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Moon Hole

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 8–24m · intermediate · semi

South-side reef with a sandy bowl and coral heads.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.7–0.9m
Wave period
5–5.6s
Wind chop
0–0.4m
Sea temp
30.2–30.8°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 — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayMarginal — 0.5m 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

The reef sits in intermediate territory on the south side, with sandy areas and coral heads between 8 and 24 metres. Today's conditions are marginal — the short-period chop is working against you, creating an uncomfortable surface despite modest raw wave heights of 0.7–0.9m. The water sits at a pleasant 30.2–30.8°C.

Divers commonly log stoplight and striped parrotfish here, along with atlantic blue tangs, caribbean bluehead wrasses, and queen angelfish. You'll also often spot atlantic sergeant majors, blue chromis, and schoolmaster snappers. Given today's marginal rating, assess the chop yourself before committing, but this is still diveable for intermediate divers comfortable with the conditions you find.

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.