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Utopia Village

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 8–25m · beginner · sheltered

Sheltered south-shore house reef by Utopia resort.

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 are marginal today. Short-period chop is the main limiting factor, creating 0.4m effective waves despite raw heights of 0.7–1.1m. The shelter and beginner-rated depth range mean this site should still be diveable, but expect a bumpy entry and exit. Water temperature sits at 28.7–29.3°C.

Divers commonly log blue land crabs, stoplight parrotfish, and spotted eagle rays here. Hawksbill sea turtles are often recorded, along with schoolmaster snappers, Atlantic blue tangs, and western Atlantic trumpetfish. Caribbean land hermit crabs are frequent too. Work the reef system methodically and you'll have good chances at sightings despite the chop.

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.