April 16, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! Our winds last night got up to 35 mph and seas to 6 feet, but this morning seas are around 3-4 feet. Winds will be 10-15 mph today under clear skies and seas around 3 feet. Tonight will not be as windy with winds 20-25 mph and seas at 4 feet. Tomorrow and especially Tuesday will be calmer, though not flat calm.
It’s been plenty hot with no clouds to give us relief. It was around 90 degrees in many places yesterday and today will be the same. Tomorrow we will have a few more clouds with a disturbance passing through. We have hopes that some of us will see a shower or two Monday night into Tuesday, though that isn’t a sure thing. The rest of the week looks dry with winds 15-20 mph and seas around 3 feet. Low tides are 12:13 p.m. and 12:43 a.m. Have a great Sunday!

April 15, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. We were back to our windy ways last night. Winds got up to 36 mph and seas to 6 feet. This morning they are around 20 mph and seas at 3 feet on the southside, 2 feet on the northside. We have windy and clear day and night ahead. During the day tomorrow things get a little calmer with winds 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Tomorrow night winds get up to 20 mph and Monday and Tuesday they will be around 15-20 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Monday night into Tuesday we have a small chance of rain, but other than that we are dry for the week ahead. Low tides are 11:30 a.m. and 11:58 p.m. Have a great weekend!

Good morning, Bay Islands. Sorry for missing you yesterday. We wake up to windier conditions. Seas are 3 feet and winds 20-25 mph from the southeast. We are back to super-windy conditions for the weekend. This evening and tomorrow evening winds will be around 35 mph and seas will get up to 6 feet. During the day winds should be around 20-25 mph and seas 3-4 feet.

Today we have some high clouds coming off the coast of Belize. These will again give us a day of hazy to cloudy skies, but no chances of rain today or through the weekend.
Monday winds will calm to 12-17 mph and Tuesday evening calmer with winds 7-12 mph and seas 2-3 feet. Monday night into Tuesday morning we will have our best, and perhaps only, chance of getting a rain shower. Even at that it is only about a 1 in 3 chance, but let’s hope. After that, we continue with dry weather, winds around 20 mph and seas around 3 feet for the rest of next week.

Low tides are 10:45 a.m. and 11:10 p.m. Have a great Friday!

April 12, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands! We awake to winds and seas that are slightly higher than yesterday. Winds are 5-10 mph and seas slightly more than 1 foot. Those conditions will continue today, but tonight winds will be 10-15 mph and seas at 2 feet. Those conditions will continue through tomorrow.

This morning some clouds are moving off the coast of Belize and upper level winds are from the west, so we should have a few clouds around this afternoon. Tomorrow there will be quite a few high clouds, so we will have a hazy day, but there is very little chance of rain. Friday winds will be 10-15 mph and seas 2-3 feet. This weekend winds will be 15-20 mph during the day and 20-30 mph at night and seas 3-4 feet. Monday seas will calm to around 2 feet and we will have a chance of rain Monday and Tuesday, especially in the mornings.

There is a minor low tide a 9:03 a.m. and a major low tide at 9:08 p.m. Have a great Wednesday!

April 11, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands. Yesterday we had some late morning showers around. If you saw some rain let us know in comments. Unfortunately our skies are mostly clear and there aren’t many clouds around. We remain calm and those gorgeous conditions will last through tomorrow. Thursday winds pick up a little bit to 10 mph and seas to 2 feet. Friday through Sunday will be windy with seas up to 5 feet, but starting Monday we get calmer again. The rest of the week looks pretty dry. There will be a small chance of rain next Monday and Tuesday.

Low tide is 7:51 p.m. Have a great Tuesday!

April 10, 2023: Good morning Bay Islands. Our seas are almost flat calm this morning and will continue that way through the day.

We have some slow-moving clouds to the east of Guanaja and they may hold together to bring Guanaja and perhaps the east side of Roatan clouds and a shower or two around 9 a.m., but they will decrease as the morning goes on.

Today through Thursday we will continue to have calm winds and seas and a chance of a morning shower each day. We are still looking for more winds Friday through Sunday and a chance of showers coming out of the north around the 17th and 18th, though those chances aren’t great.

Low tide is 6:23 p.m. Have a great week!

April 9, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! We have a few clouds around, but nothing to worry about (or hope for) with any rain in them. We have southeast winds at 10 mph and seas at 2 feet. Winds will stay light, seas 1-2 feet and skies mostly sunny today. Calm winds and seas will last through Thursday. I believe someone will see a morning shower between now and Thursday, but there won’t be many of them. This coming weekend we’re back to dry and windy. The long-range forecast is still trying to bring us a norther the 18th or 19th, but those are highly unusual this time of year so we’ll just wait and see. Low tide is 5:05 p.m. Have a great Sunday and be careful on those crowded beaches!

April 8, 2023: Good morning, Bay Islands! We had a fairly quiet night for once; at least it was quiet when it came to the wind. We wake up to 15 mph winds and 3 foot seas and they will continue that way through the day and tonight under clear skies.
Tomorrow we start seeing even calmer conditions with winds 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Monday and Tuesday we might see flat calm conditions with winds 3-7 mph and seas 0-1 foot. Hopefully we can get one or two passing morning showers, but don’t expect much in the way of rain. Calm conditions last through Thursday. After that we’re back to our easterly trade winds.

Low tide is 4:03 p.m. Have a great weekend!

Is the wind unusual for this time of year? It is hard to say because we don’t have good records of previous years’ winds from good locations 30 feet off the ground and away from trees and buildings (the requirement for a good wind measurement)

but my location was running after the first week of last April and we did get winds into the 30 mph range at night at least a couple of times.

Of course, this year in March we got up well into the 30 mph range several nights, but we also had several nights around 20 mph in the early part of the month. I always tell folks the best time of year to visit the island is October and the first part of November, when it is often flat calm and not very rainy, and also not very crowded. This time of year is dry, but quite windy on average.

You can see this on the history of the weather station on the south side at First Bight. Notice how low the winds were from late September to late November last year.

April 7, 2023 Good morning Bay Islands! Lots of folks are ready to head to the beach today, and we will start to see some lower winds. This morning we have south winds at 20 mph and seas at 4 feet. Winds during the day today will be 15-20 mph and seas at 3 feet. Tonight winds will be 17-22 mph and seas at 4 feet. Saturday winds will be 15 mph and seas at 3 feet. Sunday is when we really see the difference with winds 5-10 mph and seas 1-2 feet. Those wonderfully calm conditions will last through Wednesday. During this period we will also have a chance of some of those morning showers, especially Monday and Tuesday. I don’t expect a lot of rain, but a little would help. Starting next Thursday the winds return. The long-range forecast is trying to give us some rain around the 20th, but this time of year those forecasts usually dry up, but we’ll watch it.

Low tide is 3:16 p.m. Have a great day and be safe this weekend!