Donc mon photographe préféré en la personne de Béa vous a fait quelques photos d'un départ pour vous mettre dans l'ambiance ( exceptionnellement on était plusieurs groupes ) d'habitude on est plutôt 2 ou trois ...Le bateau est petit c'est parce que l'on est a 5 min des sites de plongées pas comme en Thaïlande ou l'on partait pour la journée sur un gros bateau. Événement un peu spécial c'était ma 100ème plongée ...
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| la mer vu du ponton |
le site de plongée que l'on a fait keyhole est assez extraordinaire ... c'est une passe profonde dans le lagon qui se referme sur le dessus elle fait plus de 30 m de haut on a l'impression de voler dans une cathédrale .
Keyhole
Characteristic of channels you’ll find on Roatan where lagoon water mixes with the ocean and tides have eroded deep channels into the reef, Key Hole / Gully Galore offers an impressive display of topography with ample wall space and overhangs to explore. Even though there is an outer buoy that can be used as an entrance and exit point, you may find it preferable to be let off at the inner reef indicated by the GPS coordinates shown, and then head out towards the buoy the exit there. Starting form the inner area and heading north, you will begin at a 30ft deep sand bottom containing turtle grass and Pine Cone algae. The reef walls guide you into the channel that gradually descends to a depth of 100ft with impressive walls on either side of you that reach all the way to the surface. Even though the focus of this site is the excellent topography, keep your eyes open for sightings of banded butterflyfish, fan worms, small leaf hanging vines and star coral. For advanced divers there is a swim through in the channel at 90-100ft, 
and for everyone there is a set of 3 swim throughs to the right at 50ft and another one at 30ft on the left. Be sure to look in the tight spaces for a possible sighing of the elusive toadfish. The lagoon water mixed with seawater along with the high walls that block the sunlight can sometimes make for cloudy visibility in this channel, giving this site an eerie setting. However, as you make a gradual ascent towards the reef wall and the outer buoy at 35ft, the water quickly clears up as if exiting a smoky room. Near the buoy, the channel widens and opens to the reef where you can find a variety of soft corals such as plumes and rods as well as schools of black durgon and yellowtail snapper. With a reef crest at 20ft, this is a great area for a safety stop as you finish up your dive.
and for everyone there is a set of 3 swim throughs to the right at 50ft and another one at 30ft on the left. Be sure to look in the tight spaces for a possible sighing of the elusive toadfish. The lagoon water mixed with seawater along with the high walls that block the sunlight can sometimes make for cloudy visibility in this channel, giving this site an eerie setting. However, as you make a gradual ascent towards the reef wall and the outer buoy at 35ft, the water quickly clears up as if exiting a smoky room. Near the buoy, the channel widens and opens to the reef where you can find a variety of soft corals such as plumes and rods as well as schools of black durgon and yellowtail snapper. With a reef crest at 20ft, this is a great area for a safety stop as you finish up your dive.