Diamond Cay
Diamond Cay
Location
Utila, South West
Highlights
Small Cay to wide sea channels and fringing reef topography
Visibility
24metres
Currents
Caribbean Light to Rum Punch Mild
Site Depth
7metres
Difficulty
Easy (Open Water)
Duration
24minutes
Sight-seeing
Nassau Grouper, Spanish Hogfish, Green Razorfish, Yellowhead Jawfish, Sand Diver, Porcupinefish, Finger Coral, Giant Anemone, Black Crinoide, Matt Zoanthid.
Hotspot Watch
Pipehorse, Elkhorn Coral, Southern Stargazer
DIVE BRIEF: Diamond Cay is named after the small cay to which it is near. The buoy is found at a depth of 20 ft on a narrow coral formation between two sand channels that run from wide sand patches (30ft) to the west, and to the top of the reef wall going to the East; the fringing reef wall that surrounds the Cay reaches a depth of 100ft where the sandy bottom continues in a gradual decent to more than 130ft. Going North at about 80ft lives a colony of Bushy Black Coral which is worth a look. Towards the South you will find many Common Sea Fans whose size is quite impressive. In both directions the top of the reef has many sand channels where a diver will see the Yellowhead Jawfish hovering vertically.
