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West End Wall

Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras · 8–35m · beginner · semi

Classic leeward wall minutes from West End village — an easy drift along sponges and sea fans.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.5–1m
Wave period
3.8–4.6s
Wind chop
0–0.9m
Sea temp
29.7–30.5°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SundayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • MondayExcellent — calm morning with 0.4m effective waves.excellent

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are marginal today. The rating reflects 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop, with raw sea state running 0.5–1m and wave periods of 3.8–4.6 seconds. Water temperature sits at 29.7–30.5°C. You'll be drifting the classic leeward wall in semi-exposed conditions, so expect some movement overhead. The site ranges 8 to 35 metres and is rated for beginners, but marginal conditions mean you'll need solid buoyancy control and awareness.

Divers commonly log parrotfish along this wall — stoplight and striped are frequently recorded — alongside Atlantic blue tangs, Caribbean blueheads, and sergeant majors. Queen angelfish and four-eyed butterflyfish are also often sighted. The sponges and sea fans you'll pass are still there to work with; it's the sea state that calls for care rather than the wall itself.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

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Other sites nearby

Within 25km, closest first — usually the same day's boat.