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Lady Elliot Island Snorkel Report Today

Australia · Updated Tue 04:13 (AEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Marginal Report Thu 00:04

Lady Elliot Island looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Fri 11:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 4.3/10

Best time: Fri 11:00

Main risk: Waves

Best morning signal: Thu 10:00 (Fair).

Best afternoon signal: Thu 15:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 5.4 m/s.

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Sunrise

06:29

Sunset

17:21

Water

22.2°C

Max air

21.0°C

Sky

Clear

1% cloud

No safe window in the next 72 hours

Use the best-available section for the least-bad times.

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Thursday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

  • Fri 01:00 — Fair (0.45) · still limited by waves, wind
  • Fri 02:00 — Fair (0.44) · still limited by waves, wind
  • Thu 05:00 — Fair (0.43) · still limited by waves, tide/current

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Waves (37 hours)
  • Tide/current (29 hours)
  • Darkness (25 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

Drift estimate from wind, swell, current and warm water.

Low · 26/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 18:00.

water is warm enough for occasional jellyfish; surface drift/current is noticeable; local shoreline exposure is not mapped yet.

Sightings override the model: if you see small purple jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, treat them as sting-capable and give them space.

Upcoming high tides

Next early morning high tide: Wed 16:00

Wed 16:00, Thu 06:00

Nearby alternatives in Australia

Heron Island

110 km away

✅ Good

Byron Bay

511 km away

❌ Poor

Whitsundays

572 km away

❌ Poor

Lord Howe Island

1037 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Fri 14:00 – Mon 14:00 (AEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.4 around Sat 10:00; 1 of 24 hours are good, fair, or excellent.

Score trend, higher is better. Excellent ≥ 0.72, good 0.55–0.72, fair 0.35–0.55.

Conditions (24h trends)

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0/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 1.02m to 1.26m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 2/24 sampled hours (range 3.6 to 35.9m/s).

Tides range from -0.27m to 1.29m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

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Scoring methodology (for technical users)

We score each hour from 0 to 1 using daylight and these weighted components:

  • Wave height (35%): best below 0.36m, then decreases as it rises.
  • Wind speed (25%): best below 5.4m/s, lower is better.
  • Sea surface temperature (15%): best within 20.6°C to 30.4°C.
  • Tide and currents (15%): best around slack/high-tide windows.
  • Daylight (10%): visibility and safety gate (outside daylight scores lower).
Detailed hourly data table
Time Wave (m) Wind (m/s) Sea temp (°C) Status
Fri 14:00 1.04 · high 3.60 · good 22.80 · good poor
Fri 15:00 1.04 · high 5.30 · good 22.80 · good poor
Fri 16:00 1.04 · high 10.30 · high 22.80 · good poor
Fri 17:00 1.02 · high 15.80 · high 22.80 · good poor
Fri 18:00 1.02 · high 21.50 · high 22.80 · good poor
Fri 19:00 1.04 · high 27.00 · high 22.80 · good poor
Fri 20:00 1.04 · high 29.70 · high 22.80 · good poor
Fri 21:00 1.06 · high 29.60 · high 22.80 · good poor
Fri 22:00 1.08 · high 28.80 · high 22.70 · good poor
Fri 23:00 1.12 · high 28.50 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 00:00 1.14 · high 27.00 · high 22.70 · good fair
Sat 01:00 1.14 · high 26.80 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 02:00 1.12 · high 26.00 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 03:00 1.12 · high 24.10 · high 22.80 · good poor
Sat 04:00 1.10 · high 22.30 · high 22.80 · good poor
Sat 05:00 1.08 · high 21.10 · high 22.80 · good poor
Sat 06:00 1.06 · high 20.80 · high 22.80 · good poor
Sat 07:00 1.08 · high 21.90 · high 22.80 · good poor
Sat 08:00 1.12 · high 27.60 · high 22.80 · good poor
Sat 09:00 1.14 · high 29.70 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 10:00 1.16 · high 29.30 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 11:00 1.20 · high 33.90 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 12:00 1.22 · high 35.90 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 13:00 1.26 · high 34.80 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 14:00 1.28 · high 33.90 · high 22.70 · good poor
Sat 15:00 1.32 · high 38.20 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sat 16:00 1.36 · high 36.50 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sat 17:00 1.40 · high 36.30 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sat 18:00 1.44 · high 34.70 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sat 19:00 1.52 · high 35.30 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sat 20:00 1.58 · high 36.70 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sat 21:00 1.66 · high 39.30 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sat 22:00 1.70 · high 39.30 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sat 23:00 1.76 · high 41.80 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 00:00 1.80 · high 42.10 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 01:00 1.86 · high 43.20 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 02:00 1.90 · high 42.90 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 03:00 1.96 · high 42.20 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 04:00 1.98 · high 41.80 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 05:00 1.98 · high 42.10 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 06:00 2.00 · high 41.60 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 07:00 2.00 · high 40.10 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 08:00 1.98 · high 38.70 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 09:00 1.98 · high 40.90 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 10:00 2.00 · high 39.50 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 11:00 2.00 · high 41.80 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 12:00 2.02 · high 41.50 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 13:00 2.02 · high 43.70 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 14:00 2.00 · high 38.70 · high 22.60 · good poor
Sun 15:00 2.00 · high 41.40 · high 22.50 · good poor
Sun 16:00 2.02 · high 40.50 · high 22.50 · good poor
Sun 17:00 2.06 · high 40.90 · high 22.50 · good poor
Sun 18:00 2.08 · high 42.50 · high 22.50 · good poor
Sun 19:00 2.10 · high 42.60 · high 22.50 · good poor
Sun 20:00 2.12 · high 43.90 · high 22.50 · good poor
Sun 21:00 2.14 · high 44.10 · high 22.50 · good poor
Sun 22:00 2.18 · high 46.30 · high 22.50 · good poor
Sun 23:00 2.22 · high 46.80 · high 22.50 · good poor
Mon 00:00 2.26 · high 45.20 · high 22.50 · good poor
Mon 01:00 2.26 · high 46.80 · high 22.50 · good poor
Mon 02:00 2.26 · high 47.60 · high 22.50 · good poor
Mon 03:00 2.26 · high 46.60 · high 22.60 · good poor
Mon 04:00 2.26 · high 45.80 · high 22.60 · good poor
Mon 05:00 2.24 · high 45.10 · high 22.60 · good poor
Mon 06:00 2.24 · high 45.60 · high 22.60 · good poor
Mon 07:00 2.22 · high 46.90 · high 22.60 · good poor
Mon 08:00 2.22 · high 45.50 · high 22.60 · good poor
Mon 09:00 2.20 · high 45.50 · high 22.60 · good poor
Mon 10:00 2.08 · high 13.09 · high 22.50 · good poor
Mon 11:00 2.06 · high 12.68 · high 22.50 · good poor
Mon 12:00 2.06 · high 12.68 · high 22.50 · good poor
Mon 13:00 2.02 · high 12.19 · high 22.50 · good poor