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The Maze

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

North-side maze of coral canyons and sand channels.

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

You're looking at marginal conditions today. The issue is short-period chop combining with the swell, which makes for a less comfortable dive than the raw wave heights might suggest. Sea temperature sits at a pleasant 30.3–30.8°C, but you'll want to accept that the water will be a bit lively. This is an intermediate site; the coral canyons and sand channels demand good buoyancy control and navigation in choppy water.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish and spotted eagle rays here, along with hawksbill sea turtles and schoolmaster snappers. Queen angelfish, Atlantic blue tangs, and Caribbean bluehead wrasse are often recorded too. If the conditions feel manageable to you on the day, there's plenty to watch for in the maze itself.

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.