Good morning, Bay Islands! We awake to 10-15 mph winds and 3 foot seas on the south side and 2 foot on the north side. Winds and seas will be about the same through the day today, but get a little higher tonight at 15-20 mph and 3-4 feet. Tomorrow and Thursday look windier, with daytime winds 15 mph and seas 3 feet and nighttime winds 22-27 mph and seas 4-5 feet.

Friday into the weekend things get a little calmer as a weak cold front approaches from the north. It is too late in the season for a norther with cool temperatures and strong north winds, but there is hope that we could get a little rain, especially Monday.

The map shown here is the forecast map for noon on Monday. As you can see it is forecasting rain in the area. Let’s hope it falls right on our heads. We really need it. After Monday it looks like chances of morning showers will be better than they have been through our dry month of April.

Low tide is 9:22 p.m. Have a great Wednesday!

April 25, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands! We had a lot of clouds pass over last evening, but sadly they didn’t contain rain. Today we have very calm winds and seas 2-3 feet. Those calm conditions will continue through today with seas 1-2 feet. Tonight winds will get up to 20-25 mph and seas to 3-4 feet. Wednesday and Thursday we will have 15 mph winds and 3 foot seas during the day and 25-30 mph winds and 4-5 foot seas at night. Things should get a little calmer Friday and Saturday.
When it comes to hopes for rain, we are watching a system the might sweep down out of the north around May 1. We’re hoping it gives us some showers.

Low tide is 8:24 p.m. Have a great Tuesday!

April 24, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! We wake up this morning to 15 mph winds and 3 foot seas. Last night was a bit windier than I expected. We got close to 30 mph winds and up to 5 foot seas. Winds should be moderate today at 7-12 mph and 2 foot seas and 17-22 mph tonight and 3-4 foot seas. Winds and seas will be quite calm tomorrow, with seas 1-2 feet by Tuesday afternoon.

The major thing you see on the satellite is a bunch of storms near the Veracruz area of Mexico. Unfortunately these storms are going to move south into Guatemala and not east toward us. They will bring us a few more clouds, especially tomorrow night, and I have a feeling someone somewhere will get a shower, especially tomorrow night, but the chances are still low.
Tuesday and Wednesday night both will be windy, but we get calmer Friday into the weekend. I am still hoping to have better rain chances toward the first of May.

Low tide is 6:58 p.m. Have a great week!

April 23, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands. We awake to 15 mph winds and seas at 2 feet. Winds and seas will remain moderate through the day. Starting tomorrow we will have daytime winds quite calm, around 7-12 mph and seas around 2 feet and nighttime winds breezier, around 15-20 mph and seas around 3, maybe 4 feet. Our only clouds will be those high, dry cirrus clouds. Smoke from mainland fires will continue to drift our way with moderate east winds, especially at night. I am still hopeful for some rain chances around the first of May.

Low tide is 5:41 p.m. Have a great Sunday!

April 22, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands! We wake up to 15 mph winds and 2-3 foot seas. Today will be quite calm with winds 7-12 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Any clouds will be high and dry in the sky. Tomorrow will be slightly windier with east winds 12-17 mph and up to 25 mph tomorrow night and seas 3-4 feet. Starting Monday daytime winds and seas will be fairly calm and at night the winds will get up 15-20 mph. This week will be dry, but we still have some hope that starting next Saturday we can get some scattered showers into the forecast.

Low tide is 4:38 p.m. Have a great weekend.

April 21, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands! We awake to 15 mph east winds after they got up close to 30 mph last night. Today and tomorrow should be fairly calm, with daytime winds 7-12 mph and seas 2 feet. Nighttime winds will be 15-20 mph and seas 3 feet. Sunday and Monday will be a bit windier at 15-20 mph and seas 3-4 feet. Tuesday and Wednesday we will have calmer days, but windier nights. Through the whole period we will have mostly clear skies. We’re still hopeful for rain chances toward the end of next week and perhaps again around the first of May.

Low tide is 3:46 p.m. Have a great Friday!

April 20, 2023: Good evening Bay Islands. Sorry for the delay. We have winds from the east at 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet. We also have some high clouds that make the sky hazy, but don’t bring any rain. Now through Friday morning, we should continue to have east winds 20-30 mph and seas 3-4 feet. Friday and Saturday winds will calm a bit to 10-15 mph and seas to 2-3 feet. We’re seeing some signs that by the end of next week we should have a few chances at rain. Let’s hope so.

Low tide is 3 p.m. Have a great Thursday!

April 19, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! Skies are clear and the only rain on the satellite is on the coast of Guatemala/Honduras, and that isn’t coming anywhere near us. We wake up to winds 15-20 mph and seas at 3 feet. Today and tomorrow daytime winds will be about the same, but nighttime winds will be 20-25 mph and seas 4 feet, not as bad as our winds a couple of weeks ago, but still plenty windy. As we get into the weekend, winds will calm a little and by next week they will calm down quite a bit. But the next two weeks look dry, sad to say. The best hope I can give you is that some models give us better rain chances around the first of May.

Low tide is 2:18 p.m. Have a great Wednesday!

April 18, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands! RAIN, RAIN glorious Rain! It wasn’t a lot, but for many of us it was enough to keep down the dust for a day or two.

Winds are moderate, around 10 mph and seas are around 2 feet on the southside and 3 feet on the northside. Winds should be quite calm today, with seas 1-2 feet. It is possible, but not likely we will see another shower in the morning hours. This afternoon we will clear out and rain chances will be quite low.

Tomorrow through Friday winds will be 15-20 mph and seas 3-4 feet. This weekend winds and seas will calm and we’ll get another small chance of rain, especially Sunday morning.

Low tide is 1:36 p.m. Have a great Tuesday!

April 17, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands. We wake up with some clouds in the western sky and winds around 20 mph and seas 3 feet on the north side and 4 feet on the south side. Winds should get a little calmer as the day goes on, and tomorrow should be super calm.

I am more hopeful about getting some rain tonight. On the satellite you will see a disturbance over the Yucatan peninsula and Belize.

Rain gauges from Livingston, Guatemala on the coast and toward the west from there have picked up good rain showers up to about half an inch. Those clouds will move in our general direction today. We will have increasing clouds and about a 20 percent chance of a shower this afternoon. The best chance for rain is overnight into tomorrow morning.

The GFS model predicts a widespread area of about half an inch. Let’s hope it is right. It is the most optimistic model right now. The others aren’t so kind. Tomorrow after some morning showers we will have partly cloudy skies, winds 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet.

We clear out Wednesday and for the period into the weekend, we will have winds 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet under clear skies. Early next week looks calmer with perhaps an isolated shower around.

Low tides are 12:55 p.m. and 1:25 a.m. Have a good week!