Dive Review of Utila Lodge in
Honduras/Utila, Bay Islands

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Utila Lodge, Feb, 2005, by Kathy Roberts, FL, USA . Report 1577.
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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
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	No whale sharks our week, though they had encountered 13 the week before. No guarantees, obviously. Weather was the main factor for no whale sharks, it was very windy and the seas were very choppy. Reefs were in pretty good shape, healthy corals for the most part, but very few large fish. Critter hunting was fun, though. Lots and lots of blennies, including a quill-fin and yellowfaced pike blenny. Also found a pipe-horse. Avoid Atlantic Airlines at all costs. Despite the resort confirming our departing flight on Saturday AM, Atlantic left us (15 people) waiting on the tarmac on Utila, stating they had no record of our flight. They eventually brought a plane in, and nobody missed their connections, but frustrating nonetheless. I wouldn't recommend Utila just for the diving. Whale sharks are their draw and without seeing any, the week was just so-so.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over Caribbean, Grand Turk, Bahamas, east coast of Florida.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	one hour bottom time max, no exceptions
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Fresh water rinse tanks on boat, limited dry space for working on camera on boat, if you wanted to do so.

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Dive Review of Utila Lodge in Honduras/Utila, Bay Islands

Utila Lodge, Feb, 2005,

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Dive Review of Utila Lodge in
Honduras/Utila, Bay Islands