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Hello Chris, You wrote in part: I arranged the check-out ndive in advance; Patty at Dockside she set the dive up for 3PM based on our arrival time. This ended up being 1:1 with Marco (sp?).....very nice, relaxed dive. Word to first timers = your luggage is usually sent to CCV from the...

Hi peeweediver, For CoCoView guests, electing to do the beach orientation dive, on the day of their arrival, instead of the next morning, the charges are: 1 to 2 divers - US$25.00 total 3 divers - up to a max of 8 divers/DM is US$10.00 per each diver. Sorry you received the wrong...

Roatan Rag: Roatan Weather Forecast for Saturday, Jan. 15, 2010

Hello, I have lived here since 1970 and worked in the dive industry the entire time. Your confusion about our climate is not unusual and arises IMHO because the tourist industry here, for the most part, is in denial about both the rainy season and the potential for hurricanes and...

Depending on the length, intensity, amount of rainfall and cloud cover and the number of cold fronts; January water temps can be as low as 76F to 77F. Be it a wet year or a dry year, we get 50% to 55% of our annual rainfall between mid-October to mid-January. November, generally is the...

Hi, Anka's Place was actually named after a very nice Polish lady who is married to a Canadian. At the time, they lived in Toronto and made several trips to CoCoView in the early 80s. They were along on one of the first dives there and since the dive site did not have a name at the time (...

The reef on the northside of Roatan is a fringing surface barrier reef. The reef lagoon is an eighth to a quarter of a mile wide. You have to snorkle or swim across it to reach the reef. The bottom of the lagoon is mostly sea grass with some patch coral. You can go to Google Earth and measure...

I know where " 'da Ticket is" but I never heard of " 'da Tack".....lol Have a good evening Pirates of 'da Carib!

fyi: Honduras like most countries, including the USA has antiquity laws which require a permit from the Honduran Institute of History and Anthropology to explore and excavate on both terrestial and marine sites. Even if you have a legitimate permit to archaeologically excavate a shipwreck or...

Rain in the Bay Islands, this time of year is normally associated with tropical waves which are the precursors to tropical storms>tropical depressions>hurricanes. Tropical waves are depicted as dashed brown lines on the following weather maps: 1. Intellicast - Atlantic Analysis in United...

[Coral-List] Posting regarding DEET being detrimental to corals Inbox X Coral List_DEET X West End Sandy Bay Marine Park to coral-list show details May 15 (4 days ago) Reply to all The Roatan Marine Park has always informed its visitors that they should not...

You newbies need to study weather and geography! When the the wind is E....ESE ....you end up in the lower Belize Cays....NW When there is a norther ..... you end up in Trujillo....S...SW Anyone that goes to sea in an outboard propelled vessel is begging for instant expedition. Go to...

Nonindigenous Fish Distribution Information

I understand from talking to Dr. Rob Davis who is head of WSORC that the only thing "certain" about seeing whale sharks is that it is "uncertain" 'Ya pays your money and takes your chances no matter what time of the year it is. Last season's sightings, or randomness, had everyone heading...

You have possibly picked the worst day and week of the year to travel in Honduras and Central America. Semana Santa (Holy Week) is the biggest holiday of the year. The whole region starts to shutdown the Friday before Good Friday. In terms of transportation and essential services almost...

roflmao at her .....yes, math is tough! Roatanman, has left some factors out of the equation. First, at CCV you can do a dawn dive before breakfast each day provided there isn't some more appealing option. Thereby, increasing the total number of dives possible to 29 plus. Realistically...

Hi, To the best of my knowledge anyone can beach dive in the Bay Islands of Honduras. All beaches are public. Getting to access them across someone's property can be a problem. Access from the oceanside cannot be denied. There is not a whole lot of easy viable beach diving in the Bay...

Currently the water temperature on the southside of Roatan is 79F, perhaps edging down towards 78F. For the most part, it is still raining and overcast. I doubt that the water temperature will increase significantly between now and the 21st of March, 2009. Vis will range from 15' to 80+'...

Quoting from the RMP news letter: " First spotted in Florida several years ago, sightings have gradually spread southwestwards towards the Meso-American Barrier Reef. Sadly, the first confirmed Meso-American report came last month from GloverÃÔ Reef in Belize. If you see one of...

Hello, Yes, there is both malaria and dengue in the Bay Islands. In the 39 years I have lived here, I've known of several people who have contracted one or both and a couple of those people actually died of complications. I found these by Googling, "malaria in honduras": Honduras...