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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 — 0.7m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.7–1.3m
Wave period
4.7–5.1s
Wind chop
0.5–1.2m
Sea temp
28.4–28.7°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 — 0.7m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal

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

Dive briefing

AI-generated

A classic leeward wall in shallow water with sponges and sea fans. Conditions are marginal today — a 0.7m effective wave height made worse by short-period chop means the dive will feel choppier than the raw swell suggests. The water sits at 28.4–28.7°C. Depths run from 8 to 35 metres, so you can choose your level.

Divers commonly log stoplight and striped parrotfish here, along with Atlantic blue tangs, caribbean blueheads, and schoolmaster snappers. You'll often find sergeant majors and four-eyed butterlyfish. Caribbean land hermit crabs are regularly recorded. The site is beginner-rated and close to the village, but expect some push from the chop on your way down and back.

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.