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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 — 0.7m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.8–1.2m
Wave period
4.4–5.3s
Wind chop
0.1–1m
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. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.7m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayMarginal — 0.4m 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

This reef sits in the 8–25 metre range and suits intermediate divers. Conditions today are marginal: short-period chop is making things lumpy, with raw wave heights of 0.8–1.2 metres forecast. The sea is warm at 28.6–29.1°C. You'll be working in semi-exposed conditions, so wind direction will shape how the day plays out.

Divers commonly log blue land crabs, stoplight parrotfish, and spotted eagle rays here. Schoolmaster snapper, hawksbill sea turtles, and Atlantic blue tangs are also often recorded, along with Caribbean land hermit crabs and western Atlantic trumpetfish. Given the marginal rating, make sure you're comfortable with the conditions before committing to 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.

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Other sites nearby

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