Diane's Dream

16.3004°N 86.5999°W · wall

Depth
24 m
Level
Intermediate
Entry
boat
Type
wall

Diane’s Dream is a wall dive site in Roatán, Caribbean.

Overview

Diane’s Dream is a Roatan Marine Park mooring site along the West End wall where divers descend through a reef top carpeted in soft corals before reaching the vertical drop-off. The wall here features several pronounced undercuts where spotted eagle rays sometimes shelter, and the deeper sections are adorned with black coral trees that are rarely seen at shallower sites. Yellowtail damselfish aggressively defend their algae gardens on the reef crest, and pairs of gray angelfish glide over the coral. The name suits the site well, as the combination of clear water, healthy reef, and consistent marine life encounters creates the kind of dive that lingers in memory.

Site Information

  • Location: Roatán, Caribbean
  • Entry Type: Boat dive
  • Site Type: Wall dive
  • Difficulty Level: Intermediate
  • Maximum Depth: 24 meters

Depth profile
0m · surface−24m max
Ocean conditions
27.4–30.9°CWater temp (yearly range)
0.9–1.6 mWave height
SepWarmest
AugCalmest seas
31°27° JFMAMJJASOND

Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).

Recorded marine life nearby

495 verified species observations (254 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1911 and 2023, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Chordata · 126Mollusca · 102Cnidaria · 4Echinodermata · 9Arthropoda · 7
  • Pterois · lionfish
  • Gambusia nicaraguensis
  • Palatogobius grandoculus
  • Poecilia orri
  • Epigonidae
  • Lipogramma evides · banded basslet
  • Gnatholepis thompsoni · goldspot goby
  • Malacoctenus macropus · rosy blenny
  • Phaeoptyx
  • Lutjanus apodus
  • Malacoctenus erdmani · imitator blenny
  • Bathygobius soporator

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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reef
Reef with anthias · illustrative · photo credit

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Source: OpenStreetMap via dive-vibe-community (ODbL) · Last updated 2026-07-17