Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Deanna Jones in Parrot Tree. It might be titled “What the Surf Leaves Behind.” One of my peeves is folks who treat the ocean as their personal trash can.
We will have midday calm before getting back to some consistent easterly winds with rain chances before and after this weekend.

Our 8 a.m. satellite has the kind of high cirrus clouds that generally don’t contain rain. We will be mostly dry this week, with a very small chance of rain tonight and tomorrow night. Friday the tail end of a very weak norther may bring us better rain chances. The weekend looks dry again before rain chances go up for Monday.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Our early morning easterly winds of 20 mph have already calmed a bit to 10-15 mph and will calm even more around midday to 5-10 mph and 2 foot seas. Winds will get back up to 15-20 mph tonight and will generally be 10-15 mph during daytimes this week with 3 foot seas, especially southside.

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Tides continue to run low. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jorge Guevara at West Bay.
Wind continues to be the story, with gusts to 30 mph last night. Winds will calm this weekend and we are watching for a chance of rain Friday evening

On satellite at 8:30 a.m. we see some high clouds to our east moving northwest. We may see a few clouds, especially east side, but rain is very unlikely today. We are watching a small disturbance that could give us a chance of rain tomorrow, especially late afternoon or evening, but it shouldn’t be much. After that the weekend and early next week looks dry. A cold front we were watching for the end of next week looks like it will die before it gets here, which is common for mid- to late-February.

The weather story has been these easterly trade winds. They will be 15-20 mph today with 3-4 foot seas southside today and 20-30 mph with 4-5 foot seas tonight. Tomorrow will be similar, then this weekend things will calm a little, with Monday being the calmest day of the week, with midday winds perhaps 7-12 mph.

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Low tide is 3:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. Have a great Wednesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Wendy Ousley and it is what she calls “a pyramid of rain on West Bay.” West Bay got about a quarter of an inch around 2 a.m., but the rain winner this morning has been the east side and Guanaja with over a half inch in Camp Bay and Guanaja.
We will have a shower here or there this morning, but we will get drier and sunnier this afternoon.

On satellite this morning we see a lot of clouds around at 8:30 a.m. and maybe a break in the clouds over the east side, with more clouds coming in over Guanaja. Theses clouds are moving to the west so we will keep a chance of a morning shower, but drier midday and afternoon. A chance of a shower comes back this evening and overnight, but we still look for a dry trend, especially Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning, with a better chance of a shower Friday night into Saturday morning.
In the long range forecast we’re looking at the possibility of a weak norther toward the end of the 10-day forecast.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Winds continue steady at 15 mph from the east and 3 foot waves, especially southside. Tomorrow evening is when we will see those winds strengthen to 30 mph and 4-5 foot waves overnights and 20 mph and 3-4 foot waves daytimes. Winds will calm back down to 15-20 mph as we get into the weekend.

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Lowest tides are 2:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. as we move into full moon period. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Brad Ryon at Little Bight in Utila and shows a rainstorm. Locations midisland and east got some rain this morning, but rain will become increasingly rare this week.

We have quite a bit of cloud cover at 7:30 a.m. Locations midisland and east got about a quarter of an inch of rain between 3 and 4 a.m. while Guanaja picked up .05 around 7 a.m. So there is still a chance of a shower this morning, but most of us should stay dry. The afternoon will be dry and tonight there is a small chance of a shower. After that there is very little chance of rain through the end of the week.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Today and tomorrow we continue with the 15 mph east winds and 3 foot seas we’ve seen for quite some time now. Wednesday through the end of the week trade winds pick up, 20 mph and 3-4 feet during the day and 30 mph and 4-5 feet at night.

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Low tides are 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Tricia Power in West Bay.
That was some excitement last night wasn’t it?

Last night’s 7.6 earthquake occurred about halfway between Guanaja and Grand Cayman at 5:23 p.m. local time. If there had been tsunami waves it would have taken about an hour to get here. A little over an inch of abnormal wave activity was recorded at Isla Mujeres off the Yucatan Peninsula. My first reaction was that that was an odd place for a quake, but it was on the fault between the Caribbean Plate and the North American Plate. This is a strike-slip fault, meaning that the plates are moving in opposite directions as opposed to crashing into each other. Tsunamis are rare in such faults, but rare doesn’t mean impossible, so it is good to be quake-aware. It is fortunate that a 7.6 happened so far out to sea. If one happened closer to us there would no doubt be damage.

At 7:45 a.m. our satellite is mostly clear with some high cirrus clouds overhead and one cloud over Barbarat that might have a light shower in it. Midisland got a shower around 2 a.m. good for about a quarter of an inch, with lighter amounts east side. Now begins our dry week, with very small chances of overnight showers and dry days.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We continue steady with east winds around 15 mph and seas 3 feet. The period Wednesday through Friday winds kick up to 20 mph days and 30 mph nights.

Happy Super Bowl Sunday to those who celebrate, but if you’re like me and you couldn’t care less about the Chiefs or Eagles, head over to Ikigai by Robby Molina for their Sunday lobster deal. And if you do care about the Chiefs and Eagles, head over for a pregame lobster lunch!

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

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Sarah Anderson between West Bay and West End. I like to call it Twinkle Twinkle Little Moon. The moon goes full next week and we will get to see a lot of it since there will be fewer clouds next week.

We have scattered clouds, especially further south and west toward Utila at 8 a.m. West Bay has picked up a third of an inch this morning, but most of the rest of us have been dry. Most of us got around half an inch yesterday.
Today there will be a chance of a shower, especially this evening and overnight. Tomorrow should be dry. There will be a small chance of a shower early Monday morning, but other than that the week ahead looks quite dry … and windy.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We’ve been pretty steady at east winds 15-20 mph and seas 3 feet. Tonight and tomorrow night winds will gust to 25 mph and seas to 4 feet. Tuesday night is when the gusty winds really start, getting to 30-35 mph from the east. Daytime winds starting Wednesday will be 20-25 mph.

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Low tides are 12:45 p.m. and 12:45 a.m. Have a great weekend!

Good morning Bay Islands. It was obviously a sunny day when Audrey Imfeld took this photo in Spooky Channel. Don’t forget to send your photo to bookmybio@gmail.com with name and location for a chance at $100 in free food at Prime 504 resto & bar.
The next day and a half will be the last good chances at rain for awhile.

At 8:30 a.m. our satellite shows lots of clouds to our south and west. Politilly and Punta Blanca have picked up about half an inch since midnight, with around a quarter of an inch in Calabash and Camp Bay. The north side of Utila has reported an inch.
We will have a chance of a morning shower, especially for Utila, but the early afternoon should be mostly dry. As we get into late evening and overnight those clouds you see to our east will move our way and give us a good chance of rain that will extend into tomorrow morning. Starting tomorrow afternoon things dry up quite a bit and rain chances are very low into next week.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We continue steady at east winds 15-20 mph and seas 3 feet especially south side. Those winds will be pretty consistent through Tuesday of next week. Mid to late week those winds get strong, especially at night, with trade winds up to 30 mph.

If you’re planning a Super Bowl party, today is the day to head over to Carniceria Rosita in Coxen Hole or French Harbour and get your steaks, pork chops and chicken for the grill!

Lowest tides are noon and midnight. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. It is not often that we get a same-day photo of the day, but Mark Kohay sent this picture from this morning’s fishing trip near Pristine Bay.
We have a couple more days with good chances of rainbows, but as we get into dry season we will, unfortunately, see fewer of these.

There aren’t a lot of clouds on satellite at 9 a.m., but they brought between a quarter and half inch of rain mid and east island. West Roatan managed to miss most of it. A couple of clouds look like they might pass Utila this hour. Except for a stray shower this morning, we should stay dry today. Tomorrow there will be scattered showers throughout the day. A chance of showers extends into Saturday morning, but starting Saturday afternoon into next week we look pretty dry.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We are keeping pretty steady at 15 mph east winds and 3 foot seas, especially southside. as we extend into next week we will see easterly trade winds get a bit stronger each day until toward the end of the week we will be 20 mph daytimes and 30 mph overnights.

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Tides will be quite low a little after 11 p.m. Have a great Thursday!

We had a close-to-average rainfall month for January. We are entering Sandy Bay’s 12.31 inches in the record books because, for consistency’s sake, we try to use the most accurate monitor in the same location of the island. But for most of the island, 7 to 10 inches was the range of rainfall totals for the month. Guanaja got just over 10 inches and Utila came in at a whopping 20 inches.

Looking ahead, February is a transition month into dry season, with an average of just over 5.21 inches, and most of that generally comes in the first week or two. In an average year, late February is pretty dry and the long-range forecast is definitely trending drier for us in February 2025.

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jamini McLaughlin Elwin and shows a colorful scene at Coxen Hole. Remember this month’s prize is a $100 gift certificate at Prime 504 resto & bar. Send photos with name and location to bookmybio@gmail.com!
A few showers here and there the next couple of days but our trend is getting drier.

At 8 a.m. we see some scattered clouds, especially over Guanaja, which has picked up about .15 of an inch since 6:30 a.m. This activity is moving from east to west. We will have a chance of scattered showers, primarily in the morning time, but I can’t rule out an isolated afternoon shower. Rain totals should stay pretty low.
Tomorrow looks like a day with scattered morning showers, but mostly dry midday and afternoon.
Rain increases a bit Friday into Saturday morning, but starting Saturday afternoon and heading into next week things look quite dry in what may be a preview of our upcoming dry season.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day again with east winds 15-20 mph and seas 3 feet. We should calm a bit midday and afternoon to 10 mph and maybe 2 foot seas. Tomorrow through Saturday east winds will be around 15 mph. Starting Sunday we will see trade winds increasing, at first to 20 mph and later in the week to 25 mph and maybe a bit more.

I want to mention I’m quite disappointed that the last live buoy taking up to the minute temperature readings of water temperature seems to have died, the one at White Hole https://aqualink.org/sites/3324. Does anyone know who runs these buoys and if there is a possbility of fixing the issue?

Jolly Roger Roatan is celebrating 20 years of perfecting the art of entertaining at sea. If you are planning your cruise excursion, make sure you look them up. They make sure you have the smoothest ride on the island and at sea.

Lowest tide is 10 p.m. Have a great Wednesday!