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The Pinnacle

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 12–38m · advanced · exposed

North-side coral pinnacle rising from deep water, known for pillar coral and pelagics.

Conditions today

Retrieved · refreshed hourly

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

The Pinnacle is rated marginal today. Short-period chop is the limiting factor, creating conditions you'll feel as bumpy water. Conditions here are exposed, so what you encounter on the pinnacle itself will be rougher than the raw forecast suggests. This is an advanced site, and the sea state adds another layer of challenge to managing your position on the coral structure. Water temperature sits at 30.3–30.8°C.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish, spotted eagle rays, and hawksbill sea turtles here, along with schoolmaster snapper, Atlantic blue tang, queen angelfish, and Caribbean bluehead wrasse. The pinnacle itself draws pelagics, so keep an eye on the blue. If you're experienced with rougher conditions and comfortable on a current-swept pinnacle, you'll make the most of the dive.

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.