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Mary's Place

Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras · 12–28m · intermediate · semi

Roatán's most famous dive — deep volcanic crevices draped in gorgonians and black coral, dived single-file.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.5–1m
Wave period
3.8–4.4s
Wind chop
0.1–0.9m
Sea temp
29.8–30.6°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SundayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • MondayExcellent — calm morning with 0.4m effective waves.excellent

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

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The site features deep volcanic crevices draped in gorgonians and black coral, dived single-file. You'll work between 12 and 28 metres, and an intermediate certification will get you through. Conditions are marginal today — short-period chop is the limiting factor, with a raw swell of 0.5–1.0 metres and wave periods between 3.8 and 4.4 seconds. Water temperature sits at 29.8–30.6°C.

Divers commonly log stoplight and striped parrotfish here, along with Atlantic blue tangs, sergeant majors, and Caribbean bluehead wrasses. Four-eyed butterflies and blue chromis are often recorded, and you may spot a Caribbean spiny lobster. Plan your descent and ascent carefully in the variable conditions.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

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Other sites nearby

Within 25km, closest first — usually the same day's boat.