I am planning a trip to Honduras in mid-January.
Has anyone been diving in Honduras? What was your experience like? Positive? Negative? What were conditions like?
I want specifically to do some wreck diving?
Any input is much apreciated.

Hi,

I spent three weeks on Roatan, one of the Bay Islands,off the coast of Honduras.

Spectacular diving. Some wrecks. Dive sites are reachable from shore in a matter of fifteen minutes or so. Diving is cheap, cheap, cheap there. Fifteen or twenty bucks per dive.

Very international crowd stays in the funkier West End, which I prefer to the few resort hotels.

It's the place to go in Honduras if you want to dive. I didn't make it to Utila but others recommend the diving there, too.

Sand flies are ferocious, though, so bring or buy plenty of repellent if you enjoy sun bathing on the beach.

Kent

My girlfriend and I stayed in West End in Roatan for 1 week this past Feb. The dive sites are all withing 5-15 minutes of the shore and are very nice. I dove El Aguila shipwreck, which is close to Anthony's Key Resort and it was pretty nice (I think you go to a dept of around 115 ft or so). I believe there are more wreck dives on the other side of the island. We dove with a place called Ocean Connections and had a great experience (I think I paid around $250 for 10 dives, including gear, a night dive, and a wreck dive). The only complaint I have with them is that my girlfriend got certified there and it was a hassle for her to get her dive card after we got back to the States because Oceans Connections wasn't very helpful.

Hi, I spent a week in Utila which is the smallest and cheapest of the Bay Islands. I really had fun and the course was very good. I chose Utila Dive Center because they have an arrangement with the Mango Inn - a beautiful place to stay. In general the courses cost the same at all schools in Utila. I paid about 200$ including two free fun-dives. Just google Utila Dive Center and you get all the information. I thought the quality of the material and courses was very good, I heard that about most schools, but some have (as far as I heard) very old material. When you arrive, just have a look around and check schools - the island is very small!

Bye, Katherin

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