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Halliburton Wreck

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 18–30m · intermediate · semi

100ft cargo ship sunk in 1998 as an artificial reef off the south shore, upright at 30m with a penetrable wheelhouse.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.7m 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. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.7m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayMarginal — 0.5m 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

This upright cargo ship lies between 18 and 30 metres with a penetrable wheelhouse to explore. Conditions are marginal today — the short-period chop will make the dive feel rougher than the 0.8–1.2m raw swell suggests. You're looking at sea temperature between 28.5 and 29.1°C. The site suits intermediate divers and requires semi-exposure protection.

Divers commonly log stoplight and striped parrotfish here, along with Atlantic blue tangs, Caribbean blueheads, and schoolmaster snappers. Atlantic sergeant majors, blue chromis, and blue land crabs are often recorded around the wreck too. Given today's chop, give yourself time to settle and move deliberately on descent.

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.