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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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marginal

Marginal — 0.8m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.6–0.9m
Wave period
4.9–5.6s
Wind chop
0–0.3m
Sea temp
30.3–30.8°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 — 0.8m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayMarginal — 0.7m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayMarginal — 0.7m 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 are marginal today due to short-period chop affecting the reef and wall. Waves are running 0.6–0.9m with a period of 4.9–5.6 seconds; the short period will make the water lumpy despite modest height. Water temperature sits at 30.3–30.8°C. You'll need intermediate certification and should be comfortable on an exposed site. Descend carefully and stay alert to surge.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish, schoolmaster snapper, Atlantic blue tang, and queen angelfish here. Spotted eagle rays and hawksbill sea turtles are often recorded. The reef holds plenty to look at, but today's chop means you'll want steady buoyancy and good situational awareness throughout the dive.

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.