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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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excellent

Excellent — calm morning with 0.3m effective waves.

Limiting factor: none

Wave height
0.4–0.8m
Wave period
3.7–4.9s
Wind chop
0–0.7m
Sea temp
29.9–30.5°C

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

Next few days

  • TodayExcellent — calm morning with 0.3m effective waves.excellent
  • SundayExcellent — calm morning with 0.2m effective waves.excellent
  • MondayExcellent — calm morning with 0.2m effective waves.excellent

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

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are excellent with no limiting factors. The sheltered south-shore reef sits in calm water with raw wave heights of 0.4–0.8m and a sea temperature of 29.9–30.5°C. Depths run from 8 to 25 metres, making this an intermediate dive. You're looking at stable conditions across the day.

Divers commonly log Stoplight Parrotfish, Spotted Eagle Rays, and Schoolmaster Snappers here. Hawksbill Sea Turtles, Atlantic Blue Tangs, Queen Angelfish, Caribbean Blueheads, and Western Atlantic Trumpetfish are also often recorded. These sightings come from diver logs at the site, so encounters are never guaranteed, but the reef supports good variety.

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.