Bear's Den

Bear's Den is a dive site along the reef edge off Roatan, in Honduras's Bay Islands, an area known for its steep drop-offs and swim-through cave and cavern formations. The Bay Islands sit atop the same barrier reef system that runs along the Mesoamerican coast, and dive operators based out of Roatan's north and west shore towns run boats out to sites like this one. The site reaches a maximum depth of around 15.2 metres over a reef bottom and is rated technical. Divers have also reported eagle rays passing through here.

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

• Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma virideReported here · unconfirmed
• Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
• Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
• Atlantic Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilisReported here · unconfirmed
• Striped ParrotfishScarus iseriReported here · unconfirmed
• Yellowtail DamselfishMicrospathodon chrysurusReported here · unconfirmed
• Four-eyed ButterflyfishChaetodon capistratusReported here · unconfirmed
• Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argusReported here · unconfirmed
• Atlantic Long-spined Sea UrchinDiadema antillarumReported here · unconfirmed
• Purple Sea FanGorgonia ventalinaReported here · unconfirmed
• Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed