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West End

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

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

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.4–0.9m
Wave period
3.8–4.8s
Wind chop
0–0.7m
Sea temp
29.8–30.6°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 — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SundayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • MondayMarginal — 0.4m 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

West End sits at the reef's exposed western tip, reaching down to 25 metres over intermediate terrain. Today's conditions are marginal — short-period chop combining with a 0.6m effective wave height will make the dive choppy on the surface. Raw sea state is running 0.4–0.9m, and the water sits at a steady 29.8–30.6°C. The reef structure tolerates these conditions, but expect rougher conditions than the numbers alone suggest.

Divers commonly log stoplight parrotfish, schoolmaster snappers, and Atlantic blue tangs here. Spotted eagle rays and hawksbill sea turtles are often recorded. Queen angelfish, Caribbean blueheads, and western Atlantic trumpetfish round out the frequent sightings. Work the reef carefully in today's chop and stay mindful of the exposed location; the site's western aspect catches whatever swell wraps around.

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.