O que acontece em Roatán, Honduras, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Cruise season, Christmas and New Year

• Regra

  Marine park fee for divers

  1 Jan – 31 DezReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Norte fronts (15 Out – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year (20 Dez – 5 Jan)

Movimentado — Cruise season

• Natureza

  Whale sharks in the Bay Islands

  20 Fev – 30 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de mergulho

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Norte fronts (15 Out – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — 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.

• Feriado

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Whale sharks in the Bay Islands (20 Fev – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Semana Santa, Cruise season

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Whale sharks in the Bay Islands (20 Fev – 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))

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Risco

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Natureza

  Coral spawning nights

  20 Ago – 25 Set · normalmenteTemporada de mergulho

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Dry season on the reef (1 Mar – 31 Ago), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Movimentado — Honduran Independence Day, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Feriado

  Honduran Independence Day

  14–16 SetFeriado nacionalFechamentosLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Coral spawning nights (20 Ago – 25 Set (normalmente))

Tranquilo — um dos piores meses em clima

• Temporada

  Norte fronts

  15 Out – 28 Fev · normalmenteTemporada de ventoRiscoFechamentos

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Movimentado — Cruise season

• Temporada

  Cruise season

  15 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmenteLotado

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Norte fronts (15 Out – 28 Fev (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Cruise season, Christmas and New Year

• Feriado

  Christmas and New Year

  20 Dez – 5 JanNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Marine park fee for divers (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Norte fronts (15 Out – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Cruise season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))