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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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marginal

Marginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.4–0.9m
Wave period
3.8–4.8s
Wind chop
0–0.8m
Sea temp
29.8–30.5°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SundayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • MondayMarginal — 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

This north-side reef is rated marginal today. Short-period chop is making conditions choppy despite modest wave heights of 0.4–0.9m. The site faces trade-wind swell exposure, so you'll feel the character of the sea state. You need intermediate certification; depths run 8–25 metres. Sea temperature sits at 29.8–30.5°C.

Divers commonly log stoplight and striped parrotfish here, along with Atlantic blue tangs, Caribbean bluehead wrasses, and schoolmaster snappers. Queen angelfish and blue chromis are also often recorded. The reef draws a strong community of tropical reef fish worth watching for across your dive.

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.