Mcfield's Field

16.3039°N 86.5554°W · wall

Depth
24 m
Level
Intermediate
Entry
boat
Type
wall

Mcfield’s Field is a wall dive site in Roatán, Caribbean.

Overview

McField’s Field is a Roatan Marine Park mooring site in the Sandy Bay area along the south coast barrier reef. While individual published diving details are limited, the site sits within the productive Sandy Bay wall corridor where the reef features abundant soft and hard corals. Eagle rays cruise along the wall, green sea turtles rest on the reef top, and moray eels shelter in the crevices. The nearby Spooky Channel and Lawson Rock landmarks anchor this section of reef. Visibility averages 20-40 meters.

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
27.4–30.8°CWater temp (yearly range)
0.8–1.6 mWave height
SepWarmest
OctCalmest seas
31°27° JFMAMJJASOND

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

Recorded marine life nearby

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

Chordata · 130Mollusca · 100Cnidaria · 4Echinodermata · 8Arthropoda · 7
  • 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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Reef with anthias · illustrative · photo credit

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Source: OpenStreetMap via dive-vibe-community (ODbL) · Last updated 2026-07-18