We have a week is August 4. A dive focus trips, we are both advanced drivers. We haven’t dove in any of the 3 locations but we’re recently in Cozumel, looking for larger marine life, or a difference compared to Cozumel. Can anyone speak to seeing some of the larger (or Pelagics) in any of these areas in august?
Roatan, Coiba or GC?
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mcohen1021
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GC, biggest thing you'll see is a yellow tailed damsel 
Coiba, IDK
Roatan, I'd pick for your purpose, specially on the Aggressor where you can dive the sea mounts.... (Cayos Cochinos)
Coiba, IDK
Roatan, I'd pick for your purpose, specially on the Aggressor where you can dive the sea mounts.... (Cayos Cochinos)
Is it possible to see *some* bigger marine life in Roatan without doing a live aboard?GC, biggest thing you'll see is a yellow tailed damsel
Coiba, IDK
Roatan, I'd pick for your purpose, specially on the Aggressor where you can dive the sea mounts.... (Cayos Cochinos)
mcohen1021
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Nope... I have ~50 dives on 2 different trips different times of year and the only big things I saw were the Caribbean reef sharks @ cara a Cara - which can be an add on dive from the island
But Cayos is secluded and too far for day boats, you'll have it all to yourself and has potential for big stuff.
That being said, I'll never dive Cara a Cara again. Heartbreaking if you love sharks
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Roatan on a liveaboard is wasting money. Cayos Cochinos is often a rough ride and over-hyped. The other sea mounts, same. There’s great dive opportunities on Roatan, esp CCV, but nowhere off the rock will you find “big stuff”.
Roatan’s canned shark dive, Cara a Cara, is no better or worse than any other Caribbean pay-per-view Donkey Show. There’s one at every rock that has a cruise ship dock. I don’t see anything that different or awful.
If you want “big stuff”, look beyond the Caribbean. If you are going to settle for sharks, look at very select few Bahamian out-island dive ops, or the Baja Cortez area aboard a vomit comet.
What you’re looking for (?) is a 8+ hr plane ride away.
Roatan’s canned shark dive, Cara a Cara, is no better or worse than any other Caribbean pay-per-view Donkey Show. There’s one at every rock that has a cruise ship dock. I don’t see anything that different or awful.
If you want “big stuff”, look beyond the Caribbean. If you are going to settle for sharks, look at very select few Bahamian out-island dive ops, or the Baja Cortez area aboard a vomit comet.
What you’re looking for (?) is a 8+ hr plane ride away.
mcohen1021
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Unfortunately, the guide on the Aggressor isn't really in great shape physically and bc he said he was struggling with currents, decided that noone else could handle it. I was a little shocked bc if the currents were bad I'd think I would have at least noticed a little bit? Maybe the 100s of cozumel dives has its benefits...
We enjoyed the trip on the Aggressor, we picked it as the covid replacement to the Philippines Siren via shady Bluewater Travel.
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