Roatan Webcam – Check Sea Conditions at West Bay

The Roatan Webcam looks out from the upper balcony of Caribe Tesoro, a small hotel at the north end of West Bay on the western tip of Roatan, Honduras. A curling iron railing crosses the foreground, the hotel’s freshwater pool with its planted islands and a tall coconut palm sits below, and the Caribbean opens out past the pool’s seaward edge. Two more cameras sit in the player’s tabs. One is on Caribe Tesoro’s pier and Sunset Grill, looking along a wooden boardwalk and a rocky shore and across the water to West Bay. The other is on the Roatan Divers dock in Half Moon Bay, West End, where dive boats tie up under shade sails between trips. Together they show the sea and the light on the island’s west end.

About Roatan and Its West End

Roatan lies about 65 kilometers (40 miles) off the north coast of mainland Honduras. The island is 59 kilometers (37 miles) long and less than 8 kilometers (5 miles) across at its widest, and its highest ground reaches 221 meters (725 feet). It sits on the southern edge of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest barrier reef in the world, and in January 2005 dive operators and local businesses set up Roatan Marine Park to protect the coral around the island.

West Bay is the beach at the western tip, and Caribe Tesoro sits on Kai Linda Way at its northern end. The balcony camera is fixed on the pool and the sea. In daylight the water past the pool can run from pale turquoise over the sand to deep blue farther out, with a pier, shade umbrellas and the odd moored boat in view. The pier camera sits lower, at the Sunset Grill, and looks along the boardwalk and the rocks to the far side of the bay, where the lights of beachfront jetties show up after dark.

Half Moon Bay is a small bay in West End village, north of West Bay along the coast. Roatan Divers keeps its boats at the dock on the third tab, so mornings there can show crews loading tanks and fins before the first trips. The island’s history shows in its mix of people. In 1797 the British deported the Garifuna to Roatan, settlers from the Cayman Islands followed in the 1830s and 1840s after the abolition of slavery, and after a short spell as a British colony in the 1850s the Bay Islands were ceded to Honduras in 1861.

Weather and Climate in Roatan

Roatan is warm all year, and the sea keeps the gap between day and night small. Average temperatures run from about 25 C (77 F) in January to about 28 C (83 F) in September, and nights rarely drop much below 24 C (75 F). Winter is the coolest season, and January still gets about 145 millimeters (5.7 inches) of rain before February dries out to around 85 millimeters (3.3 inches). Spring is the dry season. April and May are the driest months, with roughly 25 to 40 millimeters (1 to 1.6 inches) of rain each, and they are the likeliest time for flat water and a sharp horizon on the balcony camera.

Showers return in summer, with 60 to 100 millimeters (2.4 to 3.9 inches) a month from June to August, and August and September are the warmest months. Autumn is the wet season proper. October and November each average about 335 millimeters (13.2 inches) of rain, and December still brings around 245 millimeters (9.6 inches). The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June to November, and Hurricane Mitch damaged the island in 1998. In the wettest weeks the cameras can show grey skies, rain on the lens and choppier water off the pier.

Things to Do Near West Bay, Roatan

West Bay Beach runs south from Caribe Tesoro, and the hotel rents masks and fins by the day or the week for snorkeling off this stretch. Water taxis run between West Bay and West End, where Roatan Divers and West End Divers both take boats out from the village waterfront to the reef.

Farther east, Sandy Bay has Carambola Gardens, a botanical garden, and Anthony’s Key Resort, which runs dolphin shows and a marine science museum. The Roatan Butterfly Garden keeps 15 to 20 species in an enclosed garden, there is an iguana farm near French Harbour, and four zipline canopy tours run through the island’s forest. Cruise passengers land at Coxen Hole or at Mahogany Bay in Dixon Cove.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What can you see on the Roatan Webcam?

The main view is from Caribe Tesoro’s upper balcony: an iron railing, the hotel pool with its planted islands and a coconut palm, and the Caribbean beyond. The pier tab looks along a boardwalk and a rocky shore across West Bay, and the Half Moon Bay tab shows the Roatan Divers dock with its boats under shade sails.

Where on Roatan are these cameras?

Two are at Caribe Tesoro on Kai Linda Way, at the north end of West Bay. The third is in Half Moon Bay in West End village, north of West Bay. Roatan itself lies about 65 kilometers (40 miles) off the north coast of Honduras.

Does the Roatan Webcam show West Bay or West End?

Both. The main camera and the pier camera are in West Bay, and the pier view looks across the bay itself. The Half Moon Bay tab is in West End. The West End Divers camera is a separate SkylineWebcams stream and is not on this page.

Is the Roatan Divers webcam on this page?

Yes. It is the Half Moon Bay tab, run by Roatan Divers from its dock in West End. It switches to black and white infrared after dark.

Is there a webcam of the Roatan cruise port?

No. Cruise ships call at Coxen Hole and at Mahogany Bay in Dixon Cove, east of West Bay, and neither port is in view of these cameras.

Is the Bananarama Roatan webcam the same camera?

No. The Bananarama camera is a separate SkylineWebcams stream on West Bay Beach and is not embedded here.

What is the weather like in Roatan?

Warm all year, averaging about 25 C (77 F) in January and 28 C (83 F) in September. April and May are the driest months, October and November the wettest, and the hurricane season runs from June to November.

Can you watch the Roatan cameras at night?

Yes, all three stream around the clock. Lamps around the pool keep the balcony view in color after dark, while the pier and Half Moon Bay cameras switch to black and white infrared. The open sea goes dark, so daylight hours give the useful view.

Source: Caribe Tesoro and Roatan Divers