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Paraiso

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

West-side reef with coral slopes.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.6m 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. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SundayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • MondayMarginal — 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

Conditions today are marginal. Short-period chop is making things lumpy for the site's exposure, though raw wave heights of 0.4–0.9m are modest. Sea temperature sits at 29.8–30.6°C. The reef slopes here between 8 and 25 metres, so you'll have scope to find calmer water if the surface chop bothers you. This is intermediate territory.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish and spotted eagle rays here, along with schoolmaster snapper, Atlantic blue tang, and queen angelfish. Hawksbill sea turtles are often recorded, and you'll likely encounter Caribbean bluehead wrasse and western Atlantic trumpetfish on the coral. It's a full reef with plenty to watch while you're down.

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.