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Roatan Island Landscapes and Weather

May 30, 2021 By admin

30 May

Interested in learning more about Roatan’s landscapes and weather? (Hint: the weather is pretty much perfect).  Here are 10 facts you should know:

  1. Roatan forms part the Bay Islands of Honduras, a small nation located in the middle of the Central American isthmus bordering Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador; and flanked by both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
  2. The Bay Islands are an archipelago of three large islands -Roatan, Utila and Guanaja-, three small islands -Morat, Barbareta, and St. Elena-, and over 60 cays located a mere 10 to 40 miles from the Honduran mainland in the in the azure waters of the Caribbean Sea.
  3. Roatan is the largest island at 32 miles long and from one to three miles wide. A small mountain ridge runs along the spine of the island offering expansive ocean vistas with the highest point at about 900 feet above sea level.
  4. The island has varying topography from white sandy beaches, iron shoreline, mangroves, tropical hilltops, lush valleys to reef surrounded waters.
  5. Roatan is surrounded by a reef system, which forms part of the second largest reef system in the world and is home to most of the marine life found in the Caribbean.
  6. The reef surrounding the island creates calm lagoons between the coastline and the reef crest that allow snorkeling from nearly every shore. And sometimes, from very close to shore!
  7. A large part of the Roatan reef has been protected by the Honduran government and is known as the Roatan Marine Park. This Marine Reserve is home to 38 world-class dive sites and some of the most species-rich waters in the Caribbean.
  8. This diversity of the landscape on Roatan makes it one of the most visually impressive locations in the Caribbean.
  9. In the 18th century Captain James Wright referred to Roatan as the “Garden of the West Indies”. Today, Roatan still retains its true tropical beauty.
  10. The yearly average temperature in Roatan is 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The island receives constant trade winds keeping the climate cool and a reasonable rainfall, with the heaviest rains from December to February. This rainfall keeps the island lush and green.

If you have any other questions about our weather or island life, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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