Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day is from Daniel Rice and shows a rainbow between West End and West Bay. The only problem with rainbows today is whether we will get enough sunshine. The rain is coming.

You can see on radar at 7:45 a.m. rain in the Caribbean and these showers are moving southeast. Utila has already picked up a third of an inch and Guanaja .17. All of us should see some rain today and into tonight. Heaviest rain should actually fall tonight. Winds will be from the west around 10 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Today’s a day we will see a little wavee action at West Bay beach. Tomorrow rain showers will come to an end sometime tomorrow morning, but we will have north winds around 20 mph and seas 4-5 feet north side. Thursday through the weekend we will have a chance of morning showers each day with mild northeast winds 5-10 mph and seas around 2 feet.

We all know that next week will be a busy time and if you are planning your shore excursion, there is no better place to look than Jolly Roger Roatan. Snorkel the reef and dance on the deck of their catamaran.

Low tides are 12:30 p.m and 12:30 a.m. as we move toward the full moon of the first night of Passover this weekend. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Chad Kemper above Flowers Bay looking toward Coxen Hole. This photo is appropriate for today because we will see increasing clouds this evening, though today should be mostly sunny and dry.

On satellite at 7:15 a.m. we see our cold front draped across the Gulf into the western Yucatan. We will see an increase in cloud cover around nightfall, with chances of rain tonight, through the day tomorrow and into Wednesday morning. Most models predict an inch and a half to two inches for us, but more as you go toward the coast, so chances are good Utila gets more rain than Guanaja. La Ceiba should see 4-6 inches.
We dry out Wednesday afternoon and we will have small chances of morning showers for the end of the week into the weekend.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day with 15 mph southeast winds and seas around 4 feet. We will see those winds calming throughout the day and seas should calm to 3 feet. Winds will turn to the west around 15 mph tomorrow and seas will start to turn around as well, turning from the northeast to the northwest at 2 feet. Wednesday morning will be the waviest on the north side, with north/northwest winds 20-25 mph and seas 4-5 feet. On the bright side we will be cooler than we have been in a long time, with temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. (24C). Thursday into the weekend winds will be mild, around 10 mph from the north/northeast and seas around 2 feet.

Here’s a sneak peek at the early forecast for Semana Santa. Looks like some rain might pass through around Tuesday of next week and maybe a little the weekend of the 20th. We will start and end the week with light winds, but Wednesday and Thursday of next week should have some stronger trade winds. Seas will be from the northeast, meaning that Camp Bay will have some wave action, but it shouldn’t be too bad.

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

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jesse Tryon who took this sunset photo from the top of the ridge above Sandy Bay.
Fortunately we only have one more day of these extremely high winds

In the Euro forecast for the next two weeks, we can see the cold front now in the US bringing us rain, especially Tuesday into Wednesday. Based on this forecast we can say.
Today: Dry
Tomorrow: Small chance of a morning shower.
Tuesday: Chance of morning showers, then scattered showers increasing toward sunset.
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning: This is the time period where we may see the heaviest rain.
Thursday into the weekend: Chances of morning showers, but mostly dry.

I had been saying the Euro was forecasting less rain for us, but that has changed. The Euro is giving most of us around 2 inches through Wednesday evening, while areas closer to La Ceiba may get 4-6 inches.

The US GFS rain forecast through Wednesday evening is a bit drier, with one inch for most of us and two inches closer to the coast. If this forecast holds true, we will see good rain, unusual for dry April, but not a total rainout Tuesday and Wednesday.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: This is the best part of the forecast. We have one more trade windy day. We wake up to 20 mph east winds and seas 4 feet. We should stay right around there today, getting back up to 30 mph and 5 feet tonight, but we will see a big difference tomorrow, with southeast winds calming through the day, starting 10-15 mph and 5-10 mph midday, with 2-3 foot seas.
Tuesday winds turn west, then northwest at 10-15 mph and seas 3 feet north and west sides.
Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning will be the windiest time, with north winds 20-25 mph and seas around 4 feet. After that Thursday and Friday look quite calm.
Check in tomorrow when we take a closer look at the Semana Santa forecast.

If it is Sunday, it must be lobster day at Ikigai. Get the best lobster deal on the island from one of Central America’s top chefs, Robby Molina in French Harbour.

Lowest tides are 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Have a great Sunday!

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!