CoCo View Resort

We have now been to Cocoview three times. For us, like many others it seems, it's an easy place to meet up with old diving friends and get masses of underwater time in the most relaxing way possible. We love to be left to our own devices in the water so that we can spend as much or as little time on a photo subject as we wish. Cocoview is the perfect place for this. The second boat dives, both morning and afternoon, are 'drop off' dives, where the boat drops you at your chosen spot and you make your own way underwater, back to the resort in your own time. But for me, the best feature of all is that at any time of day or night, you can grab a tank and make your own way out to the house reef (or the interesting wreck right in front of the resort) even if you have no dive buddy. There is masses to see in the shallows, and I have been known to spend two and a half hours underwater (thank goodness for Nitrox) not far from the resort playing around with different settings on the huge variety of macro subjects.We have only good things to say about the resort itself - the rooms are great, the food is very good, the bar is fun and the staff are helpful and friendly. The same can be said about the diving facilities - there is even a new camera room now for the serious photographers and the dive crews are wonderful. But for me, the real reason to go is for the never ending supply of new photo subjects.You can spend hours watching the numerous jawfish, waiting for the perfect shot of them aerating their (mouth incubated) eggs or with the sergeant majors as they tend their patches of purple eggs on the remains of the plane wreck nearby. There are always many different juveniles, from drumfish, to filefish and angelfish. The rocks are full of blennies and you can find pikeblennies and sailfin blennies in the sand. In a week of diving, you'd be sure to see turtles, morays, octopus and reef squid and the hard and soft corals are beautiful in the sunlit shallows. It's a great place for watching out for interesting behavior too, as you can take the time to look, especially around the reef at night. It could well be the best biodiversity in the Caribbean from our experiences, so I'm sure we'll head back there again soon.

This is the best dive operation I have ever used. They are organized, professional and make diving as easy as possible. Before you get back from your boat dives they've got full tanks waiting for you at your dive locker. Unlimited shore and night diving. Not a lot of big animals but lots of macro life and sponges/corals. Saw my first sea horses, mantis shrimp and a toadfish and several octopus out and about. Shore diving is the easiest I've done. Walk in and walk out . Path out to the house reef and the wreck is well marked and easy to find.The rooms are not fancy but very comfortable. Air conditioning, hot showers and comfy beds. Each room also has a coffee maker and small refrigerator. They have over the water bungalows available but we stayed in a waterfront room. All rooms have an beautiful ocean view.The food is good and plentiful and served buffet style. During breakfast you can get a made to order omelet. I would've liked to have had local Honduran dishes but I guess since they cater to Americans they serve American food.This was our first but certainly not our last trip here.

Roatan, Honduras has CoCo View Dive Resort. I've been there 3 times and my husband twice. CoCo View is the most frequently returned-to resort in the world. Once you've been there, you fall in love withj it. Your 10th visit is free.Each couple stays in a cabana which is over the actual Caribbean water. The room is simple, but very clean and well kept. There is unlimited shore diving all day and night. Each diver gets a morning boat ride to 2 destinations and an afternoon boat ride with 2 destinations. The dive masters are awesome. They take you to the animals' homes. Wreck dives are there, as well as reef and wall dives are awesome. It is a good place to get certified on anything and everything you would like.Diving is so very convenient. Yourr dive locker is just feet away from the dive boats. They fill up water tanks for you. Dive Master and boat captain hook and lift up the tanks.The photo, equipment repair, gift shops, restaurant, and bar is always open. pool and ping pong at night. 3 meals included with price. I could go on forever.Sea turtles, goliath grouper, octopus, tarpon, sharks, rays, toad fish, eels and anything else you want to see is there.I hope some day , if you haven't been, you consider CoCo View as your dive choice.

I have visited Coco View 4 times in the last 8 years. This year (2014) I will return for my 5th and become a true Coco Nut.the accommodations are a bit rustic but more than adequate. The food is hearty and plentiful and that's a good thing considering all the diving you can get in. An orientation dive is required more for navigation around the front yard walls and wreck than to check out your skill. All drop off dives are with out a DM so you are on your own and better know how to navigate and be self sufficient. As Coco View gets more and more well known its getting harder to get into. One of the best places is the turtle grass on the way back to Coco View from the walls. Never know what you will see there from rays to octopus to juveniles.

I loved my week at CoCo View and understand why they have so many return customers. The rates for all-inclusive are fantastic. You can spend more time underwater than you can from most liveaboard operations. They have a great house reef that consists of two walls, a ship wreck, and an airplane wreck. A typical day consists of Boat dive, boat drops you off on house reef dive and you take your time heading back to resort, boat dive, boat drops you off on house reef dive, and a night dive if you have the energy. The fish life is pretty healthy since this is in a marine preserve, but suited more for macro photographers than wide-angle, although some of the growth on the walls would make for nice W/A. My favorite subjects were a seahorse, some arrow blennies, and hamlets that did their mating rituals at the top of the house reefs in the afternoon.