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Utila - Blackish Point

Blackish Point is a favourite along Utila’s north shore, where the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef plunges straight down into the deep blue. We love a wall dive, and this one delivers with dramatic vertical drops that just feel endless. As you drift along, keep an eye out into the open water; those months from March to May and again from September to December often bring in whale sharks, a truly humbling encounter. The wall itself is just coated in corals, a tapestry of colours that shift with the sunlight filtering down. We’ve spent whole dives just following a single longspine squirrelfish, or watching the busy doctorfish schools graze the reef. It’s a site that really rewards a slow drift, letting the current do the work while you soak in the scale of the reef. This isn't just a site for new divers; seasoned wall divers will find plenty to appreciate here, especially with the chance of those big pelagics passing through.