Utila has over 90 dive sites marked with dive mooring buoys available for you to explore! The island is surrounded by dive sites, and the areas area commonly refferred to in Zones of SouthEast, NorthSide, Southwest, The Cays and Offshore Banks (Black Hills)
A variety of maps and site descriptions exisit on the various Utila dive shops sites. Here are some to get you started:
1) Map of Utila Dive Sites by Laguna Beach Resort:
Dive Sites of Utila Map by Laguna Beach Resort (Click to enlarge)
2) Map of Utila Dive Sites by Utila Lodge:
Map of Utila Dive Sites By Utila Lodge (Click to Enlarge)
3) Interactive Utila Dive Site Map by Deep Blue Resort:
Interactive Google Map of Utila Dive Sites By Deep Blue Resort (Click to Enlarge and Use Interactive)
The above is an excellent interactive map of Utila Dive Sites by Deep Blue Resort. You may need to download Google Earth first, if you don’t yet have it on your computer. Once you have Google Earth, you can then explore all parts of Utila! There are full instructions once you click on the image above.
4) Another excellent map is through Cross Creek,
That link also includes a detailed discussion on the different dive areas and specific sites.
5) Dive Mooring Buoy Map~
The Bay Islands Conservation Association (BICA) has recently updated their dive buoy map (as of Nov 09). You can view this in basic form as below or once you’ve downloaded it, click the link that use View in Google Earth, and its a really impressive viewpoint.
