Snorkel· Roatán· Other Caribbean
Blue Channel Snorkel (West End, Roatán)
16° 18.0′ N · 86° 36.0′ W
Follow the channel towards shore and it shallows into a sand bowl about 4 m deep, with upside-down jellyfish, lettuce sea slugs and sometimes a huge school of big-eye scad. It's one of the few West End sites as good from the surface as on scuba.
Practical
The coordinate is from PADI's site page, which lists the shallow end at about 15 ft (4 m). The channel walls are riddled with swim-throughs for divers (see the Blue Channel dive entry). Snorkel it on calm days with a boat or from the West End moorings by dinghy, and watch for dive-boat traffic in the channel. Roatán Marine Park rules apply: no touching, standing on coral or taking.
Best for
Shallow snorkel close to the West End moorings
Season
Calm easterlies
Nearby
- Blue Channel (Roatán)Right here
- West End Moorings (Roatán Marine Park)0.2 NM away
- Blue Marlin (West End)0.4 NM away
- Half Moon Bay & West End Snorkel (Roatán)0.5 NM away
- Half Moon Bay Reef (West End, Roatán)0.5 NM away
- Northers in the Bay Islands0.5 NM away
- Roatán Marine Park Fees & Rules0.5 NM away
- Sundowners (West End)0.6 NM away