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Big Bight
La Ceiba, Bay Islands, Honduras
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Big Bight is a dive site near La Ceiba, Bay Islands, Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Commonly reported marine life includes moray eels, groupers, lobsters, whale sharks, sea fans. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Whale SharkRhincodon typus
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Caribbean Reef SquidSepioteuthis sepioidea
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
SchoolmasterLutjanus apodus
Nearby sites
- 1Utila Airport Reef0.8 km
- 2Honeycomb Caves1.0 km
- 3Rocky Point1.1 km
- 4Airplane Wreck1.1 km
- 5Red Cliff1.2 km
- 6Ted's Point1.2 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org