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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 06:33

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

5% 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 (31 hours)
  • Tide/current (25 hours)
  • Darkness (19 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

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

Sun 20:00 – Wed 20:00 (AEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.27 around Mon 12:00; 0 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 1.4m to 1.52m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 29.8 to 35.7m/s).

Tides range from -0.34m to 1.49m; 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
Sun 20:00 1.42 · high 32.00 · high 22.90 · good poor
Sun 21:00 1.42 · high 32.00 · high 22.90 · good poor
Sun 22:00 1.44 · high 34.70 · high 22.90 · good poor
Sun 23:00 1.48 · high 35.70 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 00:00 1.50 · high 35.70 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 01:00 1.48 · high 34.80 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 02:00 1.48 · high 32.90 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 03:00 1.46 · high 30.90 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 04:00 1.44 · high 30.10 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 05:00 1.44 · high 29.80 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 06:00 1.42 · high 29.90 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 07:00 1.42 · high 30.60 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 08:00 1.40 · high 30.90 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 09:00 1.40 · high 31.10 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 10:00 1.40 · high 31.50 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 11:00 1.42 · high 31.80 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 12:00 1.42 · high 32.10 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 13:00 1.46 · high 31.40 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 14:00 1.48 · high 33.10 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 15:00 1.52 · high 34.40 · high 23.00 · good poor
Mon 16:00 1.52 · high 33.90 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 17:00 1.52 · high 32.70 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 18:00 1.52 · high 31.90 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 19:00 1.48 · high 30.20 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 20:00 1.46 · high 27.30 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 21:00 1.42 · high 27.50 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 22:00 1.38 · high 23.00 · high 22.90 · good poor
Mon 23:00 1.32 · high 20.40 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 00:00 1.28 · high 21.80 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 01:00 1.26 · high 24.00 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 02:00 1.24 · high 22.10 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 03:00 1.22 · high 21.20 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 04:00 1.22 · high 21.40 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 05:00 1.20 · high 22.20 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 06:00 1.20 · high 22.50 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 07:00 1.20 · high 22.40 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 08:00 1.20 · high 23.20 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 09:00 1.20 · high 23.20 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 10:00 1.20 · high 25.50 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 11:00 1.20 · high 26.30 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 12:00 1.12 · high 15.30 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 13:00 1.10 · high 15.40 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 14:00 1.08 · high 15.70 · high 23.00 · good poor
Tue 15:00 1.06 · high 14.60 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 16:00 1.06 · high 13.30 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 17:00 1.04 · high 13.20 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 18:00 1.04 · high 12.80 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 19:00 1.02 · high 13.80 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 20:00 1.00 · high 14.90 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 21:00 0.98 · high 16.40 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 22:00 0.98 · high 18.90 · high 22.90 · good poor
Tue 23:00 0.98 · high 21.20 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 00:00 0.98 · high 21.90 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 01:00 1.00 · high 22.20 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 02:00 1.02 · high 22.30 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 03:00 1.04 · high 20.50 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 04:00 1.04 · high 19.80 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 05:00 1.04 · high 16.70 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 06:00 1.04 · high 16.80 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 07:00 1.04 · high 16.50 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 08:00 1.02 · high 15.70 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 09:00 1.02 · high 16.40 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 10:00 1.00 · high 18.40 · high 23.00 · good poor
Wed 11:00 1.00 · high 18.20 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 12:00 0.98 · high 19.50 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 13:00 1.00 · high 20.40 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 14:00 1.00 · high 20.20 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 15:00 1.02 · high 21.50 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 16:00 1.02 · high 22.30 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 17:00 1.02 · high 22.00 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 18:00 1.02 · high 18.80 · high 22.90 · good poor
Wed 19:00 1.02 · high 17.10 · high 22.90 · good poor