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Willy's Hole

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

North-side reef off Utila, exposed to trade-wind swell.

Conditions today

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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 here are poor today. The rating reflects 0.9m effective waves compounded by short-period chop — the kind of swell that won't settle. Raw sea state is forecast at 0.8–1.2m, driven by wind waves up to 1m. Water temperature sits at 28.6–29.1°C. This is an exposed site and intermediate-certified diving, so you'll feel what the ocean throws at you.

Divers commonly log blue land crabs, stoplight parrotfish, and spotted eagle rays here. Hawksbill sea turtles, Atlantic blue tangs, and schoolmaster snappers are often recorded too. On a day like this, your focus will be on holding position rather than spotting wildlife, but the reef life is there if conditions allow you to settle and look.

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.