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Laguna Beach

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

Sheltered south-shore reef off Utila.

Conditions today

Retrieved · refreshed hourly

excellent

Excellent — calm morning with 0.3m effective waves.

Limiting factor: none

Wave height
0.4–0.9m
Wave period
3.8–4.8s
Wind chop
0–0.8m
Sea temp
29.8–30.6°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

  • TodayExcellent — calm morning with 0.3m effective waves.excellent
  • SundayExcellent — calm morning with 0.3m effective waves.excellent
  • MondayExcellent — calm morning with 0.2m effective waves.excellent

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are excellent with no limiting factors — you're looking at a calm morning with minimal swell. The sheltered south-shore location keeps the water settled, and sea temperature is holding at 29.8–30.6°C. The site runs 8 to 25 metres, well within intermediate range, so you can work the reef at whatever depth suits your plan.

Divers commonly log Stoplight and Striped Parrotfish, Atlantic Blue Tang, and Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse through here. Queen Angelfish, Schoolmaster Snapper, Blue Chromis, and Atlantic Sergeant Major are often recorded too. It's a solid day to get in the water.

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.