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GREEN HOUSE SILVER GARDEN - The top of the reef at fifteen to twenty feet of-
PRETTY BUSH - The reef starts all the way at the shoreline and grad- fers sand patches and channels for exploring at safety stop depth. A
ually becomes deeper until it drops at about 15ft. (4.5 m). The wall large school of horse eye jacks, as well as numerous juvenile reef fishes
does not drop steeply but gradually slopes its way down over rocky abound. The wall here drops to eighty feet and offers plenty of nooks
formations. At 100ft (30.5m), a sandy slope takes over and continues and crannies for giant green moray eels, large groupers and dog snap-
to drop a little deeper. The wall is broken into sections by different per. Look closely for arrow blennies and slender filefish. Another clas-
sized sand channels. Moving away from the edge of the wall an in- sic night dive.
teresting net of sand channels will allows for a path which zigzags LAGUNA BEACH - about 150 yards offshore, the wall starts at 15’,
through the shallows. It is possible to find a Nurse Shark or a Southern dropping to 100’, featuring an abundance of juvenile fish, tunicates,
Stingray resting on the a sandy bottom, as well as the frequently seen and stingrays. Coral formations follow the tongue towards the shal-
juvenile Yellowtail Damselfish and Lettuce Sea Slug on the shallow lows, along which you’ll see pillar and elkhorn coral. Night dives offer
reef. Along the wall divers are likely to see Spotted Eagle Ray, Angel- a great chance to see lobster, shrimp and squid, as well as morays and
fish and Trumpet fish. conga eels.
LABYRINTH/KENNY’S REEF - This is Deep Blue Resort house reef SKYE RANCH/BLUE BAYOU
here is a great video of it (please put link to house reef video) my fa- STURCH BANK
vorite way of diving this is to head towards the west and beteen 20 and OLIVER’S WRECK – Oliver’s Wreck is a handy shore dive near Lagu-
40ft there are some wonderful swin throughs and channels to explore, na Beach on the South (south eastern) Coast of Utila in the Honduras.
you may be lucky enough to see Eagle Rays gliding past the wall, usu- The wreck itself has decayed to non-existence but exploring around
ally we also see Turtles and large Green Morays here the shallows here you’ll still find the wreckage of it’s dump truck.
BLACK CORAL WALL - There are 3 bouys at Black Coral Wall, this is
a great site for night diving and seeing Octopus and other night time
creatures, if you get in just before dusk and swim along the top edge
of the wall going east you will see fish spawning, there are also many
cleaning stations here where you can just hover and watch, the name
comes from the Black Coral that grows here, it is easily seen and at
this specific site grows very shallow, towards the shore there is a large
sand patch that always seems to have something going on such as Pea-
cock Flounders mating, a very enjoyable and pretty site.
