Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Roatán, Honduras

Topdrukte — Cruise season, Christmas and New Year

• Regel

  Marine park fee for divers

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Norte fronts (15 okt – 28 feb (meestal)), Cruise season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (20 dec – 5 jan)

Druk — Cruise season

• Natuur

  Whale sharks in the Bay Islands

  20 feb – 30 apr · meestalDuikseizoen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Norte fronts (15 okt – 28 feb (meestal)), Cruise season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Semana Santa, Cruise season

• Seizoen

  Dry season on the reef

  1 mrt – 31 aug

  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.

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  29 mrt – 5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Whale sharks in the Bay Islands (20 feb – 30 apr (meestal)), Cruise season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Semana Santa, Cruise season

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Whale sharks in the Bay Islands (20 feb – 30 apr (meestal)), Dry season on the reef (1 mrt – 31 aug), Semana Santa (29 mrt – 5 apr), Cruise season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season on the reef (1 mrt – 31 aug)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Risico

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season on the reef (1 mrt – 31 aug)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season on the reef (1 mrt – 31 aug), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Coral spawning nights

  20 aug – 25 sep · meestalDuikseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season on the reef (1 mrt – 31 aug), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Druk — Honduran Independence Day, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Honduran Independence Day

  14–16 sepNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Coral spawning nights (20 aug – 25 sep (meestal))

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Seizoen

  Norte fronts

  15 okt – 28 feb · meestalWindseizoenRisicoSluitingen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Druk — Cruise season

• Seizoen

  Cruise season

  15 nov – 30 apr · meestalDruk

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Norte fronts (15 okt – 28 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise season, Christmas and New Year

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  20 dec – 5 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Marine park fee for divers (1 jan – 31 dec), Norte fronts (15 okt – 28 feb (meestal)), Cruise season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal))