Roatán Logs
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán Fish Den September, 2001 |
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Dove w/ Divemaster Keith. (El took this dive off). Last dive in Roatan. Beautiful wall. Large green moray under ledge in sandy channel above/ within reef top. |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán Overheat Reef September, 2001 |
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Wall dive, very nice. Large spotted eagle ray swam right below us. Only El + I saw the ray. |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán Temptation Reef September, 2001 |
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Very pleasant wall dive, though initially it seemed the vis was going to be terrible (relatively). Sheer walls were spectacular. 4 notable sightings! a) 2 porcupinefish, b) large spotted eagle ray (very close, just below us at base of wall), c) large hawksbill turtle (sighted just after eagle ray sighting), d) whitish, wrinkly octopus hiding in a hole. Did a "technical" swimthrough. |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán Divemaster's Choice September, 2001 |
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25 minutes on wall, then 30 minutes on top of reef ~45' depth. Saw: 2 turtles, large spotted moray eel, large crab, barracuda, filefish. |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán El Aguila Wreck September, 2001 |
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2nd dive at El Aguila. Very calm seas, and good vis. Large moray eel at bow at 100' depth., 5-7 large groupers followed us throughout dive. 3' long needle fish right below surface at safety stop. Lots of garden eels. Note: changed to 10 lbs. weight - perfect. |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán El Aquario September, 2001 |
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Great wall dive, followed by hovering over coral, sandbeds, and channels surrounded by coral. VERY NICE DIVE. Saw: Hawksbill turtle on descent, barracuda, tigertail sea cucumber, donkey dung sea cucumber, octopus retreating to its hole, large file fish (close-up), lots of goatfish in sandy flats. |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán Gibson Bight September, 2001 |
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Very impressive wall dive. Spotted eagle ray right below us. Turned 2 times ~10' right below us at 60' depth. First seahorse sighting. It was tiny ~ 1 inch. Trumpetfish, filefish, green "furry sea cucumber" - very active, rolling around. |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán Spooky Channel September, 2001 |
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Spooky indeed! Deep, dark, spooky. Boulder-strewn cavern-like canyon. Large overhangs. Coming out through swim-through into crystal-clear ocean water along impressive reef wall was phenomenal. Saw: large toad fish in deep recess at bottom of channel ~80', spooky lobsters, sharptail eel, "Flamingo Tongue" slug, moon jellyfish at safety stop. Vis was ~50' in channel, 90' outside |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán Herbie's Fantasy September, 2001 |
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Large plateau w/ average 40' depth. Lots of bommies (coral heads), wide expanses of sand, and mini-canyons. Reminded me of Los Tormentos in Cozumel, but more cluttered and vis not as good. Very nice dive though. Saw: eagle ray, flounder, turtle. |
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Activity: Diving Country: Honduras City: Roatán Half Moon Bay September, 2001 |
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Wall dive. Swim-through up and into reef plateau at ~40' depth. Spotted (small) moray that seemed to like fingers. Large porcupine fish (puffer). Tiger tail sea cucumber. Scorpionfish pointed out by divemaster Keith. |