What you can see on the West Bay cams
Three cameras look over the water at West Bay. One looks from the colourful deck of a dive resort over the rocks of the shore to the clear water and the boats. Another looks along a wooden boardwalk over the sea to the curve of the bay, with the beach and its boats in the distance. The third looks over a resort's pool and palms to the sea. Together they show the colour of the water, the boats and the weather over the western tip of the island.
The deck of Las Rocas, West Bay
From a dive resort at West Bay, this camera looks over its wooden deck, with colourful chairs and tables, and the dark rocks of the shore to the clear water, the boats and the green coast curving away.
The shallow water close to the rocks shows the reef: on calm, sunny days it turns turquoise over the sand.
The bay from the Caribe Tesoro boardwalk
From the end of a wooden boardwalk over the sea at a resort in West Bay, this camera looks along the shore to the curve of the bay, with the beach, the boats and the wooded hills of the western tip of Roatán, through a wide lens.
It shows the colour of the water over the reef and the boats coming and going along the beach.
A resort pool by the sea, West Bay
From a balcony of a resort in West Bay, this camera looks over its pool and its palms, behind an ornate iron railing, to the sea beyond the seafront terrace.
It shows the weather and the light over the sea at the western tip of the island, and the evening sky at sunset.
The reef off the beach
The reef at West Bay is part of the Roatán Marine Park, which protects the waters around the western end of the island. Coral heads, sea fans and schools of fish lie in shallow, clear water close to the sand, and dive boats take divers to the walls further out. On days when cruise ships are in port, the beach fills with visitors on day trips; early morning and evening are quieter.
When to watch West Bay
Honduras keeps Central Standard Time all year, six hours behind UTC. West Bay faces west, so the sunset over the sea is the best time to watch. The calmest, clearest water comes in spring and summer.
Around West Bay
West End, a village of dive shops, bars and guesthouses along a sandy road by the sea, is just to the north, a few minutes away by water taxi or along the beach. Coxen Hole and the airport are about twenty minutes away by road.
Getting to West Bay
From the airport, taxis take about twenty minutes. Water taxis run between West End and West Bay, and a road links the beach with the rest of the island.
