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Whitsundays Snorkel Report Today

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

The skinny

Marginal Report Wed 23:44

Whitsundays looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Thu 17:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 5.4/10

Best time: Thu 17:00

Main risk: Waves

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Sunrise

06:38

Sunset

17:42

Water

20.7°C

Max air

21.1°C

Sky

Cloudy

96% 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 07:00 — Fair (0.54) · still limited by waves, wind
  • Thu 03:00 — Fair (0.43) · still limited by waves, wind
  • Thu 06:00 — Fair (0.41) · still limited by waves, wind

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Waves (38 hours)
  • Tide/current (34 hours)
  • Wind (30 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 26/100

Low drift risk now.

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 20:00

Wed 20:00, Thu 08:00, Thu 21:00

Nearby alternatives in Australia

Heron Island

462 km away

✅ Good

Lady Elliot Island

572 km away

❌ Poor

Byron Bay

1041 km away

❌ Poor

Lord Howe Island

1607 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Fri 13:00 – Mon 13:00 (AEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.36 around Sat 12:00; 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 0.4m to 0.68m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 15.9 to 26.9m/s).

Tides range from -0.42m to 1.92m; 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 13:00 0.42 · high 16.30 · high 22.10 · good poor
Fri 14:00 0.40 · high 15.90 · high 22.10 · good poor
Fri 15:00 0.40 · high 16.30 · high 22.00 · good poor
Fri 16:00 0.40 · high 16.80 · high 22.00 · good poor
Fri 17:00 0.42 · high 17.30 · high 22.00 · good poor
Fri 18:00 0.42 · high 18.30 · high 22.00 · good poor
Fri 19:00 0.44 · high 17.80 · high 22.00 · good poor
Fri 20:00 0.46 · high 18.20 · high 22.00 · good poor
Fri 21:00 0.48 · high 19.70 · high 22.00 · good poor
Fri 22:00 0.50 · high 21.00 · high 22.00 · good poor
Fri 23:00 0.52 · high 21.30 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 00:00 0.54 · high 21.90 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 01:00 0.56 · high 22.50 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 02:00 0.60 · high 23.70 · high 22.00 · good fair
Sat 03:00 0.62 · high 25.00 · high 22.10 · good poor
Sat 04:00 0.64 · high 26.00 · high 22.10 · good poor
Sat 05:00 0.64 · high 26.30 · high 22.10 · good poor
Sat 06:00 0.66 · high 26.40 · high 22.10 · good poor
Sat 07:00 0.66 · high 26.90 · high 22.10 · good poor
Sat 08:00 0.66 · high 26.80 · high 22.10 · good poor
Sat 09:00 0.66 · high 24.80 · high 22.10 · good poor
Sat 10:00 0.66 · high 25.50 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 11:00 0.68 · high 25.50 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 12:00 0.68 · high 25.50 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 13:00 0.68 · high 26.00 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 14:00 0.70 · high 27.00 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 15:00 0.70 · high 25.80 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 16:00 0.70 · high 26.20 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 17:00 0.72 · high 26.90 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 18:00 0.72 · high 27.80 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 19:00 0.76 · high 30.60 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 20:00 0.78 · high 30.90 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sat 21:00 0.82 · high 29.50 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sat 22:00 0.84 · high 29.40 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sat 23:00 0.84 · high 30.00 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 00:00 0.86 · high 32.10 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 01:00 0.88 · high 32.40 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 02:00 0.88 · high 33.40 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 03:00 0.90 · high 34.40 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 04:00 0.92 · high 34.60 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 05:00 0.92 · high 34.70 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 06:00 0.94 · high 34.90 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 07:00 0.94 · high 34.70 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 08:00 0.92 · high 34.10 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 09:00 0.92 · high 33.20 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 10:00 0.92 · high 33.00 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 11:00 0.92 · high 31.80 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 12:00 0.92 · high 32.80 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 13:00 0.92 · high 31.00 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 14:00 0.90 · high 31.60 · high 22.00 · good poor
Sun 15:00 0.90 · high 32.30 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 16:00 0.92 · high 33.40 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 17:00 0.96 · high 34.40 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 18:00 0.98 · high 34.00 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 19:00 1.00 · high 34.80 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 20:00 1.02 · high 37.40 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 21:00 1.04 · high 37.20 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 22:00 1.04 · high 38.70 · high 21.90 · good poor
Sun 23:00 1.06 · high 38.00 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 00:00 1.06 · high 37.50 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 01:00 1.08 · high 36.20 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 02:00 1.10 · high 36.90 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 03:00 1.12 · high 37.00 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 04:00 1.12 · high 36.40 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 05:00 1.14 · high 36.20 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 06:00 1.14 · high 35.90 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 07:00 1.16 · high 37.80 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 08:00 1.16 · high 38.20 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 09:00 1.18 · high 38.40 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 10:00 1.06 · high 10.15 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 11:00 1.06 · high 10.01 · high 21.90 · good poor
Mon 12:00 1.06 · high 10.19 · high 21.90 · good poor