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Stingray Point

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 6–20m · beginner · sheltered

Sheltered south-shore reef and sand flats frequented by rays.

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 are running 0.7 to 1.1 metres with a short period of 4.6 to 5.7 seconds, creating chop that makes this a trickier day than the swell height alone suggests. The sheltered exposure will help, but expect a bumpy ride. Water temperature is a comfortable 28.7 to 29.3°C. This is a beginner site on a difficult day, so factor that into your planning.

Divers commonly log spotted eagle rays here, along with hawksbill sea turtles, schoolmaster snapper, and stoplight parrotfish. Blue land crabs and Caribbean land hermit crabs are often recorded on the sand flats. You may also encounter Atlantic blue tangs and western Atlantic trumpetfish working the reef. The depth range of 6 to 20 metres suits the site's beginner certification level.

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.