28 March Diving in Roatan

From our base in the lagoon at French Cay, or Key, we could see half a dozen mooring balls on the seaward side of the reef. When we arrived the liveaboard, Roatan Agressor was tied to one from which we concluded the diving can't be too shabby. Indeed it was very good wall diving.

For the first few days there was no wind and the sea was glassy smooth, perfect for taking the dink outside the reef, either through the Coco View Resort pass or the French Cay pass we brought Jackster through. We dived almost all the sites including the Bud wreck. Bud is a tug boat which sits in 15m in a gully on top of the reef, the orange mooring ball was tied to mid ships. It's an easy dive and the wall below the wreck drops off deep.

To explore further along the coast we booked a trip with Subway 44 to take us east and dive Caribe Point and the Chimney. With David and I as the only guests on the boat we had plenty of room and the personal service of our dive leader, Enoch. Caribe Point was another nice part of the wall and we saw a seahorse. On the next dive at Chimney there was another seahorse and a large King Crab hiding under an over hang.

We liked the diving in Roatan; the water is warm and clear, no currents so easier and safer to dive on your own, mooring balls for the dinghy and sites close to the big boat. For me it's the best in the Caribbean so far; walls covered with huge barrel sponges, healthy corals, lots of soft corals, seahorses and big crabs, some nice fish and the occasional colourful slug.