# Cairns snorkeling forecast

Cairns has no good model window later today. Check the three-day outlook and official beach advisories.

- Location: Cairns, Australia
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-09-17T22:23:50.898008+10:00
- Verdict: Poor
- Score: 0.0/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 3%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-09-17T21:57:07.502755+10:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/cairns/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/cairns/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/cairns/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/cairns/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/cairns/history.json

## Next 24 hours

| time | rating | score | ok | waves_m | wind_mps | sst_c |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-17T23:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.0 | 3.3 | 24.0 |
| 2026-09-18T00:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.04 | 2.85 | 23.9 |
| 2026-09-18T01:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.06 | 2.78 | 23.9 |
| 2026-09-18T02:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.14 | 3.83 | 23.9 |
| 2026-09-18T03:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.2 | 2.35 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T04:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.28 | 4.08 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T05:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.36 | 4.48 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T06:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.46 | 4.59 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T07:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.54 | 4.88 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T08:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.58 | 4.84 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T09:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.64 | 6.51 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T10:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.39208703703703707 | no | 1.68 | 7.85 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T11:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.3463407407407407 | no | 1.68 | 7.96 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T12:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.3466092592592593 | no | 1.68 | 7.43 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T13:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.37815 | no | 1.68 | 7.83 | 23.9 |
| 2026-09-18T14:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.393512962962963 | no | 1.66 | 7.27 | 23.9 |
| 2026-09-18T15:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.41201851851851856 | no | 1.66 | 7.3 | 24.0 |
| 2026-09-18T16:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.4012037037037037 | no | 1.64 | 6.86 | 24.0 |
| 2026-09-18T17:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.3798666666666667 | no | 1.62 | 5.76 | 24.0 |
| 2026-09-18T18:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.4495037037037037 | no | 1.6 | 5.24 | 23.9 |
| 2026-09-18T19:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.58 | 5.22 | 23.9 |
| 2026-09-18T20:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.58 | 5.31 | 23.9 |
| 2026-09-18T21:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.56 | 5.55 | 23.8 |
| 2026-09-18T22:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.56 | 5.62 | 23.8 |

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