Scuba diving locations in Honduras:

• Roatan has over 100 dive sites, from wrecks (such as the Odyssey sunk intentionally in 2002, the El Aguila (The Eagle) and the Prince Albert) to the reef sharks found at Cara Cara Point.
• Utila Island is the best place to see Whale shark as they migrate towards Belize.
  

When to scuba dive in Honduras:

There's warm water of around 27C all year, with hurricane season is from June to the end of November and the Whale shark migration during February and March.

Local standards for gear:

The best scuba diving spots in Honduras:

• West End Wall is generally done as a drift dive over the reef edge, where seahorses cling to the bases of sea rods., and you can see huge barrel sponges and pillar corals as big as you.
• In Roatan, the wreck of the Angila lies in about 100ft of water.
• Little Bight is a dive of the south shore of Utila Island, with sea horses, Pipefish, pipehorse, snake eels and a myriad of other rare species.
• The Labyrinth, in the center of Turtle Harbor, has a nice wall with a sand chute leading out to the deep.

The best spots to snorkel in Honduras:

Fun scuba facts:

Country data:

Administrative details

• Currency: Lempira (HNL)
• Population: is about 8,000,000 (2010)
• Time Zone: CST (GMT-6)
• Main languages spoken: Spanish, English, Garifuna, Miskito, local languages. ## Diveable overseas territories:

Honduran State diving federations:

Local diving laws and regulations (and PADI-equivalent certifications):

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