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Butcher’s Bank
Butcher Bank · Sandy Bay, Roatán, Honduras
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Butcher’s Bank is a pinnacle and reef dive site near Sandy Bay, Bay Islands, Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, sea fans, groupers, moray eels, jacks. 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
- Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
- Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
- BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus- Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilis
- Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Cushion StarOreaster reticulatus
Nearby sites
- 1Buchos0.0 km
- 2Jack's Place0.1 km
- 3Shallow Buchos0.1 km
- 4Bill Perkin's Peace0.1 km
- 5Singledivers 20220.2 km
- 6John Gow's Gallows0.2 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org