Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Lainee Wood Hartsel at Las Brisas in West End. Of course Las Brisas means “The Breezes” and we’ve got plenty of that, especially on the north side. Don’t forget the winner of the photo contest gets bed and breakfast for one night for two at Paya Bay Resort. Send those photos with name and location to bookmybio@gmail.com.

On the 7 a.m. satellite we have plenty of clouds and showers. Most locations east side have gotten a tenth to two tenths since midnight, Sandy Bay about a quarter of an inch and one station between West Bay and West End lot nearly an inch in a downpour around 6:30. We will keep a rain chance through the morning but we should be drier this afternoon.
We will keep rain chances through the day tomorrow and into Monday morning, but after that things should be drier through next week with a few scattered showers overnights and in the mornings, but middays and afternoons next week should be dry.

We wake up to northeast winds 25-30 mph and seas 6-7 feet. Winds and seas should calm by afternoon to 15-20 mph and seas 5-6 feet.
Tomorrow northeast winds will be 10-15 mph and seas 3-4 feet.
Winds Monday and Tuesday will be light and variable with seas around 2 feet. Wednesday through the weekend we get our easterly trade winds back 15-25 mph and seas around 4 feet southside.

Roa Shares is having a concert next Saturday at EDDY’s on the BEACH in West End. Among items being sought for entry to the free concert is nonperishable dog and cat food to benefit Roatan Operation Animal Rescue.

Tomorrow is AFC and NFC Championship Sunday. Get your steak and chicken for the grill and pork for the smoker at the best meat market on the island, Carniceria Rosita.

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

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Wynnona McKay and shows West Bay just after sundown. If you go to West Bay today you will have a wavier experience than Wynnona did.

This morning at 8 a.m. we are getting some clearing over Roatan and Guanaja, while Utila is still dealing with some clouds and rain. Utila has gotten 2-3 inches since midnight after 3-4 inches yesterday. We should all see decreasing rain through midday and afternoon, a welcome break from the rain, before rain, sometimes heavy, returns through the day tomorrow. Saturday will be much like today, with a few morning showers and very windy.
Sunday we will have scattered showers and Monday morning showers leading to a drier week next week.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Boy are we windy today. Some of the buoys are picking up 30 mph southwest winds and 6-7 foot seas. We should calm slightly by afternoon to 20-25 mph west winds and 5-6 foot seas.
Winds continue from the west tomorrow at 12-17 mph and seas around 4 feet.
Saturday winds turn to the northeast at 15-20 mph and seas 5-6 feet.
Sunday winds will be from the east/northeast at 15 mph and seas 4 feet.
Early next week winds will be calmer and seas 2-3 feet before we get heavier trade winds back for the end of next week.

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

Good morning Bay Islands. This morning’s photo of the day come from Jeffrey Hill atop Terra Chula overlooking Jonesville Point.

We are quite wet this morning, with Diamond Rock reporting 1.69 inches, Guanaja 1.72, Utila .93, and most other locations between half an inch and an inch between midnight and 8:30 a.m. More is on the way and tomorrow will be a windy and wavy day on West Bay Beach.

On satellite we can see the massive cold front to our north over the Gulf of Whatever pushing moisture our way. That will bring rain throughout today, perhaps intensifying with some downpours around nightfall. Tomorrow we will have chances of rain, but we should have less rain tomorrow than today. Friday looks like another day of sometimes intense rain. Saturday again a bit lighter on rain. After we get through Sunday we should get drier next week.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to north winds around 10 mph and seas 3 feet. We should stay around there today with seas maybe getting up to 4 feet by nightfall.
The big change is that tomorrow morning we expect westerly winds 25-30 mph tomorrow morning and seas 5 feet. Those are the kind of waves that come crashing in on normally tranquil West Bay Beach. As the day goes on they will moderate a bit to 20-25 mph winds and 4-5 foot seas. Along with those occasional showers, tomorrow will feel chilly, with temps in the low to mid 70s. (22-23C)
Friday will be slightly calmer with west winds 7-15 mph and seas 3-4 feet.
The weekend looks windy and wavy, with northeast winds 15-25 mph and seas 5-7 feet.
Early next week looks calmer with 2-3 foot seas but trade winds return for the end of next week.

Sunday we welcome back Lobster Day at Ikigai by Robby Molina, with two lobster tails, two sides and wine, all for $18. A great deal with great ambiance and the best chef in the land. You can’t beat that.

All tides continue to be unusually low. Have a great Wednesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Jonna Louise in Calabash and shows a cruise ship coming out of the rain. We saw some of this this morning with widespread totals around half an inch. We will see even more of this in the coming days.

Here is the 9:45 a.m. satellite showing clouds and perhaps some rain, especially west side and Utila. It looks like east side and Guanaja are starting to clear out. All of this is moving to the west so we should be partly cloudy midday into the afternoon with a low chance of a stray shower.

This is the rain and wind forecast for tomorrow midday. You can see we will get some of this Arctic air filtering down. Of course by the time it gets here it isn’t Arctic, but we should get some fresh rains tomorrow, maybe 1-2 inches through the day.
Thursday we will have rain chances but perhaps a little less total rain.
Friday looks rainier again.
Saturday we look for morning showers and again a rainier day Sunday.
Monday into next week rain lessens a bit, but it will still be a week of scattered showers.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to east winds 10-15 mph and seas 3 feet. We should stay right around there today.
Tomorrow morning we will have northwest winds, turning northeast by afternoon at 5-10 mph and seas 2 feet.
There is some dispute about winds on Thursday with the GFS giving us strong west winds and seas 4-5 feet, while the Euro has things calmer and seas 2 feet. Whatever the case, things should be a bit calmer Friday, before strong northeast winds 20-25 mph and seas 4-6 feet hit for the weekend, especially Saturday.

If you are planning your shore excursion for your cruise trip, don’t let a little rain scare you off. You’re going to get wet anyway and you will maximize your enjoyment with the crew of Jolly Roger Roatan giving you a refreshing beverage during any downpours, waiting for the sun to inevitably come back and warm you up.

Speaking of warming up, our high yesterday at the airport was 87 (30C). These waves of cooler air from the north should knock our highs back to around 80 (26.6C) and give us even cooler mornings

Low tides are 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Robin Talley Castro who was visiting West Bay from Houston. I picked this photo because Robin, if she’s back in Houston, will get 2-4 inches of snow Tuesday from the same system that will push rain our way for the end of the week.

All is clear on satellite this morning and we will have another dry day today. Tomorrow and Tuesday we will have a chance at morning showers. Scattered showers will be more numerous starting Wednesday and increase each day into the weekend, which could be quite rainy.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: As we wake up we have east/southeast winds 10-20 mph and seas 3 feet, but those winds will calm through the day to 5-10 mph from the southeast and seas 2 feet.
Tomorrow winds turn mostly from the west 5-10 mph and seas 2 feet.
Tuesday through Friday morning winds will be fairly light 5-10 mph and start turning to the northeast as the cooler air tries to make its way here.
Saturday and Sunday might be quite windy and wavy.

Through the week sea conditions will be great for exploring our islands and the mainland on Roatan Ferry Galaxy Wave.Through the week sea conditions will be great for exploring our islands and the mainland on Roatan Ferry Galaxy Wave.

High and low tides will be quite low this week. Have a great Sunday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Rachael Haylock at Odyssey Resort on Utila.
Nice weather continues through the weekend, though tomorrow will be a bit breezy. We’re still expecting a rainier week next week.

At 8:15 a.m. we have mostly sunny skies. Generally dry conditions will continue through Sunday. We have a decent chance of morning showers Monday.
An Arctic blast will put North America in the deep freeze next week, possibly bringing snow Monday or Tuesday to places like Houston, New Orleans and Mobile that almost never get snow. That same chill will bring what should be a moderate norther on Wednesday and potentially a strong norther Sunday, though the models disagree on that one.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to west winds around 5 mph and seas around 2 feet. Late afternoon light winds will switch to the east, and tomorrow will be a windier day, with daytime east winds 15 mph and nighttime winds around 20 mph, with daytime seas at 2 feet and overnight up to 4 feet. Tuesday night into Wednesday morning we should get northeast winds, perhaps to 20 mph and seas 5 feet. The US model is giving us even stronger winds for Sunday and higher seas, but the Euro disagrees. We’ll keep an eye on it.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to west winds around 5 mph and seas around 2 feet. Late afternoon light winds will switch to the east, and tomorrow will be a windier day, with daytime east winds 15 mph and nighttime winds around 20 mph, with daytime seas at 2 feet and overnight up to 4 feet. Tuesday night into Wednesday morning we should get northeast winds, perhaps to 20 mph and seas 5 feet. The US model is giving us even stronger winds for Sunday and higher seas, but the Euro disagrees. We’ll keep an eye on it.

Low tides are 5:45 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. Have a great Friday!

Good morning Bay Islands. This beautiful photo was shot at dusk in West Bay by Jerome Guillot. Remember the winner for January gets bed and breakfast for two for one night at Paya Bay Resort.
We have quite a few clouds around but only a little rain. Politilly picked up .01 this morning and Sandy Bay around .04.

At 9:30 a.m. things are a little cloudier over the west side than the east side, and these clouds are moving from east to west. We will keep partly cloudy skies today and can’t rule out an afternoon shower, but we should be dry most of the time. A chance for morning showers comes back tomorrow. After that things look dry into the weekend.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day with east winds 10-15 mph but seas only around 2 feet. Tonight winds should turn a bit to the northeast and seas should be around 3 feet. Tomorrow winds will be light and variable, but seas will remain around 3 feet.
On Friday winds turn to the west at 5-10 mph and seas to 3 feet.
Saturday might be the windiest day of the week with east winds 15 mph and seas 3 feet during the day at 20-25 mph and 4 feet overnight. Sunday and Monday look calmer again.

People are all the time asking me what the best time of year to visit Roatan is. One of the answers is January into February. You get to experience Caribbean warmth and a break from North American chill, but it is after rainy season, so you have a good chance at dry conditions and relatively calm waters. Jolly Roger Roatan (jollyroge is celebrating 20 years of fun, safe excursions. Look for them in the cruise ship offerings.

Low tides are 4 p.m. and 4 a.m. as the full moon starts to wane.

Good morning Bay Islands. I have been through this mangrove gate on the way to Calabash Bight many times. This photo of the day was submitted by Ruben Nava.
This morning we have mostly clear skies. We will have partly cloudy skies today and very little chance of rain. Tonight into tomorrow morning and tomorrow night into Thursday morning we should have a better change of rain with our VERY weak norther.
Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast. We wake up to east winds 10-15 mph and seas around 3 feet. This afternoon we should calm to 10 mph and 2 feet.
Tomorrow winds turn to the northeast at 10 mph and seas about 2 feet.
Thursday winds will be nearly calm and seas 1-2 feet. The weekend should bring easterly trade winds 10-15 mph and 3-4 foot seas especially on the south side
Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Leah Solana of sunrise at the famous Roatan sign in Flowers Bay.
Great weather continues.

Our satellite at 9 a.m. shows almost clear skies. We will continue to stay dry until Wednesday morning and Thursday morning when a very weak norther will bring better overnight and morning rain chances. Other than that, it looks like a dry week ahead.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to east winds around 10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. We should stay right around there today. Tomorrow we will see a bit more of a southeasterly wind around 10 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Tomorrow night looks like the windiest of the week, with east winds around 20 mph and seas 3-4 feet.
Wednesday and Thursday our weak norther turns winds to the northeast, but only 10-15 mph and seas 3-4 feet.

Low tides are 2 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Have a great Sunday!