part of the Bonacca Ridge which is a submerged mountain range.  The tops of the mountain form the islands which are surrounded by the world's second largest barrier reef in the world.  The largest barrier reef is the Australian reef and it is located on the north side of Australia.  The Australian reef requires a significant boat ride to access the reef.  The Central American barrier reef extends throughout the coasts of Belize and Honduras and is only 300 feet off shore in most areas.   Fantastic snorkeling and scuba diving can be found throughout the Latin American region.  The reef is very close to the north side of Roatan Island and is in easy swimming range for snorkeling.  For convenience, most of the island's dive groups access the reef by boat.  The boats tie to special moorings either on the outside of the reef or to a handful of moorings that are on the inside of the reef.   The close proximity of the reef is a matter of a five to ten minute boat ride before you will be in the water.   There are two artificial reefs, one at Utila which was formed be the deliberate sinking of the 211 foot ship Halliburton, and the other one is 240 foot freighter Jado Trader which was sunk at Guanaja.  There are other small wreck dives scattered throughout the Bay Islands including several airplanes.

This web site provides scuba divers and snorkelers a sneak preview of the many tropical fishes and corals that they will see when they are in the Bay Islands.  Use your bookmark tool now to make it easy to return and see the progress.  The nearby islands of Cayos Cachinos (65 cays) are technically not part of the Bay Islands.   Cayos Cachinos is included since the cays are located near the main islands of Roatan and Utila and the northern coast line of Honduras.  Cayos Cachinos is considered a day trip via boat for Roatan and Utila dive operators.

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The map below is you gateway to the Bay Islands.  Just click on the island name below or use the handy site map to navigate this site.  Sites by island:  Barbareta 6, Cayos Cachinos 8, Guanaja 12 (there are 4 additional sites described but not identified on the site map of Guanaja), Helena 1, Roatan 25, and Morat 1, and Utila 38.

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