CORAL REEFS

Dolphin's Den is a popular site on the north coast of Roatan. A passageway connects the waters of the lagoon with those of the open ocean, offering divers a mix of overhead and semi-lit caverns to explore.

Buddy Reef is located adjacent to the Buddy Dive Resort, one of the Bonaire premier dive destinations. This steeply sloping reef is easily accessible from shore and contains numerous coral and sponge species, as well as a wide diversity of fish and crustaceans. A small wreck, known as the Machaca, is located about along the north edge of the site.

Eighteenth Palm, also sometimes known as 18 Palms, a shore-accessible fringing reef located adjacent to the spectacular Plaza Beach & Dive Resort Bonaire. This "house reef" is simple to explore and has an interesting reef that hooks out to sea on its southern end. Divers often encounter large tarpon, snapper, sea turtles and parrotfish on this reef.

The Channel sits just outside the shallow cut through the reef that allows boats to enter and exit the lagoon just offshore from Marble Hill Resort. A towering reef wall gives way to broken up spurs as the reef slopes down to great depth.

Punta Blanca Wall is a shallow reef wall that separates the lagoon from the open ocean on the north coast of Roatan. Broken spurs cross a narrow plateau that leads divers down a steep slope to a deep, sandy seabed.