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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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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 are poor today due to short-period chop. You're looking at raw wave heights of 0.8–1.2m with periods of 4.4–5.3 seconds, which will make the site uncomfortable. This is an exposed reef, and the short intervals between sets are what's making conditions difficult. Water temperature sits at 28.6–29.1°C. You need intermediate certification for this site, and the bottom runs 10–30 metres.

Divers commonly log spotted eagle rays, hawksbill sea turtles, and schoolmaster snappers here. You'll also often record stoplight parrotfish, Atlantic blue tangs, and Western Atlantic trumpetfish. The crustacean life includes blue land crabs and Caribbean land hermit crabs. Given the forecast, you might want to consider returning when the trades ease off the north side.

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.