El Aguila Wreck
A 60 m cargo ship on its starboard side at about 33 m, where large groupers, sometimes 15 to 20, lurk inside alongside moray eels.
- Experienced
- Wreck
- Barracuda
Advanced≤30 m
Black Hills (Utila)
Dive site in Roatán & Bay Islands, Honduras
Utila's big-animal seamount, topping out at 10 m, where schooling barracuda and jacks circle and whale sharks pass in season.
- Max depth
- 40 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Mar–Sep
The dive
A pinnacle and pelagic dive. Known for whale sharks, barracuda and trevally.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: dive-the-world.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- The site goes deeper than 30 m: Advanced divers stay above 30 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Pinnacle, Pelagic
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Whale sharks
- Barracuda
- Trevally
Season in Roatán & Bay Islands
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Mar–Sep.
Source: blog.padi.comWhere is Roatán & Bay Islands?
The point shows the Roatán & Bay Islands area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Roatán & Bay Islands
Wreck
down to 35 m
Halliburton Wreck (Utila)
A wreck sunk off Utila, lying at 24–35 m; a macro and photography site with fireworms, arrow crabs and pipefish.
- Advanced
Cavern
down to 39 m
Hole in the Wall
Descend a sloping tunnel through the reef and exit onto the wall at 33 m, then ascend through canyons and swim-throughs.
- Experienced
Wall
down to 25 m
CoCo View Wall
Swim from CoCo View's shore to a coral-crusted wall with overhangs sheltering lobsters and crabs, dropping to about 25 m.
- Advanced
- Seahorses
Wreck
down to 20 m
Prince Albert Wreck
An upright wreck in 20 m right off CoCo View's shore, its decks covered in a soft coral forest; a favourite night dive.
- Advanced
- Moray eels
Reef
down to 27 m
Blue Channel
- Open Water
- Reef sharks
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Green moray on the El Aguila wreck, Roatán, w:en:Aquaimages (talk | contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
