Qué hay en Roatán, Honduras, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Cruise season, Christmas and New Year

• Norma

  Marine park fee for divers

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva pronto

  Every diver and snorkeller pays the Roatan Marine Park an annual fee, collected by the shops as a wristband. It is what pays for the mooring buoys and the patrol boat, and the shops check for it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Norte fronts (15 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year (20 Dic – 5 Ene)

Concurrido — Cruise season

• Naturaleza

  Whale sharks in the Bay Islands

  20 Feb – 30 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de buceo

  The reliable encounters are off Utila, an hour west by boat, where the shelf drops into deep water and the boils bring plankton up. Roatan gets occasional sightings on the north shore; late February to April is the run.

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Norte fronts (15 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Cruise season

• Temporada

  Dry season on the reef

  1 Mar – 31 Ago

  March through August is the settled half: the wind drops, the north-shore walls hold their visibility, and boats run every morning. August is the hot, still end of it, when the surface goes glassy.

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  The mainland takes the whole week and comes over. West End books out, the ferry from La Ceiba sells out days ahead, and plenty of businesses shut from Thursday to Sunday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Whale sharks in the Bay Islands (20 Feb – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Cruise season

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Whale sharks in the Bay Islands (20 Feb – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago), Semana Santa (29 Mar – 5 Abr), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The island sits west of the main Caribbean track and direct hits are generational here, Mitch in 1998 being the one everyone names. The season still brings the wettest weeks and the loosest change policies. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Naturaleza

  Coral spawning nights

  20 Ago – 25 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de buceo

  The reef spawns on the nights after the late-summer full moons and the shops run boats out at nine or ten. A slow, strange dive in the dark rather than a spectacle, and the timing slips by days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Concurrido — Honduran Independence Day, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Honduran Independence Day

  14–16 SepFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  Schools parade on the 15th and the islands take the day with them: banks and offices shut, the ferry runs a holiday timetable, and the mainland comes over for the long weekend. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Coral spawning nights (20 Ago – 25 Sep (normalmente))

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Norte fronts

  15 Oct – 28 Feb · normalmenteTemporada de vientoRiesgoCierres

  Cold fronts sliding off the North American mainland reach the island every few weeks through the winter, giving two or three days of wind and chop that shut the north-shore dive sites and push the boats round to the south side.

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Concurrido — Cruise season

• Temporada

  Cruise season

  15 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmenteMucha gente

  Two terminals, at Coxen Hole and Mahogany Bay, and on a four-ship morning West Bay beach is a different place entirely. The schedules are published months ahead and worth reading before you pick your days.

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Norte fronts (15 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Cruise season, Christmas and New Year

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year

  20 Dic – 5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Honduran families and returning islanders arrive together, and the dive shops run their fullest boats of the year. December often behaves like the dry season despite the calendar, which is why the fortnight sells out. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Marine park fee for divers (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Norte fronts (15 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))