This is Roatan (TiR) is the visionary project by professional website developer and scuba diving instructor Steve Craig, aka TheScubaGeek.
The goal of TiR is to promote tourism and support local businesses on the Caribbean island of Roatan in the Bay Islands of Honduras through online marketing. TiR aims to be Roatan’s premier information service for travel, living, and island news. The site combines a clean modern design, advanced web technologies, and the power of Google Maps to present the beauty of Roatan to the outside world as never before seen.
The Story of TiR
Steve was sick of computer programming.
After wrapping up his Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Steve sold most of his belongings, packed his bags, and moved to the small » read more «

Given that I’ve been gallivanting around the United States for the last two months, I’ve had a harder time coming up with relevant updates about my life on Roatan. Therefore, it’s come time for me to reevaluate the purpose of TheScubaGeek.com and implement some long-outstanding revisions to the site.
Changes are coming. I’m currently working on an updated layout and structure for the site along with a bevy of new content. The updates will be slowly rolled out over the next two months, but for now here’s a sneak peak at what is under development:

More Scuba. Dive site reviews, professional tips to improve your diving, fish facts, industry news, and more.
More Geek. Web design advice, code samples, Photoshop tricks, and general » read more «

Click here to explore a map of the Utila’s dive sites!
Now you can explore the dive sites around Utila too!
During my last vacation to Roatan’s sister island, I took the time to document the island’s dive sites in the TIREngine database. The result? A beautiful, Google Maps-powered interactive map. Zoom in on high resolution satellite imagery of the dive sites surrounding Utila. Click on any site to learn more information, or use the drop-down box above the pull up a full dive site description.
Thanks to Alton’s Dive Center in Utila for helping me name and locate the dive sites!
To other Utila dive shops and instructors: am I missing some dive sites? Do you have more information about a particular site? » read more «

…is apparently also a lie on Utila.
I arrived on Roatan’s sister island via Captain Verne’s catamaran ($100 round trip Half Moon Bay, Roatan to Utila Town, Utila) on Tuesday. The plan? Hang out for a two nights, do a little skin diving, and return to the “real world” of Roatan on Thursday.
Yeah, so about that plan…
It’s Friday afternoon and I’m once again telling the lie, “Seriously guys, I’m leaving tomorrow.” This time, though, I mean it. Honestly.
When I get back to Roatan’s blazing fast internet (think year-2000 speeds, as opposed to Utila’s 1994 speeds), expect deliciously debaucherous updates about my time here. I didn’t think an island could be more ridiculously bizarre than Roatan, but this flat, fun, fecal-smelling atoll » read more «