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Eagle Ray Alley

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

Sheltered south-shore reef off Utila.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.8–1.2m
Wave period
4.6–5.4s
Wind chop
0.2–1m
Sea temp
28.5–29.1°C

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

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayExcellent — calm morning with 0.3m effective waves.excellent
  • SaturdayExcellent — 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. Raw wave heights are running 0.8–1.2m with a short period of 4.6–5.4 seconds, and this chop will make for a bumpy ride on the surface. The reef itself is sheltered, and you'll be working between 8 and 25 metres, so once you're down the motion will ease. Water temperature is a comfortable 28.5–29.1°C. This is intermediate terrain, so pick your entry and exit carefully given the sea state.

Divers commonly log Stoplight Parrotfish, Atlantic Blue Tang, and Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse here, along with Atlantic Sergeant Major, Striped Parrotfish, and Blue Chromis. Blue Land Crabs and Schoolmaster Snapper are often recorded as well. It's a healthy reef with plenty to watch, but go in clear-eyed about the conditions on the day.

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.