Guide to diving Utila in Honduras
Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to Utila in Honduras.
The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated Honduras liveaboard diving Utila. You can easily book the Roatan Aggressor liveaboard, scoring 9.3/10, using this link.
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Sea creatures found in Utila
Here are the main sea creatures found across dive sites in Utila, grouped by type so you can quickly see what marine life you may encounter.
| Creature type | Sea creatures |
|---|---|
| Cephalopod | Octopus , Squid |
| Coral | Hard coral , Sea Fans , Soft corals |
| Crustacians | Crabs , Lobsters |
| Eels | Goldentail moray eels , Green moray eels , Moray eels |
| Jack Mackerel Family | Jacks (Jackfish) |
| Mollusk | Bluebell tunicates , Giant clams |
| Mullidae | Goatfish |
| Other sea creatures | Grey reef sharks , Scorpionfish |
| Pelagic fish | Marlin |
| Platyhelminthes | Flatworms |
| Rays | Manta rays (Mantas) , Southern stingrays , Spotted eagle rays , Stingrays |
| Reef fish | Angelfish , Barracuda , Black durgeons , Blue chromis , Bluehead , Butterflyfish , Creole fish , Damselfish , Fairy Basslet , Filefish , French grunts , Frogfish , Glassy Sweepers , Groupers , Grunts , Horse-eye jack , Lionfish , Parrotfish , Reef fish , Seahorses , Sergeant majors , Snappers , Southern sennets , Spadefish , Spotted Goatfish , Toadfish , Triggerfish , Trumpetfish , Trunkfish , Wrasse , Yellow goat fish , Yellowhead jawfish , Yellowhead wrasse |
| Sea slug or Gastropoda | Nudibranchs |
| Sea turtles | Green turtles , Hawksbill turtle |
| Sharks | Caribbean reef sharks , Nurse sharks , Whale sharks |
| Sponges and cnidarian | Sea sponges |
| Suckerfish | Remora |
Dive sites in Utila
The following dive sites are found in Utila. Each site below shows the liveaboards that dive there.
| Dive site | Liveaboards that dive this site |
|---|---|
| Hawksbill Bank | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
| Halliburton Wreck | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
| Jack Neil Point | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
| Cannery Bank | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
| Old Bank | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
| Raggedy Cay | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
| CJ’s Drop-off | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
| Duppy Waters | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
| Black Hills | Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard |
Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in Utila
Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard
Hawksbill Bank top sea creatures:
Hawksbill turtle, Green turtles, Jacks (Jackfish), Barracuda, Creole fish, Bluebell tunicates, Moray eels, Scorpionfish, Frogfish, Lobsters, Octopus, Soft corals, Hard coral
Halliburton Wreck top sea creatures:
Moray eels, Groupers, Barracuda, Stingrays, Parrotfish, Snappers, Grunts, Wrasse, Triggerfish, Trumpetfish, Jacks (Jackfish), Glassy Sweepers, Spadefish, Spotted eagle rays, Nudibranchs, Crabs, Lobsters, Octopus, Squid, Sea sponges, Sea Fans, Nurse sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Giant clams
Jack Neil Point top sea creatures:
Butterflyfish, Seahorses, Angelfish, Spotted eagle rays, Goatfish, Wrasse, Sergeant majors, Grunts, Southern stingrays, Green turtles, Nurse sharks, Yellow goat fish, Spotted Goatfish, Bluehead, Yellowhead wrasse, Blue chromis, French grunts, Remora, Fairy Basslet
Cannery Bank top sea creatures:
Nurse sharks, Creole fish, Barracuda, Jacks (Jackfish), Spadefish, Bluebell tunicates
Old Bank top sea creatures:
Squid, Grunts, Green turtles, Nurse sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Trunkfish, Damselfish, Filefish, Yellowhead jawfish
Raggedy Cay top sea creatures:
Nurse sharks, Moray eels, Spotted eagle rays, Hawksbill turtle, Octopus, Parrotfish, Reef fish, Triggerfish, Snappers, Groupers, Lionfish, Whale sharks
CJ’s Drop-off top sea creatures:
Barracuda, Jacks (Jackfish), Spotted eagle rays, Groupers, Green turtles, Nurse sharks, Moray eels, Lobsters, Triggerfish, Reef fish, Nudibranchs, Black durgeons, Goldentail moray eels
Duppy Waters top sea creatures:
Hawksbill turtle, Green turtles, Spotted eagle rays, Nurse sharks, Grey reef sharks, Barracuda, Groupers, Snappers, Reef fish, Lionfish, Moray eels, Green moray eels, Angelfish, Parrotfish, Triggerfish, Wrasse, Trumpetfish, Lobsters, Crabs, Nudibranchs, Flatworms, Yellowhead jawfish, Glassy Sweepers
Black Hills top sea creatures:
Creole fish, Horse-eye jack, Spadefish, Reef fish, Southern sennets, Barracuda, Manta rays (Mantas), Marlin, Whale sharks, Nurse sharks, Green moray eels, Scorpionfish, Frogfish, Toadfish, Hawksbill turtle
Top liveaboards diving Utila
The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving Utila.
How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard: 61%
The SDE Liveaboard Rating is Scuba Diving Earth’s own scoring system for comparing dive liveaboards at a glance. It adds together six individual category scores, each scored out of 10, covering the boat, cabins, diving, food, drinks, and non-diver companion features.
For the Roatan Aggressor Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 61%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.