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There is no doubt that the police in their pickups have been around for a long time, we have just seen a fairly big increase in the frequency over the past 8 months. Regarding the increase in other facilities, I have personally seen the new police station & navy base & spoken with the officers...

I don't know where Thook gets his population numbers but the last census for Roatan showed 65,000 people & there are an estimated additional 20,000 people living on the island that were not included as they are scattered throughout the island in undeveloped areas. While it is true that there are...

It seems to me that a lot of the disagreements on these forums about the relative safety of the various dive destinations comes from a couple of factors. Firstly, statistics can be made to prove almost any argument that you want, it all depends on the baseline assumptions used and the relative...

If you like small more intimate properties take a look at Cocolobo & Mayoka Lodge. Cocolobo is right next to the West End village, about a 5 minute walk through a very safe neighborhood. Small bar & pool onsite, breakfast is included in the room rate but no other meals, no gym, not a fancy hotel...

Hi Doc, nice to make contact again. You are absolutely right about Bonacca, we were amazed by it, nothing like we expected based on the travel & sailing guides we had read, the info was all old & out of date. We were impressed to the point that we did an entire article the same as this diving...

Check out Sun Divers, also in West End next to Sundowners Bar. New shop this year but the staff have all been on Roatan for years working at various operations. Brand new boat & equipment, excellent people, very professional. I'm an Instructor & I sent my 2 sisters, nephew & his girlfriend to...

Just came back from Guanaja & posted a new thread today about diving there, you may find it interesting.

Hi Richard, Thanks for your reply. There is a lot more detail for some of your questions in our other 2 posts on our Facebook page about going to Guanaja in general but they're not Scubaboard type posts so you would have to look at our Facebook page. To answer your specific questions: 1. No...

This is the second post in our Facebook series about exploring Guanaja; we decided to go below the waves this time & will finish up the land tour in our next post. We thought that the Scubaboard members might also find it interesting. The coral reefs and over 40 dive sites of Guanaja make this...

Cano, absolutely. We dove Cano in 2011 and San Andres in 2012. Cano was outstanding, great pinnacles and marine life. We tried multiple dive sites all around San Andres & the reef is basically dead due to over fishing, the island has experienced a population explosion and there are so many...

For a different, more personal alternative take a look at the liveaboard diving trips we offer in Roatan on a luxury sailing yacht. Zeppelin Dive & Sail | Roatan Live Aboard Sailing & Diving Charters.

There is one concern if you are flying an airline that uses TACA/Avianca as their local partner. I was booked on United/TACA back in November & the Roatan airport was closed in the morning the day I was to leave due to high winds. TACA cancelled all their flights that day & rerouted their planes...

Take a look at Roatan, April is one of the best month's of the year to dive here, the weather is good, the cruise ships finish around April 15th so it's not busy after that. The water is generally very calm & clear that month. Other than shore diving, I doubt you will find less expensive diving...

We spent March through October 2010 exploring the Sea of Cortez on our sailboat. The diving was not good in the La Paz area until after July, the vis was poor & the big stuff wasn't there yet, the water was too cold & the critters follow the warm water. Once the water warmed up the diving was...

+1 for Mike Severns recommendation, they are probably the best dive op we have been out with anywhere. Also highly recommend going from Kihei, it's well worth the drive even if you are staying in Lahaina. The time you save getting to Molokini means that you are on the dive sites ahead of all the...

You mentioned that you like liveaboards, if you enjoy sailing you may want to take a look at what we offer, our website is Zeppelin Dive & Sail | Roatan Live Aboard Sailing & Diving Charters. We do private, luxury all inclusive diving & sailing charters on a 47 foot custom built sailboat. It's...

We have found the same conditions as CajunDiva & laurenceh for September. One of the best months of the year, we had a charter the first week of September this year & their conditions were perfect. It's also not nearly as busy on Roatan at that time of year, you should be able to get great deals...

+1 for DandyDon's Utila recommendation, it looks like a great fit for what you want.

Just to put this week's weather in perspective, this was an unusually strong norther cold front, both in terms of intensity & duration. Over the 2 years that we have lived on Roatan we have only seen 3 fronts like this, and this one was by far the strongest. These fronts are normally generated...

Over the past two years we have seen the debris field happen whenever there are heavy rains on the Honduran mainland shore coupled with S to SW winds, like last week. This time it was intensified by the extremely high tides occurring at the same time. The heavy rains wash all the garbage down...