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Black Hills & Halliburton Wreck (Utila)
16° 5.7′ N · 86° 51.7′ W
Utila's signature dives: Black Hills, a coral-covered seamount where currents bring in schools of fish and hawksbill turtles, and the Halliburton, a freighter scuttled upright on the sand in 1998 and now draped in sponges.
Practical
Coordinate is Wannadive's user-submitted waypoint for Black Hills (16°5.731'N 86°51.699'W), on the south side east of Utila Town; the Halliburton wreck lies separately, closer to town — ask your operator for its mooring. The Halliburton lies in about 100 ft (scubadiverlife), upright and nearly intact; Black Hills is an offshore seamount (Wikipedia's Utila article shows a hawksbill there) that dive boats circle; the mound top is shallow and currents can be strong. Dive these with one of Utila's many operators. More than 80 dive sites ring the island.
Best for
Wreck and seamount diving
Nearby
- Ted's Point (Utila)1.7 NM away
- Bush's Supermarket & Fuel Dock (Utila)1.8 NM away
- Mermaid's Supermarket (Utila)1.8 NM away
- Pumpkin Hill (Utila)1.8 NM away
- Rockies Bar & Pumpkin Hill Beach (Utila)1.9 NM away
- Skid Row (Utila)1.9 NM away
- Utila Carnival1.9 NM away
- Utila Port of Entry & East Harbour Anchorage1.9 NM away