Savannah Bight, Guanaja tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 16:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are America/Tegucigalpa local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Savannah Bight sits on the eastern flank of Guanaja, the easternmost of Honduras's Bay Islands, accessible only by water taxi or private boat — there are no roads on the island. The village clusters around a protected embayment backed by steep pine-forested hills, with wooden houses on stilts extending over the shallows. The dock in front of the main settlement is the pulse point of daily life: fishing pangas return in the early morning, supplies arrive from the mainland by weekly freighter, and the water taxis that connect Savannah Bight to Bonacca (the main commercial island a few kilometres west) run through the afternoon. The tidal pattern here is microtidal and mixed semidiurnal. Open-Meteo Marine provides the forecast data — accuracy is ±45 minutes on timing, ±0.2–0.3 m on height. Spring tidal range sits between 20 and 50 cm. That small range means water depth changes slowly and predictably, which matters most for kayakers and shallow-draft boat operators navigating the reef shallows east of the bight. For anglers, the reef edge offshore drops from 3–5 m to 20 m within a short run from the dock. Snappers and grouper hold the drop; jack crevalle and barracuda follow the reef perimeter. The best fishing effort concentrates in the two hours before and after the higher low water, when bait fish stack against the reef wall. Bring your own gear — there are no tackle shops in the village. Paddlers launching from the beach at Savannah Bight can work the eastern coastline of Guanaja with relative confidence. The Caribbean swell wraps around the eastern point but stays manageable outside of northers (November through March). The mangrove-fringed inlets north of the bight offer flat-water paddling, wildlife observation, and shade. Sea kayakers circumnavigating Guanaja typically overnight at Savannah Bight to stage the easternmost leg of the route. Beach families will find calm, clear water inside the bight, with a sandy bottom and minimal boat traffic. The coral fringing the outer edge of the anchorage is within snorkelling distance from shore — mask, fins, and snorkel are worth packing from the mainland. Water temperature holds around 27–29°C year-round. Photographers get the best light in the two hours after sunrise, when the pine hills behind the village catch warm light and the reflections in the still bight are sharp. The morning panga arrivals make for strong documentary images. At dusk, the silhouette of the ridge behind the settlement is clean against the eastern sky. Tide timing note: the forecast reflects conditions at the sea surface off the east coast of Guanaja. Reef gaps and the narrow cuts between the island's outer cays will experience slightly faster tidal flow than the open bight, so allow extra margin when transiting shallow passages on a falling tide.