Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras

Calvin's Crack

Calvin's Crack is an east-end north-shore dive featuring a long sandy channel that splits the fringing reef and frames a series of swim-throughs and small archways. From the mooring divers descend on a coral plateau at 10 meters and follow the channel as it slopes from 12 down to 25 meters, with coral fingers and small overhangs forming the most photogenic section in the middle of the dive. The walls of the channel are encrusted with sea rods, brain coral, lettuce coral and bright orange elephant-ear sponges, and the sandy bottom is patrolled by southern stingrays and peacock flounders. Reef life is consistently strong: queen angelfish, spotted moray, French and white grunt schools, hawksbill turtles, midnight parrotfish and the occasional spotted eagle ray. Conditions are usually mild on the north side; visibility averages 22 to 30 meters.