Ted's Point is a deep wall off Utila with lush corals above a floor of white sand. It mixes wall, reef and sand in one dive, with a small sailboat wreck that shelters morays and nurse sharks, and its full depth makes it a site for advanced divers.
Also known as Teds Point.
Where it is and how deep
16.0859° N, 86.8885° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The wall plunges to 65 m (213 ft) along one of the island's most dramatic sections, its face covered in lush corals with white sand below. A small sailboat wreck on the site often houses green morays and nurse sharks, and a yellow frogfish lives here as well.
Marine life and season
- Reef sharks
- Frogfish
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good |
Season follows Utila: March to May is dry, clearest and best for whale sharks; October and November bring the heaviest rain and some runoff.
Know before you go
- The wall plunges to 65 m (213 ft), far beyond recreational limits; an agreed maximum depth matters on this site.
Photos from Ted's Point
henrya · CC0
Dive videos
Ted's Point Dive, Utila, Bay Island, Honduras · Robertico Pujol on YouTube
Ted’s Point Drift Through Airport Caves, Utila, Honduras · The Well-Traveled Fridge on YouTube
Sources
- Teds Point dive site — PADI
- Teds Point — DivePlanner Pro
Photo credits
- A stalk of blue bell-shaped tunicates rises beside a black-and-yellow striped fish over a reef of sponges and coral by henrya, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- One mottled brown toadfish lies flat on pale sand beside a coral ledge by henrya, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
More dive sites in Utila
Wreck
A 2021 light-plane wreck flat on the sand at 24 m
Wall
A large seahorse in the garden eels at 18-24 metres
Seamount
Utila's blue-water seamount, with whale sharks passing over
Wall
A sand channel drift past caverns between wall and slope
Wall
A drop-off dive over one of Utila's coral nurseries
Wall
Near-vertical face of tube sponges, sea fans and black coral
Coral garden
Bioluminescent glow after dark gave this reef its ghost name
A 1998 artificial-reef wreck dived for its critters
Similar dives elsewhere
An 18th-century anchor buried in the reef that gives the site its name
Nineteenth-century anchors lie along a wall that drops past 975 m
Seahorses and frogfish along a vertical wall towards Small Wall
A V-shaped notch in the wall where nurse sharks rest on the reef top