# Lady Elliot Island snorkeling forecast

Lady Elliot Island looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sat 13:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Lady Elliot Island, Australia
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T12:35:49.868899+10:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 2.9/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T10:29:39.652355+10:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lady-elliot-island/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lady-elliot-island/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lady-elliot-island/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lady-elliot-island/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lady-elliot-island/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lady-elliot-island/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 23.3 °C (73.9 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 23.9 °C (75.0 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: -0.6 °C (-1.1 °F), cooler 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.29248148148148156 | no | 1.74 | 10.52 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.27109259259259266 | no | 1.76 | 10.31 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.23833333333333329 | no | 1.76 | 10.17 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.1872425925925926 | no | 1.78 | 10.31 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.1700462962962963 | no | 1.8 | 10.69 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.84 | 10.9 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.86 | 11.09 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.9 | 11.53 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.92 | 11.58 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.96 | 11.7 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.96 | 12.02 | 23.3 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.96 | 11.9 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.96 | 11.28 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.94 | 10.83 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T03:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.9 | 10.35 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T04:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.88 | 10.22 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T05:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.84 | 10.15 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T06:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.82 | 8.19 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T07:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.78 | 9.52 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T08:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.76 | 9.1 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T09:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.76 | 8.62 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T10:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.1887962962962963 | no | 1.74 | 9.88 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T11:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.25882962962962963 | no | 1.74 | 8.98 | 23.2 |
| 2026-10-18T12:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.19647777777777778 | no | 1.74 | 9.6 | 23.2 |

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