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Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 8–25m · intermediate · exposed

North-side reef off Utila, exposed to trade-wind swell.

Conditions today

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poor

Poor — 1.0m 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. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayPoor — 1.0m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.poor
  • FridayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayPoor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.poor

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

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions here are poor today. The issue is short-period chop compounding a 1.0m effective wave height. Raw seas are running 0.8–1.2m with periods of 4.6–5.4 seconds, which at this exposed north-side location translates to choppy, uncomfortable surge. The reef runs from 8 to 25 metres and needs intermediate certification. Water temperature is 28.5–29.1°C.

Divers commonly log parrotfish here—stoplight and striped species turn up regularly—along with Atlantic blue tangs, Caribbean blueheads, sergeant majors, and queen angelfish. Schools of schoolmaster snapper are often recorded. If you're committed to diving today despite the poor rating, expect the chop to make life underwater harder than it needs to be, especially on ascent and at the shallower end of the site.

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.

Species come from iNaturalist — research-grade sightings logged by divers, snorkelers, and naturalists nearby. The ranking reflects what people photograph most, not guaranteed abundance. Ask a local operator what's actually being seen. Species names link to iNaturalist for range maps, seasonality and more photos. Photos by iNaturalist contributors under Creative Commons licences — individual credit on hover.

Other sites nearby

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