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

Sheltered south-shore reef off Utila.

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 today are marginal. Waves of 0.7–1.1m are compounded by short-period chop, which makes the site choppy underfoot. You're an intermediate diver working depths of 8–25m on a sheltered reef, so the seabed itself should settle things, but expect a rougher ride on the ascent and at the shallows. Water temperature runs 28.7–29.3°C.

Divers commonly log Stoplight Parrotfish, Atlantic Blue Tang, and Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse here. Schoolmaster Snapper, Atlantic Sergeant Major, and Striped Parrotfish are often recorded. You may encounter Spotted Eagle Ray and Blue Land Crab. The site's shelter counts in your favour, but go in with marginal conditions in mind.

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.