Friday
✅ Excellent conditions
Main blocker: Sea temperature
Placencia Snorkel Report Today
Belize · Updated Fri 05:25 (CST) · Source: Snapshot
The skinny
Go in the best window Data updated Fri 05:25 (CST)Placencia has a usable snorkeling window around Fri 06:00. The main thing to watch is sea temperature.
Right now (forecast)
Poor · 0.0/10
Fri 05:00 (CST)
Later today
Excellent · 7.3/10
Fri 08:00 (CST)
Next three days
Excellent · 8.0/10
Sat 08:00 (CST)
Model estimates using Open-Meteo; not observations or safety guarantees. Check official advisories and conditions at the beach.
Score: 7.3/10
Best time: Fri 06:00
Main risk: Sea Temperature
Best morning signal: Fri 08:00 (Excellent).
Best afternoon signal: Fri 14:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.3 m/s.
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Good model window in the next 72 hours
Next good model window: Fri 06:00–17:00 (44% of the next 72h meets the model threshold)
3-day planner
Saturday
✅ Excellent conditions
Main blocker: Sea temperature
Sunday
✅ Good conditions
Main blocker: Sea temperature
Best available hours
The next good model window starts at Fri 06:00 and lasts until 17:00.
Why this verdict
Main blockers across the next 72 hours:
- Sea temperature (70 hours)
- Darkness (35 hours)
- Tide/current (32 hours)
Jellyfish drift risk
Drift estimate from wind, swell, current and warm water.
Low peak drift risk around Fri 16:00.
warm water supports seasonal jellyfish activity; 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: Sun 04:00
Sun 04:00
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Advanced forecast data
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Mon 05:00 – Thu 05:00 (CST)
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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)
No score data is available for the next 24 hours yet.
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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No wave-height trend data is available for the next 24 hours yet.
No wind-speed trend data is available for the next 24 hours yet.
No tide trend data is available for the next 24 hours yet.
72-hour historical overview
No hourly data is available for this 72-hour window.
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 is better in daylight, so night hours score lower.
Detailed hourly data table
| Time | Wave (m) | Wind (m/s) | Sea temp (°C) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No hourly data is available for this window. | ||||