Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Pamela Darby who brings us this lovely cloud formation against blue sky yesterday on the east end.

Sorry for the late update but today is the day Mrs. Roatan Weather gets her ankle surgery. We’ve had a rainy morning, especially mid island west. The west end also seems to be dealing with a power outage until 1 pm.

Our 10 am satellite shows that the worst of the rain has moved to our north. The west end got a bit more than an inch, while the east end has only gotten a few hundredths of an inch.

We will have scattered showers today and tomorrow with perhaps a few peaks of sun midday and afternoons. Friday into Saturday we should have some stronger, steadier rains with a fairly weak norther coming in.

Wind and Galaxy wave forecast: quite calm today and tomorrow with northwest winds 3-8 mph and seas 1-2 mph. Friday night through Monday morning we will have northerly winds 10-15 mph and seas 3-4 feet. After that winds and seas get quite calm. It should be a fairly nice holiday week. We will even get trade winds back for New Years for the first time in awhile.

If you need holiday meats, you need Carniceria Rosita. Keep in mind they will close at 5 pm today for their company holiday dinner.

Low tides are 7 pm and 6:30 am. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Alex Fleig, who says moonshine is as good as sunshine and that dot under the moon is actually Jupiter.
Things seem calm on the islands at 6 a.m., but the computers give us a good chance at catching a shower today.

The satellite at 6 a.m. looks pretty good, but there are clouds to our northeast that are moving our way. The computers say there’s a good chance of rain midday into the evening.
Tomorrow looks pretty good after a possible morning shower.
Early next week we will have scattered showers, but also plenty of sun. Rain should increase Thursday evening into Friday with a weak norther.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We start the day with northeast winds 10 mph and seas 4-5 feet, especially north side. The rest of today and tomorrow we will have east/northeast winds 10-15 mph and seas around 4 feet.
Monday through Wednesday we will get a westerly breeze and seas will calm a bit to 2-3 feet.

Lowest tide is 2:30 a.m. as we move into the full moon. Have a great weekend!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Claudia Quiroz in West Bay. Remember the top photo of the month gets a $50 gift certificate to Roatan Oasis. Send it to bookmybio@gmail.com with name and location.

As of 7:45 a.m. we’ve mostly missed the rain so far this morning.

On satellite we can see the most intense rain and thundershowers are to our west. Puerto Cortes picked up 3.5 inches overnight. I expect some rain showers today, but the most intense rain and maybe some thunder should come overnight tonight. We will have a few showers tomorrow, mostly in the morning. Scattered showers continue through the weekend.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: This morning we have northeast winds 10-15 mph and seas around 3 feet. We will stay right around there today, but the wind really picks up tonight and tomorrow morning from the northeast 17-22 mph and seas up to 6 feet. By tomorrow evening winds should calm to 10-15 mph and seas to 4-5 feet, where they will stay through Saturday.
Next week we will see winds turn to the west/northwest but seas should be calmer, starting the week at 3 feet and ending the week at 1 foot.
In the longrange forecast, it looks like a stronger norther will come a week from Saturday.

If you are a cruiser planning your excursion next week, conditions won’t be too bad, even if you have to sit out a rain shower or two. We just call those beverage breaks on the island. Take your beverage break on the Jolly Roger Roatan catamaran and they promise to maximize your island fun.

Lowest tide is 1 a.m. Have a great Thursday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from our good friend Glory Cone who runs the coffee shop in Oakridge. We’ve seen a few pictures of the ghost ship in Mahogany Bay, but this is the first time I’ve seen a face in it.

This is one of the better 9 a.m. satellites I’ve seen in awhile. Mostly blue skies with a few clouds, meaning only a small chance of a shower through early afternoon, but ….

We can see a cold front (norther) coming down from the States. This will mean increasing clouds in the evening and probably rain overnight, through tomorrow, a little less on Saturday, and maybe drier for Sunday. Rain totals shouldn’t be too bad, about 2 inches for Roatan and Guanaja and maybe 3 for Utila.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We wake up to some of the best winds and seas we’ve had in awhile, with southerly winds 5 mph and seas about 2 feet. Winds will turn to the northeast at 10-15 and seas to 3 feet as we get into the late evening. Those conditions will last through the day tomorrow.
Friday is our windy day, with northeast winds 12-17 mph and seas 5-6 feet.
Saturday winds get calmer,from the east at 5 mph and seas 3-4 feet.

We’ve been off island for awhile and I can tell you, my wife Susan can’t wait to attack some Street Corn at Ikigai by Robby Molina in French Harbour.

Lowest tide is 11 p.m. Have a great Wednesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. This morning’s photo comes from Mary Beth Adams in West Bay this morning. As you can tell from the rainbow they got a shower good for a quarter of an inch this morning.

We have some stormy weather to our southeast. It is moving very slowly and should weaken as it moves west but I can’t rule out some of it getting here. We will keep a chance of rain through today

Tomorrow we have a good shot at mostly staying dry. Wednesday night through Friday morning is our next norther with off and on rain throughout the period. Rain should lessen for the weekend and Monday before another weak norther on Tuesday.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast
Winds will be from the east 5-10 mph today and 5 mph tomorrow with seas 3-4 feet today and 2-3 feet tomorrow. Friday isn’t looking as bad as we thought with northeast winds around 15 mph and seas 5 feet in the morning. Have a great Tuesday!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from Karen Bodin looking at the sun setting from Carib Bight on the south side of the island.
This is one of those mornings with stubborn low clouds bringing us rain. We should clear out of this by afternoon and have some nice weather today, tomorrow and much of Wednesday before our next norther comes.

Here is our satellite at 9:45 a.m. and there are clear skies to our east, but the clouds are moving to the west very slowly. Guanaja has picked up an inch and a half, but is almost into the blue sky. Roatan will hopefully be into the blue sky by afternoon. Once that happens we will have only scattered showers, mostly at night, through much of the Wednesday, but Wednesday afternoon we will have increasing clouds and rain chances. Heaviest rain will be Wednesday night into Thursday morning, but Thursday looks like a rainy day. Friday morning rain will decrease, but Friday will be a windy day.
The weekend looks OK except for a wave of showers Saturday night into Sunday morning.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: Winds this morning are from the northeast 5-10 mph and seas 4 feet. Today and tomorrow winds should be from the east 10-15 mph and seas 3-4 feet. Wednesday and Thursday morning winds will be from the east around 10 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Thursday night into Friday the wind really picks up from the north 12-20 mph and seas 6 feet. Over the weekend winds get quite calm with 3 foot seas. Next week looks much calmer.

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Low tide is 10:30 p.m. Have a great week!

Good morning Bay Islands. Our photo of the day comes from last month’s winner Ken Meissner and shows a double rainbow over Gibson Bight. Remember the Photo of the Month of December gets a $50 gift certificate to Roatan Oasis (roatanoasis.com).

It seems during rainy season, the forecast isn’t whether it is going to rain, the forecast is whether it is going to rain a lot or a little. By that measure, today through Tuesday we’re hoping it will rain only a little.

We wake up to some clouds, but also quite a bit of sun to our northeast. Today we will have scattered showers around, but hopefully not as much as the last two days. Tuesday is our best chance at a day without any rain. Wednesday evening into Thursday morning we get our next norther in and a rainy Thursday and a windy Friday.

Wind and Galaxy Wave forecast: We continue to have windy and wavy conditions, from the northeast 10-15 mph this morning and seas around 5 feet. Today and tomorrow winds will continue around 15 mph, but they will start to turn more to the east. Seas should calm to 4 feet today and 3 feet tomorrow. Wednesday and Thursday look fairly calm with 2 foot seas. Friday the norther winds come at 20 mph and seas up to 7 feet.

Today would be a great day for a refreshing lychee cocktail at Ikigai by Robby Molina in French Harbour!

Lowest tide is 9:30 p.m. Have a great Sunday!