Dive No.: 1966 Dive Site: Lighthouse Reef and Moonlight Reef Max Depth: 130ft/40m Total Time: 53mins Profile: 6mins @ 130ft, 8mins @110ft, 4mins @90ft, 4mins @70ft, 4mins @50ft, 12mins @35ft, 14mins @20ft, 5mins @ 15ft Air: 200bar – 80 bar Mix: air Tank: 12L/80cu Weight: 6lbs Visibility: 50-130ft/15-40m Water: 88F/31C surface, 84F/29C bottom Exposure: Rash Guard Comments: Beautiful deep drift along the bottom of Lighthouse Reef wall. Noticeable thermocline at 40ft; water in top layer was turbid with a moderate current running north, while water in bottom layer was extremely clear with a mild current running north. Sandy sloped bottom starts at 90ft and drops into the abyss, brightly illuminating the deep wall with reflected sunlight. Several oceanic triggerfish and » read more «

I’ve dreamed about doing this one for a long time: a no-moon, no-lights dive on Lighthouse Reef. Roatan has amazing bioluminescence, and on truly dark evenings they can be as brilliant and numerous as the stars in a clear night sky. Tonight, I finally get my chance to do it. We begin after sunset. As we descend down to the reef, I am amazed by how much I can still see in the waning light. Parrotfish nestle in to their holes and wrap themselves in mucus cocoons. Soldierfish and squirrelfish dart out from their alcoves. The reef is bathed in this eerie blue light that reminds me of hues I’ve only seen from Karl Stanley’s submarine. We careen through some » read more «

Dive No.: 1959 Dive Site: Spooky Channel to White Hole Max Depth: 92ft Total Time: 68mins Profile: 5mins@50ft, 10mins @ 90ft, 30mins@70ft, 20mins @40ft, 3mins @ 15ft Air: 210bar – 80bar Mix: EANx31 Tank: 12L/80cu Dive No.: 1960 Dive Site: White Hole to Bear’s Den Max Depth: 70ft Total Time: 54mins Profile: 22mins @ 70ft, 29mins @30ft, 3 mins @ 15ft Air: 220bar – 130bar Mix: air Tank: 12L/80cu Dive No.: 1961 Dive Site: Pirate’s Cove Max Depth: 110ft Total Time: 84mins Profile: 16mins @ 110ft, 15mins @ 80ft, 25mins @ 60ft, 25mins @ 40ft, 3 mins @ 15ft Air: 210bar – 60bar Mix: air Tank: 12L/80cu Dive No.: 1962 Dive Site: West End Wall Max Depth: 130ft Total Time: » read more «

Suspended eighty feet underwater, I have a few seconds to take in my surroundings. My heartbeat—the only sound I can hear—marks the time. My lungs are now less than a third the volume they were twenty seconds ago. Abdominal muscles clenched, I restrain the spasms of my diaphragm, willing myself to ignore the steady toxic accumulation of carbon dioxide in my body. Mere minutes from drowning, I am relaxed. The crack in which I am suspended is visible from the surface. Minutes earlier, as I floated on the surface deliberately slowing my breathing in anticipation of the dive, I studied the contour of this particularly severe crack in the reef, noting its abyssal blue hue atypical of most sand chutes. » read more «