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Dolphin Den

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Dolphin’s Den is situated on the northern side of the island. This site is normally less crowded, but equally beautiful and filled with amazing corals.

The coral canyons of Dolphin Den’s are quite similar to that of Mary’s Place. You will come across snapping shrimp, slipper lobster, and anemones playing around.

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SSI Training Centers

15m / 49ft

Max. Depth

beginner

Level

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Odyssey (Wreck)

110 feet under the surface of Roatan you can find the Odyssey Wreck. 300 feet long, 50 wide and, 85 feet tall, this wreck will impress. Sunk for divers in 2002, the wreck was donated by Hydes of Hybour.

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The Crucible Warfighter Scuba

Shallow sea grass and sand area inside the reef. Obstacle course setup for perfect buoyancy course work and beginner friendly. Perfect place for Open Water skills with the added benefit of an underwater obstacle course.

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Bear’s Den

Bear’s Den gets its name from a large underwater cave and tunnel found here. The cave is a few minutes east of the mooring at about 40ft and is large enough to accommodate several divers.

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Anthony’s Key Resort House Reef

Welcome to Front Porch, the house reef of Anthony’s Key Resort! Whether you’re a diver or a snorkeler, this shore-accessible site is the perfect place to explore Meso-American Barrier Reef, which gently hugs our resort

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Spooky Channel

An interesting dive site that links the inner lagoon to the outer reef. This beautiful gorge provides underwater canyons for all to enjoy.

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Cara a Cara

“Cara a Cara Point” is a dive located on the south side of the island of Roatan, reachable in about 20 minutes by bus and about 15 minutes by boat from a SSI center. It is strongly recommended to all divers to do at least one acclimation dive before!

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Land of the Giants

Shallow top Reef at 5m, steep wall with lots of cracks and canyons to the east. Slightly sloping sandy bottom starting at about 25m and sloping off to 35m+.

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Alaina’s Sandy Bottom

Easy access from either channel the dive site is buoy sits at 25’ and drops to a beautiful sandy bottom. Explore numerous swim throughs and huge coral formations.

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Maccallum Girls

Roatan is characterized by its abundance in Barrier Reefs. This type of coral reef usually runs parallel to the shoreline and divers can experience barrier reefs all around the island of Roatan. More info to come.

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El Aguila (Wreck)

El Aguila (The Eagle) is Roatan’s most popular wreck dive and is located just off Baileys Key and Anthony’s Key Resort. It was a concrete freighter and sunk off Utila. The wreck was raised, stripped out for diving, and then sunk again by a consortium of dive shops on the island in 1997.

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