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Diamond Cay

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

Reef around a small south-side cay.

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 here are marginal today. The raw wave height is forecast at 0.4–0.8m with a short period of 3.7–4.9 seconds, which creates choppy conditions that will make the dive a bit lumpy. Water temperature sits at 29.9–30.5°C. You'll be working the reef around the cay at depths between 8 and 25 metres — intermediate-level diving on a semi-exposed site.

Divers commonly log Stoplight Parrotfish, Spotted Eagle Rays, and Schoolmaster Snappers here. You may also encounter Atlantic Blue Tangs, Queen Angelfish, Hawksbill Sea Turtles, Caribbean Blueheads, and Western Atlantic Trumpetfish. The short-period chop will be the day's limiting factor, so come prepared for a bit of working the surge.

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.