Roatan, located in the Western Caribbean off the North coast of Honduras, is a great place to live and vacation. The average temperature in Roatan year round is about 80° F, or 28° Celsius with the trade winds providing a gentle breeze. The relative humidity averages 72%. From March until October, the weather in Roatan can be compared to that of Florida; lots of sun with occasional showers. During the rest of the year it will rain more often but rain rarely compromises the diving.
Roatan, the most sophisticated and developed island, of the Bay Islands, is home to the Garifuna, world class scuba diving, small fishing villages and intimate resorts and hotels. Thirty-three miles long by 2.5 miles wide (at the broadest), the 49 square mile island, with 23 cays, sports a richly jungled low lying mountain range down its center, and is fringed by over 34 miles of reef -- the many beaches range from purest white, to honey, to golden fawn. If you want to see and be seen, choose gorgeous Tabayana Beach in West Bay -- if peace and quiet is more your style, head for Paya and Camp Bays, or any of the many other beaches in between. Explore dense mangrove forests in the east, stark iron shore in the west, and deserted, gently sloping bights (coves) in between. Visit the iguana farm, experience a dolphin encounter, hike mountain trails, take a canopy tour, descend to the depths in a submarine, pound the beach on horse back -- the opportunities are endless!!