Leo's Den
16.3634°N 86.5183°W · wall
Leo’s Den is a wall dive site in Roatán, Caribbean.
Overview
Leo’s Den is a Roatan Marine Park mooring site along Roatan’s south coast reef system. While individual diving descriptions are not widely available, this section of the barrier reef features the dramatic wall diving that Roatan is famous for. The reef top at 10-15 meters gives way to a wall dropping well beyond recreational limits, with barrel sponges, sea fans, and gorgonians along the face. Eagle rays and sea turtles are regular visitors, with groupers and moray eels in the wall’s crevices. Visibility ranges 20-40 meters.
Site Information
- Location: Roatán, Caribbean
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Wall dive
- Difficulty Level: Intermediate
- Maximum Depth: 24 meters
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
552 verified species observations (262 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1911 and 2023, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Pterois · lionfish
- Gambusia nicaraguensis
- Poecilia orri
- Palatogobius grandoculus
- Lipogramma evides · banded basslet
- Gobiomorus dormitor
- Gnatholepis thompsoni · goldspot goby
- Epigonidae
- Phaeoptyx
- Malacoctenus erdmani · imitator blenny
- Centropomus undecimalis
- Gillellus uranidea · warteye stargazer
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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