Roatan temp and bug spray types?

[wgw04024]

Curios what the current temp is at Coco View recently, and if you needed bug spray. If so, are any types/brands better than others? Never had to use bug spray yet.

TIA

 

[wildbill9]

Don’t know temps but cactus juice bug spray worked great for us. And it smells good

 

[Gdog]

Heck yeah you need bug spray. We use most kinds, and have also found that Avon Skin so Soft works well too.

 

[happy-diver]

How big are these bugs, DDT?

 

[wgw04024]

Appreciate the info folks!

 

[wgw04024]

Looks like it's plenty warm enough Water temperature in Roatan in The Caribbean now

 

[laurenceh]

This is the height of rainy season, it's rained almost everyday since the middle of October, I think we've had about 20" of rain in the last 3 weeks.
It's the worst time of year for diving with the reduced viz from the runoff and the worst time of year for bugs as they all hatch when it rains.
Things will start to improve in about a month and reach their absolute best in September, right before rainy season starts again!
Best months to dive here are January - September, with April - September being the primo months.

 

[therookie]

How big are these bugs, DDT?

The ones that affect me the worst are tiny - about the size of a fleck of ground black pepper. Usually called sand fleas, sandflies, or (my personal favorite) "no-see-ums". I never feel their bite, only several hours later see the telltale red mark with a tiny darker red pinprick inside of it, along with horrible itching.

For the OP, read almost any trip report here on SB about Roatan and you'll usually find some mention of them and preventative suggestions - some of which are here in this thread already...

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

Curios what the current temp is at Coco View recently, and if you needed bug spray. If so, are any types/brands better than others? Never had to use bug spray yet.

TIA

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[Ritzcat]

I really wish everyone would stop hyping this location up. The bugs were awful at night. Not mosquitos, but other flying things that just made you skeeved out. The whole island is full of raw sewage and yes it's in the water. Prepare to come home with some sort of sickness. I had the ear infection from hell which was antibiotic resistant. It inflamed a nerve in my face and it sent me to the ER. Other divers most recently posted about bad cases of Montezuma's revenge- and let me tell you it's not from drinking the water, it's from diving in it. The entire reef is contaminated because it just runs off from the island.