Long Time Texas Diver new to SB needs feedback re: Roatan West End

[williamk]

Been diving for 50 years and have fallen in love with Roatan. Have dove with most diving resorts except for West End locations. Ideal setup for me is an all inclusive package with a great dive operation and a good restaurant at the same location. Closest I have identified is Seagrape but have to use restaurants near by ie Lands End etc. Not happy if I have to hump my gear to the dive boat for a long distance. Any experience with Seagrape or other recommendations??

 

[PinkInkScuba]

We always use Media Luna Resort, however it is located on the south east side. No cruise ships, just oceanfront, with a great beach and amazing house reef. Great shore diving and all inclusive! Just had two trips there August 1-8 and August 8-15, hate you missed us!

 

[diversteve]

Seagrape has their own dive operator. PADI Diving Courses in Roatan - Seagrape Resort Professional Divers and Diveshop Center in West End, Roatan But you're right about the restaurants being nearby. I don't think there is one there.

It's not apparent on many maps but there's a path that leads from it behind Cocolobo and then meets up with the road that runs south past Half Moon Resort and into town so it's a litle shorter walk. Half Moon has their own restaurant. And ecodivers on-site. HOME - Half Moon Resort

Cocolobo serves breakfast only also - and that may be only their guests. But they work with local dive shops in the West End so you'd have to haul your gear there once and leave it. I rent a house next door and we walked our gear over the first day.

Most of what you want is at Luna Beach Resort - it's on the far west side of the West End. About a 10min. walk to town though. Or the water taxi stops at their dock - I think on request but I'm not sure. It matters because they only serve breakfast/lunch on-site.

Short of some noisier places in the West End - really mostly just accommodations fronted by affiliated restaurants - there's Anthony's Key but that's about 10mins. by cab east.

---------- Post added August 19th, 2015 at 06:41 PM ----------

I pushed this over to the Bay Islands forum in case someone has other options.

 

[beluga2]

Sueno Del Mar has accommodations, dive shop and a great bar / pub grub on the beach; all in the same location.


Splash has restaurant and accommodations across the lane from the dive shop in the middle of West End.