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

Reef off Utila; conditions depend on wind direction.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.5m 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. 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
  • SundayExcellent — calm morning with 0.4m effective waves.excellent
  • MondayExcellent — calm morning with 0.3m effective waves.excellent

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

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Today's conditions are marginal, with short-period chop making the dive feel rougher than the wave height alone suggests. The reef runs from 8 to 25 metres, so you can adjust your depth to find calmer water if needed. Sea temperature is holding between 29.8 and 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. This is intermediate-level diving on a semi-exposed reef, so suit yourself to the current chop and pick your moment.

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.