Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras
Cayo Menor Wall is a wall and slope dive off the smaller of the two main Cayos Cochinos islands, inside the marine reserve. The dive begins on a coral plateau at 8 to 10 meters with stands of brain coral, sea rods and large barrel sponges, and runs to a stepped wall that drops from 18 past 35 meters. The wall is decorated with deep-water gorgonians, rope sponges, tube sponges and clusters of black coral, with crevices that shelter spotted moray, lobster and channel-clinging crabs. Reef fauna is consistently rich: hawksbill turtle, queen and French angelfish, schooling creole wrasse and grunt, midnight parrotfish and reliable spotted eagle ray fly-bys. The deeper wall is occasionally visited by Caribbean reef shark and large grouper. Conditions inside the reserve are usually calm with visibility of 25 to 30 meters.
Information on this page, including technical data such as depth, current, visibility, access, and recommended level, is informational and may vary. Confirm actual conditions with a local operator before the dive.
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