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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

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
28.6–29.1°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 due to short-period chop affecting the reef. Expect raw wave heights of 0.8–1.2 m with periods of 4.6–5.4 seconds. The sheltered south-shore location will help, but the choppy conditions will make for an uneven dive. Water sits at a pleasant 28.6–29.1 °C. This is an intermediate site working depths of 8–25 metres.

Divers commonly log Stoplight and Striped Parrotfish here, along with Atlantic Blue Tang, Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse, and Atlantic Sergeant Major. Queen Angelfish and Schoolmaster Snapper are often recorded, and you may spot Blue Land Crab on the bottom. Marginal conditions mean you should be comfortable in choppy water and ready to call the dive if conditions prove uncomfortable.

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.