Menagerhea’s Reef COCO VIEW RESORT ROATAN
Martin Gomez Aug 12, 2026
3. Menagerhea’s Reef
Dive type: Wall dive + overhangs and ledges
Mooring depth: ~20 ft / 6 m
Key area: around 50 ft / 15 m
Main feature: A beautiful wall covered with overhangs, sheet corals, sponges, and soft corals.
What makes Menagerhea’s Reef special?
Menagerhea’s Reef is quite different from Mary’s Place and Calvin’s Crack.
Here, the attraction isn’t one dramatic swim-through. It’s the wall itself.
The mooring sits in approximately 20 feet of water over a sandy patch. From there, you make your way toward the reef edge and the wall.
The wall has a lot of structure: overhangs and ledges sit behind sheet corals, with rope sponges and soft corals covering much of the reef. That gives the wall a layered, three-dimensional appearance rather than looking like one simple vertical face.
The experience
One of the nice things about Menagerhea’s is that you don't have to go particularly deep to appreciate it.
As you follow the wall, the reef forms a point at around 50 feet. CoCo View identifies this area by a sand chute and two large sponges overlooking the reef growth and feeding fish below.
This is the kind of site where I would tell a diver:
Slow down.
Instead of concentrating on reaching a crack or wreck, spend time looking underneath the ledges, around the sponges, and out into the blue.
Marine life
CoCo View specifically describes feeding fish around the lush reef growth, but doesn't promise particular species at this site.
So I wouldn't sell Menagerhea’s by saying:
"This is where you're going to see turtles."
Instead:
"This is a beautiful wall where you want to pay attention both to the reef and to what's passing in the blue."
That distinction is important when talking to guests because wildlife encounters always vary.
Photography
This is a very good wide-angle site.
The overhangs, large sponges, soft corals and wall give photographers plenty of foreground subjects while keeping the blue water in the background.
A diver beside one of the large sponges can also provide a sense of scale.
But unlike Calvin’s Crack, where you may already have a specific shot in mind, Menagerhea’s gives you more freedom to explore the wall and find compositions as you go.
Diver level
This can be a comfortable wall dive for divers with reasonable buoyancy control.
The big thing to watch is depth.
Walls can be deceptive because there isn't a bottom immediately underneath you. A diver concentrating on the coral, a camera, or marine life can gradually descend without noticing.
So good buoyancy and regular depth checks are important.
What I really like about this site
We've now covered three sites that demonstrate three different styles of Roatán diving:
Mary’s Place → cracks and dramatic reef topography
Calvin’s Crack → descending crevice that exits onto the wall
Menagerhea’s Reef → classic wall diving with overhangs, ledges, sponges and coral
That distinction is useful when explaining CoCo View diving to someone who thinks, “Aren't all these sites basically wall dives?”
They're not.
How I would describe it to a guest
“Menagerhea’s Reef is a beautiful wall dive where you don't need to go deep to see the best part of the site. We start in about 20 feet of water and head toward a wall filled with overhangs, ledges, soft corals and large sponges. Around 50 feet the reef forms a beautiful point with a sand chute and two large sponges. This is a great dive to slow down, enjoy the wall, look under the ledges, and remember to look out into the blue as well.”
Next: Carib Point. This one is interesting because current plays an important role in the character of the site, particularly in the abundance of sea fans, and CoCo View specifically mentions concentrations of creole wrasse, blue chromis, yellowtail snapper and black durgon.
