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Pretty Bush

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 6–18m · beginner · sheltered

Easy south-shore reef with sandy channels and coral heads — a classic Utila training and second-dive site.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.7–1.1m
Wave period
4.6–5.7s
Wind chop
0–0.9m
Sea temp
28.7–29.3°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 — 0.4m 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 — short-period chop is making things lumpy. You're looking at 0.7 to 1.1 metre raw waves with periods of 4.6 to 5.7 seconds. The site's sheltered aspect helps, but expect a bumpier ride than the flat days this reef normally offers. Water is warm at 28.7 to 29.3°C. The shallow sandy channels and coral heads remain straightforward, so this is still diveable for beginners, just not the glass-smooth conditions the site is known for.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish, spotted eagle rays, and hawksbill sea turtles here. Atlantic blue tangs, schoolmaster snappers, and western Atlantic trumpetfish are often recorded as well. You'll find blue land crabs and Caribbean land hermit crabs around the bottom. None of these sightings are guaranteed, but they give you an idea of what the reef holds on a typical day.

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.