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Underwater Photo Location: Jack Neil Beach, Utila

Underwater Photo Location: Jack Neil Beach, Utila

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Easy, shallow dive site in the south of Utila. Two buoys in shallow water, 2-3m, with fine sand. Slowly sloping sandy bottom with some seagrass, opening with hard coral walls towards the east and west, dropping down to 15m+. Garden eels, Peacock flounders, squid, Angelfish, Great barracuda, trumpetfish. Occasionally Hawksbill turtles and octopus.
Facts about Jack Neil Beach, Utila
  • It is in Honduras
  • Jack Neil Beach, Utila is in the Caribbean Sea.
  • The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
  • The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
Dive types
Liveaboarddayboatshore

Marine Life
smallturtlescoral

Diving facilities
airnitroxrepairshireinstructionguided

Photo facilities
macropfriendlyrepairsphireinstruction

by Tobias Reitmayr
Sponge with diver, Jack Neil Beach, Utila. Canon EOS 350d, 10-22mm

by Susan Beerman
A Christmas Tree Worm in Utila. Does anyone know what the purple thing is? Is it the operculum? What is it doing? (Obviously, I'm not up on marine biology - just love to shoot photos.) I KNOW I don't see this on all Christmas Tree Worms.

by Alasdair O'dell
This turtle stayed in the same grass patch for about three months feeding on the turtls grass. a beautiful friendly animal.
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