Roatan - A simple vote, Anthony's Key or Coco View Resort?
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CCV for me too. I love to dive and don’t really care for fine dining or useless fluff. Really liked my trip there. Viz was good, plenty of critters
Food was basic, but tasty and plentiful.
The old saw ,”dive, eat, sleep, and repeat “ was very true
For it was a great match but YMMV
Food was basic, but tasty and plentiful.
The old saw ,”dive, eat, sleep, and repeat “ was very true
For it was a great match but YMMV
I will be an exception and vote for AKR.
At the time of writing the price per person for high season 2026 for a seven-night stay with twelve guided boat dives is nearly identical at both resorts, so that wouldn't be a factor in the decision for me. I can certainly see the attraction of CCV's additional unlimited shore diving (24/7) and the optional "swim home from the boat" tanks after their guided dives, but two dives per day for six days in a row for me is enough in terms of energy level. I also prefer the AKR schedule to be able to do the guided boat dives relatively back-to-back instead of spreading them out further over the day the way CCV does.
Also, for a trip in May/June I think my chances for good viz would be better on the AKR side of the island than the CCV side - the trade winds from the east can be quite strong at that time of year which can churn up the "south side" (where CCV is) somewhat and then even if the winds die down it can take a while for all the particulates to settle back down and give us better visibility. AKR and the dive sites they generally frequent are more sheltered from those winds so while of course not guaranteed I put the chances of good viz at that time of year better at AKR than at CCV.
It's almost a coin toss - one can have a great diving vacation at either resort, and you can find many SB trip reports on both to support that statement - but for me if choosing between those two resorts for a week in May/June, it would be Anthony's Key Resort.
At the time of writing the price per person for high season 2026 for a seven-night stay with twelve guided boat dives is nearly identical at both resorts, so that wouldn't be a factor in the decision for me. I can certainly see the attraction of CCV's additional unlimited shore diving (24/7) and the optional "swim home from the boat" tanks after their guided dives, but two dives per day for six days in a row for me is enough in terms of energy level. I also prefer the AKR schedule to be able to do the guided boat dives relatively back-to-back instead of spreading them out further over the day the way CCV does.
Also, for a trip in May/June I think my chances for good viz would be better on the AKR side of the island than the CCV side - the trade winds from the east can be quite strong at that time of year which can churn up the "south side" (where CCV is) somewhat and then even if the winds die down it can take a while for all the particulates to settle back down and give us better visibility. AKR and the dive sites they generally frequent are more sheltered from those winds so while of course not guaranteed I put the chances of good viz at that time of year better at AKR than at CCV.
It's almost a coin toss - one can have a great diving vacation at either resort, and you can find many SB trip reports on both to support that statement - but for me if choosing between those two resorts for a week in May/June, it would be Anthony's Key Resort.
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