Good morning Bay Islands. Our satellite at 7:45 a.m. shows clouds moving in from the west, but any rain in this should stay to our north. Yesterday afternoon many of us got some good rain, between a quarter and half an inch for most of us. Rain totals since midnight have been very small and we should mostly stay dry today, but tonight into tomorrow there will be more scattered showers. Winds and seas will remain fairly calm at 10 mph from the east and seas 1-2 feet. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. We can see scattered popcorn clouds around our islands at 7 a.m. West End got about a tenth of an inch from a shower around 6 a.m. and the west side of Utila got about a quarter of an inch overnight. Today and tomorrow we will have scattered showers here and there, and a trend toward getting more rain over the next few days than we have gotten the first half of the month. On the bright side, seas will be quite calm, with east winds around 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet, so jump on the ferry and put down the seasickness bag.

We’re in the opening month of U.S. football season and the action is intensificado (intense). So is the flavor of your favorite cut of meat for the grill at Carniceria Rosita in French Harbour and Coxen Hole.

Good morning Bay Islands. We have a few popcorn clouds at 6:30 a.m. between West Bay and Utila, though the chances of rain will be small this morning, even for Utila. Last night Utila got about a quarter of an inch, and West Bay picked up .05 around 5:30 a.m. We will be mostly sunny today with very small chances of rain, mostly overnight and in the early morning. Winds this morning are from the east at 15 mph and seas around 4 feet, but we will see a trend toward calmer winds and seas as the week goes on. Wednesday through Saturday look quite calm. We will also see a trend toward more rain, especially Thursday and Friday.

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Tides are running quite high under a new moon. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. A little popcorn cloud over Guanaja at 6:50 a.m. is bringing a very small shower over there, while a few places mid-island got a small shower around 2 a.m. Otherwise we’ve been dry and we will mostly stay dry today and tomorrow, especially during daytime hours. We will stay windy today, with east wind 15-20 mph and 4 foot seas, getting up to 25 mph and 5 foot seas at nightfall, but tomorrow will be not quite as windy and starting Tuesday and through the rest of the week we will be quite calm. Rain chances increase toward the end of the week. Have a great Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Brad Ryon on Utila who shot this spectacular rainbow landing over the mountains of the mainland. Last night many of us got a shower around 2 or 3 a.m. good for about a tenth of an inch. Yesterday afternoon and evening another shower passed through that gave up to a quarter of an inch. We will continue to see mostly overnight chances of rain, but the occasional daytime shower is still possible. Best chance of rain upcoming is Friday night into Saturday morning. Winds today and tomorrow will be quite calm in the 5-10 mph range with seas around 2 feet. We will get a bit windier this weekend. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our satellite shows a thundershower that passed over Roatan just after midnight, bringing about a quarter of an inch mid-island. This morning we are mostlly clear and breezy, with 20 mph east winds and seas around 4 feet. Rain chances will be low today.

Winds should get a little calmer tomorrow, with seas around 3 feet, and quite calm on Thursday with seas around 2 feet. Any rain chances will be small and mostly at night and early morning. Next week is starting to look like a rainier week than this week.

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Low tide is 1 p.m. Have a great Tuesday!

We put 7.85 inches in the rain bucket for the month, almost double our average. Nearly 8 inches was common across Roatan, though West Bay, Guanaja and Utila got closer to our average of 4.52 inches. We have had a fairly wet start to the year before rainy season even starts, with half our average rainfall already recorded for 2026. September is our last month before rainy season starts and it has started out pretty dry and the forecast is mostly dry as well. With el nino in full force, we have very little prospect of tropical storms, although it is always possible one could crop up here or there, especially as we get toward October.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Roger Folse, who sailed from Guanaja to Roatan last Thursday. If someone wanted to sail the same direction today or tomorrow, they would have great conditions, as we will be breezy with 20 mph east winds and 4 foot seas. Wednesday will be a bit calmer and we will be quite calm Thursday and Friday with 10 mph winds and 1-2 foot seas. Very few clouds and showers around. Next really good rain chance comes Monday. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Mark Taylor, who captured this super-sleek waterspout near Pigeon Cay this past Saturday. It is possible something similar could have been seen yesterday evening, as a storm approached Utila from the mainland. It died out over Utila, as the west side of the island got nearly an inch and the east side got only about a quarter of an inch. Our weather is still looking very nice.

At 7:30 a.m. we can see some fair weather clouds over the west side and Utila. What nighttime storms we are getting right now are coming from activity on the mainland that moves north and, usually, gets weaker as to moves toward us. As such, Utila and the west side of Roatan have the best chance of an evening shower, but still chances overall are fairly low. During the day we will continue to have partly cloudy skies. Today is the last day of relatively calm winds and seas. This evening and tomorrow we go back to more typical winds and seas, from the east at 15 mph and seas 3 feet. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is sunset on Utila, with only a few cirrus clouds overhead and one cumulus cloud in the distance. That is good illustration of our weather recently: Mostly fair with a shower here or there. Around 2 a.m. Sandy Bay got about a tenth of an inch of rain but most of us stayed dry. The big story is that we will have fairly calm winds 5-10 mph from the east and seas 1-2 feet today and most of tomorrow, meaning beautiful conditions on the seas. Starting Friday winds start to get a little brisker to around 15 mph and seas get back up to 3 feet.

At 7:30 a.m. we can see a rain cloud that brought a quick shower to Helene moving away from the islands. We should be mostly sunny. With little wind, it will be quite hot as we get up to around 90 degrees.

The calendar may say September, but in Roatan it feels like summer right through October. But September does mean North American football and this weekend is the first with a full slate of games. Get all your barbecuing needs fulfilled at Carniceria Rosita in French Harbour or Coxen Hole.

Tides continue quite mild. Have a great Wednesday!