Author Archives: Roatan Weather Guy

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is a screenshot from the webcam of CoCoView near French Key. You can see our flat calm waters. Flat seas and calm winds will continue into the first part of the week, and the end of the week only looks slightly windy. All in all weContinue reading “August 17, 2025”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jeffrey Hill, who notes that God perfectly balanced the sun on top of Calabash Hill overlooking Oakridge/Pandy Town. We have some storms to the east of us, but we should be dry today. Perhaps a slightly better chance of showers tonight. You can seeContinue reading “August 15, 2025”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is this moon shot from Michael Fulford, taken from his boat docked at Trico in Jonesville Point/Czech Village. The rain missed most of us (except for Guanaja) yesterday. Will it miss us today? This is our overnight satellite and you can see the counterclockwise rotation ofContinue reading “August 13, 2025”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Katy Pandy with some heart-shaped clouds covering the full moon over Gravel Bay a couple of nights ago.This morning we have some storms off to our east and chances of rain this evening. This morning’s satellite shows the storms in what I like toContinue reading “August 12, 2025”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Troy Standish and shows our full moon over Fiddler’s Bight near Calabash. The most is reflecting in the calm waters. We will be calm much of today, but we pick up our trade winds tonight into tomorrow. Our satellite shows clear skies this morning.Continue reading “August 9, 2025”

Good morning Bay Islands. Last night Guanaja got a shower around 1 a.m. good for .08 of an inch. East end and midisland got some rain around 2 a.m. with most locations getting under a quarter of an inch. This morning’s satellite shows a few popcorn clouds out there. We will continue to have smallContinue reading “August 8, 2025”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Elena Gonzalez-Maldonado, taken near Buccaneer in French Harbour.When people ask me the best time to visit Roatan, I often tell them August and September, especially if they are interested in boating, fishing, diving and snorkeling. The primary reason is the winds tend to beContinue reading “August 6, 2025”

Our photo of the day comes from Bena Fremaux, whose family is vacationing on the island. They send their love to the Bay Islands from West End. Many of us got a shower overnight but we are looking for drier weather ahead. Here is the satellite for 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. You can seeContinue reading “August 5, 2025”

July was a month where the east side got a lot more rain than the west side of Roatan or Utila. We’re going with Sandy Bay’s 3.28 inches for consistency, because consistency demands we use the rainfall for the same area, instead of picking and choosing which total to use. The west side’s rain amountsContinue reading “Rainfall for July 2025”

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is from Helen Murphy and shows orchid 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘢, Lady of the Night”, called such because of the jasmine like scent it exudes only after dark. It grows wild on Roatan and like all orchids it loves damp conditions. We’ve had plenty of those, but thisContinue reading “July 30, 2025”