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

Reef off Utila; conditions depend on wind direction.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.4–0.9m
Wave period
3.8–4.8s
Wind chop
0–0.7m
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. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SundayExcellent — calm morning with 0.4m effective waves.excellent
  • MondayExcellent — 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. The sea state forecast shows raw wave heights of 0.4–0.9m with a short period of 3.8–4.8 seconds, which produces choppy conditions on the reef. The limiting factor is that short-period swell: it breaks up the surface and makes for a lumpy dive. Water temperature sits at 29.8–30.6°C. You're diving an intermediate site between 8 and 25 metres.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish and spotted eagle rays here, along with schoolmaster snapper, hawksbill sea turtles, Atlantic blue tangs, queen angelfish, Caribbean bluehead wrasse, and western Atlantic trumpetfish. The reef's exposed to wind, so conditions shift with the forecast — check local wind direction before you commit.

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.