Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras

Peter's Place

Peter's Place is a south-shore wall dive between the West Bay and Brick Bay sectors of Roatán, with mooring access controlled by the Roatán Marine Park. The dive begins on a sandy shelf at 8 to 10 meters with scattered coral heads, then runs to a stepped wall that drops to 30 meters and beyond on a sloping profile rather than a vertical face. The shelf and wall are heavily covered with sea rods, barrel sponges, lettuce coral and pillar coral, and the wider sand flat is dotted with garden eels and yellowhead jawfish. Common reef fauna includes spotted moray, hawksbill turtle, queen and grey angelfish, spotted drum, French grunt schools, midnight parrotfish and creole wrasse; spotted eagle ray and southern stingray are common visitors. The south side can be windier than the north so conditions are weather-dependent; in calm weather visibility runs 20 to 30 meters.