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Jack Neil Point

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 5–16m · beginner · sheltered

Seagrass and patch reef off the southwest shore — turtles, rays, and juvenile fish in easy conditions.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.4m 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. Sheltered — reef or lagoon protection, so swell is scored at half its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.4m 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

Jack Neil Point is a sheltered beginner site with depths between 5 and 16 metres, working seagrass and patch reef off the southwest shore. Conditions are marginal today — short-period chop is the limiting factor, creating a 0.4m effective wave height that will be noticeable in the water even though the raw swell is only 0.7–1.1m. Water temperature sits between 28.7 and 29.3°C. The sheltered aspect helps keep things manageable, and the shallow depth range keeps your options open if you need to adjust.

Divers commonly log hawksbill sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, and schoolmaster snapper here, alongside stoplight parrotfish and Atlantic blue tang among the patch reefs. Blue land crabs and Caribbean land hermit crabs are regularly recorded on the seagrass. The chop may reduce visibility slightly in midwater, but the sheltered location and straightforward terrain make this a reliable spot for the conditions on offer.

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

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Other sites nearby

Within 25km, closest first — usually the same day's boat.