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Raggedy Cay

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 8–28m · intermediate · exposed

Reef and wall off a small cay at Utila’s western tip.

Conditions today

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poor

Poor — 0.9m 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. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayPoor — 0.9m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.poor
  • FridayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayPoor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.poor

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions here are poor today, with short-period chop making for uncomfortable diving on the reef and wall. Raw wave heights are 0.8–1.2m with periods of 4.4–5.3 seconds. You'll need intermediate certification and reasonable experience with exposed sites. Water temperature is 28.6–29.1°C, so thermal protection is straightforward, but the short-period seas will test your comfort on the bottom.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish, schoolmaster snapper, and Atlantic blue tang across the reef. Spotted eagle rays are often recorded here, along with Caribbean bluehead wrasse and western Atlantic trumpetfish. The cay also sees regular sightings of blue land crabs and Caribbean land hermit crabs. If conditions ease, this could be worth a return visit.

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.