Dive Review of Utila Lodge in
Honduras/Utila

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Utila Lodge, Oct, 2002, by Bill and Karen Cousins, VA, USA . Report 244.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	The best parts of this trip were getting away from our intense jobs for a week, water warm enough to dive with only a microprene vest, two frogfish and one seahorse, and finding a beautiful-and-empty cowrie shell. The distressing parts will take a little longer to recount. The two American Airlines flights to Miami and San Pedro Sula were roomy and pleasant. No food though -- eat in the airports. Also, we were missing a bag by the time we arrived San Pedro Sula. It took two more flights to get from mainland Honduras to Utila -- no air conditioning aboard. Utila is unattractive, rundown, and poverty-stricken. Utila Lodge was clean, and very rustic. The staff was pleasant and courteous, and we appreciated their efforts. Showering was a daily challenge due to low water pressure and unreliable water temperatures. The food was hearty and tasty. No-see-ums and mosquitoes were bad, even in the dining room. Our group of 14 experienced divers had one DM, who was adequate. Nitrox was $6/tank; our fills were rarely more than 2900. The diving (17 dives), sadly, was mediocre and uninteresting. Reef destruction was shocking ... coral rubble everywhere. Soft corals were healthier, but not pretty. We saw skimpy numbers of fish ... tangs, parrotfish and an occasional queen trigger, a couple groups of nice yellowtail snapper, 1 or 2 big Nassau grouper, 2 morays, 2 scrawled file fish. There were no big boys ... sharks, mantas, whalesharks, but we did have dolphins twice surfing the bow of the boat as we returned to shore. One dive blended into the other with nothing outstanding to record in our logs. Utila Lodge is located in a cluttered, congested area of the town along a bay with several bars nearby, playing raucous music until the wee hours. We could hear the beat and words to the songs even over the drone of the AC. One night, at the bar Coco Loco, a fellow diver suggested we check out the restroom. Lifting the commode lid, one finds the ocean below. This is not a lovely, tropical island. Would we return to Utila? No. Would we recommend it to others? No.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Roatan, St. Martin, Florida springs, North Carolina wrecks, Fiji (Nai'a), Cocos Island (UnderseaHunter)
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	10-50 Ft/ 3-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Utila Lodge in Honduras/Utila

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