West End, Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras

Texas

Texas is a wall and slope dive directly off West End that takes its name from the broad sandy plateau at its base. The dive starts on a healthy shelf at 8 to 10 meters with hard coral heads, sea rods and barrel sponges, then drops to a sloping wall that runs from 18 down to over 35 meters. The wall is heavily decorated with deep-water gorgonians, rope and tube sponges and clumps of black coral. The plateau at the bottom of the slope is patrolled by southern stingrays and large peacock flounders, while the wall is reliable for hawksbill turtles, moray eels, queen and French angelfish, schooling creole wrasse and the occasional spotted eagle ray. Due to its proximity to the West End channel the site occasionally picks up a light drift current, making it a fun easy drift dive. Visibility runs 20 to 30 meters and the site is moored under the Roatán Marine Park system.