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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 — 0.6m 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. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal

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 effective wave height is small, but short-period chop will make the water feel rougher than the raw swell of 0.7–1.1m suggests. You need intermediate certification for this reef. Water temperature is 28.7–29.3°C.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish, schoolmaster snapper, and Atlantic blue tang over the reef. Spotted eagle rays are often recorded, and you may see hawksbill sea turtles. Caribbean land hermit crabs and blue land crabs turn up regularly in sightings here too.

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.