# Esperance snorkeling forecast

Esperance looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sun 12:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Esperance, Australia
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-09-27T00:19:32.031814+10:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 3.4/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-09-26T23:52:41.620668+10:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/esperance/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/esperance/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/esperance/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/esperance/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/esperance/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/esperance/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 17.2 °C (63.0 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 9: 16.7 °C (62.1 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 9 normal: +0.5 °C (+0.9 °F), warmer than the stored baseline
- Scoring thresholds: waves <= 0.36 m, wind <= 5.4 m/s, current <= 0.36 m/s, water 20.6-30.4 °C. Forecast thresholds, not official safety limits.

## Next 24 hours

| time | rating | score | ok | waves_m | wind_mps | sst_c |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-27T01:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.96 | 5.31 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T02:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.92 | 4.85 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T03:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.88 | 2.42 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T04:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.84 | 4.43 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T05:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.8 | 5.2 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T06:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.74 | 5.45 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T07:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.7 | 4.72 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T08:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.66 | 5.01 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T09:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.64 | 5.77 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T10:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.2554537037037037 | no | 1.6 | 5.51 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T11:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.28716666666666657 | no | 1.58 | 4.14 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T12:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.3356388888888888 | no | 1.56 | 3.99 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T13:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.33378703703703694 | no | 1.54 | 4.07 | 17.2 |
| 2026-09-27T14:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.31086111111111103 | no | 1.52 | 5.19 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T15:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.24650925925925926 | no | 1.48 | 5.54 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T16:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.2485925925925926 | no | 1.46 | 5.45 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T17:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.27440740740740743 | no | 1.44 | 5.89 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T18:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.2472037037037037 | no | 1.44 | 5.51 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T19:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.28947222222222224 | no | 1.42 | 4.17 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T20:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.42 | 4.61 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T21:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.44 | 4.94 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T22:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.44 | 4.56 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-27T23:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.4 | 3.58 | 17.3 |
| 2026-09-28T00:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.36 | 2.77 | 17.3 |

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- [Agincourt Reef](https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/agincourt-reef/index.md)
- [Arlington Reef](https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/arlington-reef/index.md)
- [Byron Bay](https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/byron-bay/index.md)
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