LIVE UNDERWATER REEF WEBCAM IN HONDURAS
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- Location: Utopia Village, Utila, Honduras Western Caribbean
- Source: Explore Oceans
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Info: Live streaming underwater webcam in Honduras, Western Caribbean. The webcam shows amazing reef fish and marine life
in the turquoise waters of the Meso-American reef.
The webcam is located at Utopia Village in Utila.
More info: This live webcam is at the edge of the Mesoamerican reef.
The Mesoamerican reef region lies within the Caribbean Sea and touches the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. It contains the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, stretching nearly 700 miles from the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula down through the Honduran Bay Islands.
There are dazzling arrays of different types of coral in this underwater wilderness, which provide homes and food to hundreds of fish species, marine turtles, and sharks. Along the shores, mangroves provide habitat for fish and shorebirds as well as protection to coastal areas from the damage associated with hurricanes and strong storms.
The Mesoamerican reef is home to more than 500 fish species, 60 coral species, 350 mollusks and marine mammals, algaes and seagrasses. Critically endangered species include the saltwater crocodile, green, hawksbill and loggerhead sea turtles and Nassau and goliath grouper. It also has largest population of manatees in the western Caribbean and the largest aggregation of whale sharks in the world