# Lord Howe Island snorkeling forecast

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

- Location: Lord Howe Island, Australia
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T12:35:40.001050+10:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 3.6/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T11:01:28.712925+10:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lord-howe-island/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lord-howe-island/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lord-howe-island/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lord-howe-island/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lord-howe-island/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/australia/lord-howe-island/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 20.7 °C (69.3 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 20.1 °C (68.2 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: +0.6 °C (+1.1 °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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.36383518518518515 | no | 2.18 | 6.31 | 20.7 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.3369722222222222 | no | 2.14 | 6.33 | 20.8 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00+10:00 | fair | 0.3525962962962963 | no | 2.12 | 6.64 | 20.8 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.3031277777777778 | no | 2.08 | 7.17 | 20.8 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.2737851851851852 | no | 2.06 | 7.66 | 20.8 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.06 | 7.97 | 20.8 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 7.96 | 20.7 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.02 | 7.69 | 20.7 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.0 | 7.57 | 20.7 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.98 | 7.21 | 20.7 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.96 | 7.0 | 20.7 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.92 | 7.35 | 20.7 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.9 | 7.2 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.88 | 7.2 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T03:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.86 | 7.45 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T04:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.84 | 7.79 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T05:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.82 | 7.75 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T06:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.8 | 7.32 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T07:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.78 | 6.6 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T08:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.76 | 7.11 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T09:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.72 | 7.75 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T10:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.2645444444444444 | no | 1.7 | 7.8 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T11:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.2907314814814815 | no | 1.68 | 7.55 | 20.6 |
| 2026-10-18T12:00:00+10:00 | poor | 0.3189166666666667 | no | 1.68 | 7.11 | 20.6 |

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