← All sites

West End

Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras · 8–25m · intermediate · exposed

Reef at Utila's western tip, exposed to wrapping swell.

Conditions today

Retrieved · refreshed hourly

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, hampered by short-period chop working against the swell. Raw wave heights are forecast between 0.8 and 1.2 metres with periods of 4.4 to 5.3 seconds. The site's exposure means this reef faces the full force of wrapping swell, and the chop will make conditions choppy and difficult underfoot and on the surface. Water temperature sits at 28.6 to 29.1°C. This is an intermediate site; if you're not confident in rougher conditions, consider sheltered alternatives today.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish, spotted eagle rays, schoolmaster snapper, and Atlantic blue tangs here. You'll often record Caribbean land hermit crabs and blue land crabs on the bottom, and western Atlantic trumpetfish are frequently sighted. Depths range from 8 to 25 metres across the reef.

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.

Species come from iNaturalist — research-grade sightings logged by divers, snorkelers, and naturalists nearby. The ranking reflects what people photograph most, not guaranteed abundance. Ask a local operator what's actually being seen. Species names link to iNaturalist for range maps, seasonality and more photos. Photos by iNaturalist contributors under Creative Commons licences — individual credit on hover.

Other sites nearby

Within 25km, closest first — usually the same day's boat.