Can you snorkel in Ningaloo - Coral Bay today?

Conditions look marginal right now — no clearly safe snorkeling window is forecast in Ningaloo - Coral Bay over the next 72 hours. Check the hourly table for the calmest period.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Ningaloo - Coral Bay?

Snorkel during daylight, ideally in the morning before the wind picks up, and around high slack tide when water is clearest and currents are weakest. SnorkelForecast scores every daylight hour in Ningaloo - Coral Bay so you can pick the calmest window.

What is the best tide for snorkeling?

High slack tide — within about an hour of the high-tide peak when currents are weakest — is the safest, clearest window. Strong low tides, strong tidal flow near channels or headlands, and large tidal-range days reduce score.

Ningaloo - Coral Bay Snorkel Report Today

Australia · Updated Tue 04:15 (AEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Marginal Report Thu 08:49

Ningaloo - Coral Bay looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Thu 19:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 5.3/10

Best time: Thu 19:00

Main risk: Waves

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

Best afternoon signal: Thu 19:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 7.4 m/s.

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Sunrise

09:03

Sunset

19:58

Water

23.3°C

Max air

26.6°C

Sky

Clear

0% 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

Thu 09:00 — Fair (0.53) · still limited by waves
Thu 08:00 — Fair (0.52) · still limited by waves, wind
Thu 07:00 — Fair (0.51) · still limited by waves, wind

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (29 hours)
Wind (20 hours)
Darkness (15 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 18/100

Low drift risk now.

water is warm enough for occasional jellyfish; 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: Thu 20:00

Thu 08:00, Thu 20:00

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❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sun 22:00 – Wed 22:00 (AEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.59 around Mon 15:00; 10 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 1.42m to 1.58m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 24/24 sampled hours (range 0.29 to 4.94m/s).

Tides range from -0.13m to 1.05m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sun 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 00:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 01:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 02:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 03:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 00:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 01:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 02:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 03:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 00:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 01:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 02:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 03:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 22:00	1.42 · high	4.07 · good	23.00 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	1.44 · high	3.90 · good	23.00 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	1.44 · high	4.19 · good	23.00 · good	good
Mon 01:00	1.44 · high	3.76 · good	23.10 · good	fair
Mon 02:00	1.46 · high	2.82 · good	23.10 · good	fair
Mon 03:00	1.46 · high	1.95 · good	23.20 · good	fair
Mon 04:00	1.48 · high	1.17 · good	23.30 · good	good
Mon 05:00	1.48 · high	0.29 · good	23.30 · good	good
Mon 06:00	1.50 · high	1.00 · good	23.40 · good	good
Mon 07:00	1.52 · high	2.33 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Mon 08:00	1.52 · high	4.18 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Mon 09:00	1.54 · high	4.94 · good	23.30 · good	fair
Mon 10:00	1.54 · high	3.56 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Mon 11:00	1.56 · high	2.59 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Mon 12:00	1.56 · high	0.96 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Mon 13:00	1.56 · high	0.40 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Mon 14:00	1.58 · high	0.85 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Mon 15:00	1.58 · high	2.27 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Mon 16:00	1.58 · high	2.97 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Mon 17:00	1.58 · high	2.27 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Mon 18:00	1.58 · high	1.17 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Mon 19:00	1.58 · high	1.40 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	1.58 · high	1.29 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	1.58 · high	1.31 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	1.56 · high	0.98 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	1.56 · high	0.90 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	1.54 · high	1.83 · good	23.10 · good	good
Tue 01:00	1.54 · high	2.30 · good	23.10 · good	fair
Tue 02:00	1.52 · high	1.71 · good	23.10 · good	good
Tue 03:00	1.52 · high	4.05 · good	23.10 · good	fair
Tue 04:00	1.50 · high	4.88 · good	23.20 · good	fair
Tue 05:00	1.48 · high	5.01 · good	23.20 · good	fair
Tue 06:00	1.46 · high	4.57 · good	23.20 · good	fair
Tue 07:00	1.46 · high	4.05 · good	23.20 · good	fair
Tue 08:00	1.44 · high	3.72 · good	23.20 · good	fair
Tue 09:00	1.44 · high	3.29 · good	23.20 · good	fair
Tue 10:00	1.44 · high	2.46 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 11:00	1.42 · high	1.62 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 12:00	1.42 · high	0.40 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 13:00	1.40 · high	0.34 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 14:00	1.38 · high	0.78 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 15:00	1.36 · high	0.60 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 16:00	1.36 · high	0.42 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 17:00	1.34 · high	0.38 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 18:00	1.34 · high	1.26 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 19:00	1.32 · high	2.85 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Tue 20:00	1.32 · high	3.05 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Tue 21:00	1.30 · high	2.58 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Tue 22:00	1.30 · high	2.48 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Tue 23:00	1.28 · high	2.55 · good	23.10 · good	poor
Wed 00:00	1.28 · high	3.65 · good	23.10 · good	good
Wed 01:00	1.26 · high	2.78 · good	23.20 · good	good
Wed 02:00	1.26 · high	2.03 · good	23.20 · good	good
Wed 03:00	1.24 · high	3.27 · good	23.30 · good	fair
Wed 04:00	1.22 · high	3.79 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Wed 05:00	1.22 · high	4.14 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Wed 06:00	1.20 · high	3.86 · good	23.50 · good	fair
Wed 07:00	1.36 · high	4.66 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Wed 08:00	1.36 · high	4.38 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Wed 09:00	1.36 · high	4.13 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Wed 10:00	1.36 · high	4.65 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Wed 11:00	1.34 · high	3.60 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Wed 12:00	1.34 · high	2.83 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Wed 13:00	1.34 · high	2.55 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Wed 14:00	1.32 · high	2.25 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Wed 15:00	1.32 · high	2.21 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Wed 16:00	1.32 · high	2.26 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Wed 17:00	1.32 · high	2.33 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Wed 18:00	1.32 · high	2.32 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Wed 19:00	1.32 · high	2.12 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Wed 20:00	1.30 · high	2.05 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Wed 21:00	1.30 · high	2.17 · good	23.20 · good	poor