Dive Review of Utila Lodge in
Honduras/Utila

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Utila Lodge, Aug, 2003, by Michael Holden, MI, USA . Report 689.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The accomodations are simple, but there is no view, no beach, no shore diving to speak of (no coral). However, the diving is superb. Lots of pelagics, great reef fish, lots of juveniles, varying coral structure, sea mounts, etc. The lodge is attached to a diving college and there is a free fish id class given to lodge guests - highly recommended. And then there are the whale sharks!! We only saw one as the beginning of August is only the beginning of the season which peaks in September. Prior to our one shark it had been five weeks since there was a sighting. (dont go in june or july for whale sharks - arent any) Seeing the gray blotch in the ocean resolve itself into a whale shark is an awesome sight! snorkeling with one is even more amazing! Will go back in September for more.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Fla Keys, Bonaire, Grand Turk, Belize, Great Lakes
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	2-3 minute safety stop
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	No photo operation as such, a wet box was on board, and the captain handed down the camera, but there was no place to get film developed, no repair facilities. You are on your own. But subject matter abounds.

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Dive Review of Utila Lodge in Honduras/Utila

Utila Lodge, Aug, 2003,

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Dive Review of Utila Lodge in
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