Kristi's Cove
16.2830°N 86.5798°W · wall
Kristi’s Cove is a wall dive site in Roatán, Caribbean.
Overview
Kristi’s Cove is a donor-named RMP mooring in the Sandy Bay area, where the reef forms a slight indentation along the wall. This sheltered topography creates a calm pocket that attracts marine life, with schools of sergeant majors and brown chromis hovering above the reef crest. The wall face features large tube sponges and deep-water sea fans, and green sea turtles are commonly seen in the shallows. Visibility is generally 20 to 40 meters, with water temperatures from 26 to 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).
520 verified species observations (253 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
- Epigonidae
- Lipogramma evides · banded basslet
- Gnatholepis thompsoni · goldspot goby
- Gobiomorus dormitor
- Phaeoptyx
- Gerres cinereus
- Lutjanus apodus
- Malacoctenus erdmani · imitator blenny
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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