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Spotted Bay

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 10–30m · intermediate · exposed

North-side bay reef, dived when the trades ease.

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. The forecast shows raw wave heights of 0.6–0.9m with a short period of 4.9–5.6 seconds, which creates choppy conditions on this exposed reef. The limiting factor is that short-period swell, which makes the water uncomfortable despite modest wave sizes. You'll be diving depths between 10 and 30 metres on a north-side reef; the site suits intermediate certification. Water temperature is a warm 30.3–30.8°C.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish and spotted eagle rays here, along with schoolmaster snapper, Atlantic blue tang, hawksbill sea turtles, queen angelfish, Caribbean bluehead wrasse, and western Atlantic trumpetfish. Today's chop will likely affect visibility and comfort in the shallows, but the reef itself will be there. Only commit if you're comfortable in lumpy water.

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.