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Blackish Point

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 10–30m · intermediate · exposed

North-side volcanic terrain with caverns and swim-throughs — dived when the trades drop and the north side lies down.

Conditions today

Retrieved · refreshed hourly

poor

Poor — 0.9m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.8–1.2m
Wave period
4.4–5.3s
Wind chop
0.1–1m
Sea temp
28.6–29.1°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

  • TodayPoor — 0.9m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.poor
  • FridayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayPoor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.poor

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

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are poor today with short-period chop compounding the swell. The site's exposed north-facing aspect means the raw waves of 0.8–1.2m translate to challenging conditions for intermediate divers. The caverns and swim-throughs that make this site distinctive will be best appreciated on calmer days. Water temperature sits at 28.6–29.1°C.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish, Atlantic blue tang, and Caribbean bluehead wrasse here, along with sergeant majors, striped parrotfish, and schoolmaster snappers. Queen angelfish and blue land crabs are often recorded too. Given today's rating, consider whether the conditions suit your dive plan and experience.

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.