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Utila, Bay Islands
Airport Caves is a north-shore Utila dive named for its location off the small island airstrip and for the swim-throughs that cut into the fringing reef. The site begins on a coral plateau at 8 to 10 meters with healthy hard-coral cover and runs into a series of arches and short tunnels in 12 to 20 meters before the reef edge drops onto a sloping wall. The swim-throughs are well-illuminated overhead environments rather than true caves, with vertical walls covered in sea rods, brain coral and orange elephant-ear sponges. Reef life is consistent: queen angelfish, schools of French and bluestriped grunt, spotted moray, hawksbill turtle, lobster sheltering under ledges and creole wrasse. Macro subjects include arrow crabs, banded coral shrimp and juvenile spotted drum. The site is well-suited to refresher and intermediate divers; conditions are usually mild with 18 to 25 meters of visibility.
Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands
Arena's Reef is a south-side dive in the Cayos Cochinos Marine Reserve characterised by a long sandy chute that splits the fringing reef and frames a series of swim-throughs and small archways. The dive begins on a coral plateau at 8 to 10 meters with stands of brain coral, sea rods, large barrel sponges and pillar coral, and follows the chute as it slopes from 12 down to 25 meters. The walls of the chute are encrusted with sea rods, lettuce coral, brain coral and orange elephant-ear sponges, and the sandy bottom hosts garden eels, yellowhead jawfish and southern stingrays. Reef fauna along the shoulders includes hawksbill turtle, queen and French angelfish, schooling creole wrasse and grunt, midnight parrotfish and spotted moray; eagle ray fly-bys are common in the open water beyond the chute. Conditions inside the reserve are usually calm with 22 to 28 meters of visibility.
