Ocean Groove
16.3023°N 86.5990°W · wall
Ocean Groove is a wall dive site in Roatán, Caribbean.
Overview
Ocean Groove occupies a stretch of the West End wall where subtle grooves and channels cut into the reef face, creating natural swim-throughs and sheltered passages. These formations concentrate marine life, with schools of blue-striped grunts gathering in the recesses and midnight parrotfish scraping algae from the coral. The wall descends from a shallow reef top at around 12 meters, and the grooves funnel divers naturally along the wall face. Tube sponges in shades of lavender and gray rise from the wall like chimneys, and queen angelfish are a frequent sight along this section of the corridor.
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).
501 verified species observations (259 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
- 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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