Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Melissa Dawn and shows the island from the air, especially our turquoise waters that are so great for snorkeling and diving. Those activities will be great the next two days, but starting Wednesday you’ll probably want to stay on the north side of the island.

Only a few scattered clouds and no rain this morning. We will be dry this week. There are indications we may have better rain chances next week.
We wake up to east winds 20 mph and seas 4 feet. Those winds should calm to 10-15 mph and seas 3 feet midday. Tomorrow looks much the same, but starting tomorrow night and through the weekend we are looking at very strong trade winds, 30-40mph and seas 6 feet at night and 22-27 mph daytimes and seas 4-5 feet. Next week we should get calmer.

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Lowest tide is 4:30 p.m. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Joe Byrne and shows an unusual sunset that looks like it has a hole in the middle. I suspect that the sun was setting over the mountains of the mainland and a couple of the mountains blocked out the setting sun’s rays causing this blue streak in the middle. We are breezy and about to get windy.

The image I can show you that says the most about the weather is this one. Today and tomorrow we will have moderate east winds, mostly 15-20 mph and seas, but starting Tuesday night and all the way through next weekend we will have strong trade winds, 20-25 mph and 4 foot seas days and 30-40 mph (sometimes a bit more) at night with seas around 6 feet. If you want to go out on the sea Wednesday or thereafter, stay inside the reef on the northwest side of the island. Otherwise you are in for a bumpy ride.
The forecast is dry. There are some indications we may get a few showers Semana Santa week, but it is still a bit early to tell.

If you want a nice place to enjoy the breeze, go to Ikigai in French Harbour and sit out on their lovely deck and enjoy their Sunday lobster special.

Lowest tide is 3:30 p.m. Have a great Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Patti Yelinik at Las Rocas at the top of West Bay. Remember that the top five most liked photos compete on Tuesday for a $50 gift certificate to The Lounge Roatan in West End.
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After three straight mornings of scattered showers, today we wake up to only high clouds with no rain in them. This is the way it will be most days during our rainy season, which extends into May. The story of the weekend and the week ahead is going to be wind. We have east winds 20 mph and seas 4 feet this morning. Those winds should continue today, tomorrow and Monday. Starting Tuesday we will get even windier, with daytime winds 20-25 mph and seas 4 feet and nighttime winds 25-35 mph from the east and seas 5-6 feet.

Skies will be dark tonight under a new moon. Low tides are 2:30 p.m. and 3 a.m. Have a great weekend!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Tabitha Trawick and was taken from the Galaxy Wave on its evening Ceiba to Roatan route. She caught a distant shower. It is a good reminder why evenings and mornings are good times for showers in the tropics. Warm air can hold more water than fresh air, so as the temperature falls, the amount of water it can hold decreases, so sometimes it wrings moisture out like a sponge.
We had a few of these morning showers today — light ones in Sandy Bay and bit heavier, good for half an inch, toward Politilly and the east side. If you stayed dry, you have another chance tomorrow morning.

On satellite at 7:30 a.m. we can see the clouds moving from east to west over our islands. We will keep a chance of a morning shower around for the next couple of hours. Midday and afternoon should be dry and partly sunny. Tonight and tomorrow morning we will have another chance of rain, around 40 percent. If you don’t get rain today or tomorrow you may be dry for awhile. The forecast starting Friday, through the weekend into next week looks pretty dry.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to 15 mph east winds and seas around 3 feet. We will stay right around there today and tomorrow. Starting tomorrow night we will see the trade winds pick up, 22-27 mph and 5 foot seas at night and 15-20 mph and 3-4 foot seas daytimes.

I’m very excited to see Galaxy Wave offer a Wednesday route Roatan to Guanaja. This means that you can have three full days on Guanaja before returning on Sunday to Roatan. This is a great opportunity to see the hidden jewel of the Bay Islands.

Low tides are 12:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. Have a great Wednesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. I love “feet at the beach” pictures. This one comes from Kathy Jones and shows them catching a moment when the beach at West End was empty except for them one recent morning.
Speaking of mornings, we are hoping for a morning shower tomorrow or Thursday. It’s not a great chance, but we’ll take what we can get during dry season.

At 7:30 a.m. we have a few clouds around, especially to our northeast. These clouds are slowly moving west, but we should remain dry today. We will see a few more clouds tomorrow morning and Thursday morning and we will have about a 30 percent chance of seeing a shower each morning. After that, we will be dry again through the weekend.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to 20 mph east winds and 3 foot seas. We should calm midday to around 15 mph and 3 foot seas, and we will stay right around there through the rest of this week. This weekend looks slightly windier, with 15-20 mph daytime winds and 20-25 mph nighttime winds with seas 3-5 feet.

Many thanks to Carlos de Wit for sending along the Crown Weather Service hurricane outlook for 2025. They are forecasting a slightly above-average season due to the fact that this year will likely be neither El Nino or La Nina. They forecast most of the activity to be US East Coast, central Gulf and northeast Caribbean, which would be good news for us in the southwest Caribbean. Hurricane season starts June 1, but for us generally starts in mid to late August.

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Low tides are noon and midnight. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Janel Lajoie in Politilly. I love when our photos combine weather images with our lovely island communities.
The main weather feature is our wind this morning. Today will be quite windy, tomorrow very windy and Wednesday normal windy.

On satellite at 7:45 a.m. we have clear skies. We will be dry today and tomorrow. Wednesday and Thursday we have chances of morning showers, but don’t worry about a washout. This time of year we’re just talking about a 15 minute downpour then back to the beach. And that is if you get one.


Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day with 25 mph east winds and seas around 5 feet. We should calm a bit midday to 15 mph winds, but quickly return to 25 mph winds this evening. After a windy start tomorrow we should have 15-20 mph winds and 4 foot seas tomorrow and back to a more normal 15 mph east wind with 2-3 foot seas Wednesday and Thursday.

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Low tides are 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. This gorgeous shot was taken by Chad Kemper in West End just before an early morning fishing trip.
We have a few showers around this morning, a welcome relief for some of us.

At 8:30 a.m. we have quite a few clouds around and we got some rain in places like Oakridge, Politilly and Calabash around 6:30, good from .05 of an inch, enough to get the ground wet. Guanaja has had a few waves of showers good for a tenth of an inch.
We will keep a chance of a shower around through the morning. We’ll have periods of sun this midday and afternoon, but a chance of a shower comes back at nightfall. After that we should be dry the first part of the week, but we have some moisture returning for the end of the week, especially Thursday, when it looks like we will have some scattered showers.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to east winds 15 mph and seas around 3 feet. Winds and seas will pick up speed a little during the day and by evening we will be up around 25-30 mph and seas 4-5 feet. Tomorrow we start the day windy and get a little calmer midday to 20 mph east winds and 3-4 foot seas, but by tomorrow evening we will be back to 25-30 mph and 4-5 foot seas. Tuesday we start calming to 20 mph and Wednesday through the end of the week we will have pretty consistent 15 mph trade winds and 3 foot seas.

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Low tides are 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. Have a great Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Ashley Nolasco sent us this morning’s picture of the day, one that I like to call “Big Boat, Small Boat.”

Guanaja caught an early morning shower but the forecast is mostly dry

At 7 a.m. we have a few popcorn clouds, especially over the east side. Guanaja got .15 around 5:30 a.m. It is possible Barbarat is getting a shower and these are moving to the southwest, so it is not impossible some on the east side might see a shower, but they should move out quickly and we will be mostly sunny today and tomorrow. Sunday we will have a few more clouds and a decent chance of a morning shower, but most of Sunday should be dry.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Our winds this morning are 10 mph out of the northeast with 2 foot waves. We will stay right around there today.

Tomorrow winds will turn back to the east at 15 mph and 3 foot seas. Winds will remain around there Sunday morning, but Sunday evening through Monday we will see stronger trade winds, 20 mph during the day and 30 mph at night with seas 3-5 feet before getting a bit calmer again on Tuesday.

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Tides continue to be mild. Have a great Friday!