Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is the last sunrise of 2025 overlooking Jonesville Point and Oakridge from Alex Fleig. We ended 2025 on a cold and rainy note. Most of us on the islands got about an inch through between yesterday and today. Oakridge Bight actually got down to 66 yesterday morning (18.8C) and 68 this morning (19C). We have a moderate north wind and surf on the north side. Things will get calmer, warmer and drier from here.
At 9 a.m. we are still dealing with a lot of clouds and some rain from our mini-norther. We will slowly see the clouds and rain diminish this morning and we should be mostly dry this afternoon. After that we are looking at an extended period of dry conditions, unusual for January, and I bet by the end of it some of us will be wishing it would rain again. We will still have a morning shower here and there but for the next week, it won’t feel like rainy season.
Wind and wave forecast: This is a screenshot from the Bananarama webcam on West Bay Beach. It shows something very rare on WBB, surf. West Bay is West Bay because it is the most protected beach on Roatan from prevailing winds and surf, but this morning the buoy at Turtling Bay shows 5 foot seas and 15 mph north winds. Those winds should diminish to 10 mph this afternoon and seas to 3-4 feet. Tomorrow and Saturday winds turn to the east/northeast 10 mph and seas 3 feet. Sunday through Tuesday, winds will be very light and variable and seas 1-2 feet. Those will be great days on the sea.
Many thanks to Jolly Roger Roatan for sponsoring the monthly photo contest and here’s to a successful 2026 for you and yours.
Tide will be quite low at 1:30 a.m. Have a great Thursday and Go Dawgs! (American College Football playoffs for those who don’t celebrate)
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