Blue House
16.2882°N 86.5739°W · wall
Blue House is a wall dive site in Roatán, Caribbean.
Overview
Blue House is an RMP mooring in the Sandy Bay area, named through the Roatan Marine Park donor program. The wall at this site is decorated with azure vase sponges and lavender rope sponges among the sea fans, creating a colorful backdrop against the deep blue. Schools of yellowtail snappers pass along the wall edge, and hawksbill turtles are occasionally sighted feeding on sponges. Published details specific to this mooring are limited. Visibility runs 20 to 40 meters, with water temperatures between 26 and 29 degrees Celsius.
Site Information
- Location: Roatán, Caribbean
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Wall dive
- Difficulty Level: Intermediate
- Maximum Depth: 27 meters
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
531 verified species observations (254 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1911 and 2023, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Pterois · lionfish
- Gambusia nicaraguensis
- Palatogobius grandoculus
- Poecilia orri
- Lipogramma evides · banded basslet
- Gnatholepis thompsoni · goldspot goby
- Epigonidae
- Gobiomorus dormitor
- Phaeoptyx
- Gerres cinereus
- Mugil curema
- Lutjanus apodus
Scientific survey records skew toward sampled taxa (molluscs, corals) and do not reflect what you are guaranteed to see on a dive.
Source: OBIS (obis.org), aggregated Darwin Core occurrence records.
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