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Black Coral Wall

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

South-side wall known for black coral at depth.

Conditions today

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marginal

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

Limiting factor: period

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. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

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

Conditions are marginal today. The issue is short-period chop layered onto raw wave heights of 0.4–0.8 metres, which makes the water lumpy and harder to read on descent. You're an advanced diver on a semi-exposed wall, so you'll manage, but expect a rougher ride than calmer days. Water sits at 29.9–30.5°C, warm enough that a light skin or rashguard will do.

Divers commonly log stoplight and striped parrotfish along this site, plus Atlantic blue tangs, Caribbean blueheads, sergeant majors, and schoolmaster snappers. Queen angelfish and yellowtail damselfish are often recorded too. The black coral the wall is known for sits at depth, so you'll see it as you work down through the 8–25 metre range.

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.