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Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 10–24m · intermediate · semi

Swim-throughs and overhangs in the ironshore off the old airstrip at Utila's east end.

Conditions today

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marginal

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

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.8–1.2m
Wave period
4.6–5.4s
Wind chop
0.2–1m
Sea temp
28.5–29.1°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 — 0.4m 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

Conditions are marginal today, held back by short-period chop running 4.6–5.4 seconds. Raw wave heights reach 0.8–1.2 metres. You'll be working the swim-throughs and overhangs in the 10–24 metre range, and the lively surface conditions will make entry and exit more work than usual. Water temperature sits at 28.5–29.1°C.

Divers commonly log stoplight and striped parrotfish here, along with Atlantic blue tangs, caribbean blueheads, and Atlantic sergeant majors. Blue land crabs and schoolmaster snappers are often recorded as well. This is an intermediate site, and the choppy conditions today add an extra element—pick your moment on the line.

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.