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Big Rock Beach

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

Sheltered south-shore reef off Utila.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.7–1.1m
Wave period
4.6–5.7s
Wind chop
0–0.9m
Sea temp
28.7–29.3°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Sheltered — reef or lagoon protection, so swell is scored at half its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayExcellent — calm morning with 0.3m effective waves.excellent
  • SaturdayExcellent — 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

Conditions are marginal today. Waves are running 0.7–1.1m with a short period of 4.6–5.7 seconds, which creates choppy conditions and limits what you can safely work with. The shelter of the south-shore reef helps, but expect some surface chop to manage on entry and exit. Depths run 8–25m, so you have room to work, and water temperature sits at 28.7–29.3°C.

Divers commonly log Spotted Eagle Rays, Hawksbill Sea Turtles, and Stoplight Parrotfish here, along with Schoolmaster Snapper and Atlantic Blue Tang. You'll also often spot Blue Land Crabs and Caribbean Land Hermit Crabs on the bottom. This is an intermediate site, and today's marginal conditions mean you should be comfortable with rougher water and confident on the ascent.

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.