PADI 5-Star Dive Centre · Half Moon Bay, West End, Roatán
Forty years. One incredible reef.
Beachfront diving on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Daily fun dives, courses for every level — and the only PADI dive shop in Half Moon Bay with its own dock.
Welcome
Four decades on the beach in Half Moon Bay
Welcome to Coconut Tree Divers — a beachfront PADI 5-Star Dive Centre in the heart of Half Moon Bay, West End. We've been on the same stretch of sand for four decades, opening originally as Bottom Time Divers and rebranding as Coconut Tree Divers in the years since. Same beach. Same kind of operation. Small boats, small groups, big reef.
We're also the only PADI dive shop in Half Moon Bay with our own dock. That sounds like a small thing until you've watched other divers wade through chest-deep water with their gear on, trying to reach a moored boat. When you book with us, you walk down to the boat. Dry clothes stay dry. Cameras stay on the dock.
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef — second only to Australia's Great Barrier in size — runs straight past the dive shop. The wall starts about fifty metres off the beach, drops past recreational limits in the next breath, and we have mooring buoys on it within five minutes of leaving the dock. Most of our fifty-plus dive sites are within thirty minutes; a handful are worth a longer ride for the right group.
Why Coconut Tree Divers
Four reasons divers come back
Beachfront in Half Moon Bay
The shop sits a few steps from the sand, walking distance to West End's restaurants, bars and most of the rooms in town. Roll out of bed, into the water.
Our own dock
The only PADI dive shop in Half Moon Bay with its own dock. No wading through the bay to board the boat — you walk down dry, you climb back up dry.
Over 50 dive sites in reach
Most are within thirty minutes of the dock; a handful are worth a two-hour run for the right group. The crew picks the site each morning based on conditions, who's on board, and what the reef's been doing that week.
Tuition in three languages
The team is genuinely multinational — English, Spanish and French instruction, delivered by people who actually live in each of those languages.
From above
The wall runs straight past the dive shop
Mooring buoys five minutes from the beach. Over fifty sites in reach.
Conditions
Reef diving that tends to ruin you for other destinations
Water temperature stays between 27 and 30°C year-round. Visibility on the West End reefs typically runs 20 to 30 metres. There's no current to speak of in the protected zone of the Roatán Marine Park. Every dive is essentially a wall dive with a shallow reef-top return — descending past sea fans, sponges and tube corals, then drifting back over the top of the reef on the way home.
Turtle and eagle ray sightings are common; spotted eagle ray season runs December through April. Whale shark and dolphin encounters are rarer but happen most months.
- Wall starts at 12 metres — drops past 300 metres within a few fin kicks
- Over 50 dive sites — most within thirty minutes; some up to two hours
- Inside the Roatán Marine Park — protected reef, reef-fee funded patrols, line fishing prohibited (spear-fishing permitted only for invasive lion fish, with Marine Park licence)
- Three boat departures daily — one morning two-tank trip plus two afternoon single-tank trips
- Night dives Tuesdays and Thursdays — subject to a minimum of four divers booked
- Confined-water training off the beach — 6 m of sand directly in front of the shop, no pool needed
27–30°C
Water temperature, year-round
20–30 m
Typical visibility on West End
50+
Dive sites within reach of the dock
4 decades
On the same beach in Half Moon Bay
Recreational Diving
Try-dives, courses & daily fun diving
Technical Diving
Roatan's only dedicated tec centre
Go Pro
Train to work in diving — DM, IDC & beyond
On any given day
Three boat departures, most sites within thirty minutes
Plus night dives twice a week, subject to a four-diver minimum.
On every boat
Full safety kit on every trip
Every boat that leaves the dock carries a full safety setup — not just what the regulations require, but what four decades of running these reefs has refined down to what you actually want on hand. Comprehensive, redundant where it matters, ready before you board.
- Emergency oxygen and comprehensive first aid kit
- VHF radio, mobile phone and fire extinguishers
- Complete dive roster and surface check-in on every dive
- Two life rings and rescue equipment
- Spare equipment bag — fin straps, mask straps, backup regulator
- Chilled fresh drinking water on every trip
Around the shop
What a week with us looks like
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Where to start
From your first breath to your hundredth dive
Whether you've never had a regulator in your mouth or you're a certified diver looking to log a week of dives, there's a clear starting point here. The course list below covers everything we run — prices, what's included and what you need. Tap a card to see the detail.
Stop by for a chat and a look at the reef map
Four decades of diving the same wall means we've got opinions about which sites suit which days. Come find out which ones suit yours.