Big Bight
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Located 10 minutes East from the main Utila Harbor, you will find Big Bight. This dive site can be identified from the surface by noticing a beach covered with Larger washed up pieces of coral.The beach itself is protected on either end by sharp lava rocks with jagged edges and steep walls coming out of the water.
On this site it is common to see: Barrel Spongers, Branching corals, Anemones, Channel Clinging Crabs, Spiny and Spanish Lobsters, Green Moray Eels, Groupers and a variety of sea slugs.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
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Total number of species approx.: 600
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Wrasse
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Total number of species approx.: 12
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Lionfish
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Total number of species approx.: 100
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Parrotfish
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Total number of species approx.: 90
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Angelfish
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Total number of species approx.: 130
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Pufferfish
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Total number of species approx.: 250
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Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species approx.: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
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Total number of species approx.: 7000
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Crab
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Total number of species approx.: 80
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Stingrays
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