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Rarotonga Snorkel Report Today

Cook Islands · Updated Tue 04:15 (-10) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Marginal Report Wed 10:31

Rarotonga looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Wed 13:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 3.9/10

Best time: Wed 13:00

Main risk: Waves

Best morning signal: Wed 11:00 (Fair).

Best afternoon signal: Wed 13:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 7.8 m/s.

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Sunrise

07:14

Sunset

18:16

Water

23.7°C

Max air

22.9°C

Sky

Cloudy

73% 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

Wednesday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

  • Wed 23:00 — Fair (0.39) · still limited by waves, wind
  • Wed 21:00 — Fair (0.36) · still limited by waves, wind
  • Wed 22:00 — Poor (0.33) · still limited by waves, wind

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Waves (31 hours)
  • Wind (27 hours)
  • Tide/current (26 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 26/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 04:00.

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: Thu 14:00

Thu 14:00

Nearby alternatives in Cook Islands

Aitutaki Lagoon

265 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sun 20:00 – Wed 20:00 (-10)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.47 around Mon 08:00; 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 1.76m to 2.04m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 8/24 sampled hours (range 1.2 to 15.7m/s).

Tides range from 0.4m to 0.88m; 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
Sun 20:00 1.76 · high 15.70 · high 24.90 · good poor
Sun 21:00 1.78 · high 15.40 · high 25.00 · good poor
Sun 22:00 1.80 · high 14.10 · high 25.00 · good poor
Sun 23:00 1.80 · high 13.80 · high 25.10 · good poor
Mon 00:00 1.82 · high 13.80 · high 25.10 · good poor
Mon 01:00 1.84 · high 14.50 · high 25.10 · good poor
Mon 02:00 1.86 · high 15.20 · high 25.00 · good poor
Mon 03:00 1.88 · high 14.70 · high 25.00 · good poor
Mon 04:00 1.90 · high 13.90 · high 25.00 · good poor
Mon 05:00 1.90 · high 13.10 · high 24.90 · good poor
Mon 06:00 1.92 · high 12.40 · high 24.90 · good poor
Mon 07:00 1.94 · high 10.50 · high 24.90 · good poor
Mon 08:00 1.94 · high 8.90 · high 24.90 · good poor
Mon 09:00 1.96 · high 6.80 · high 24.90 · good poor
Mon 10:00 1.96 · high 3.40 · good 24.90 · good poor
Mon 11:00 1.98 · high 1.40 · good 24.90 · good poor
Mon 12:00 1.98 · high 1.90 · good 24.90 · good poor
Mon 13:00 2.00 · high 5.10 · good 24.90 · good poor
Mon 14:00 2.00 · high 7.00 · high 24.90 · good poor
Mon 15:00 2.02 · high 5.60 · high 24.90 · good poor
Mon 16:00 2.02 · high 4.10 · good 24.90 · good poor
Mon 17:00 2.04 · high 3.80 · good 24.90 · good poor
Mon 18:00 2.04 · high 4.20 · good 24.90 · good fair
Mon 19:00 2.04 · high 1.20 · good 24.90 · good poor
Mon 20:00 2.06 · high 1.50 · good 25.00 · good fair
Mon 21:00 2.06 · high 2.80 · good 25.00 · good fair
Mon 22:00 2.06 · high 4.90 · good 25.00 · good poor
Mon 23:00 2.06 · high 6.40 · high 25.10 · good poor
Tue 00:00 2.06 · high 6.80 · high 25.10 · good poor
Tue 01:00 2.06 · high 5.50 · high 25.10 · good poor
Tue 02:00 2.04 · high 8.10 · high 25.00 · good poor
Tue 03:00 2.04 · high 8.80 · high 25.00 · good poor
Tue 04:00 2.04 · high 13.80 · high 24.90 · good poor
Tue 05:00 2.02 · high 13.10 · high 24.90 · good poor
Tue 06:00 2.02 · high 16.60 · high 24.90 · good poor
Tue 07:00 2.02 · high 18.20 · high 24.90 · good poor
Tue 08:00 2.00 · high 20.50 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 09:00 2.00 · high 22.10 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 10:00 2.00 · high 24.20 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 11:00 2.02 · high 27.60 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 12:00 2.12 · high 20.60 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 13:00 2.12 · high 23.20 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 14:00 2.12 · high 20.20 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 15:00 2.12 · high 20.00 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 16:00 2.12 · high 17.40 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 17:00 2.14 · high 15.40 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 18:00 2.14 · high 16.30 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 19:00 2.14 · high 9.90 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 20:00 2.16 · high 9.70 · high 24.80 · good poor
Tue 21:00 2.16 · high 14.80 · high 24.90 · good poor
Tue 22:00 2.16 · high 12.90 · high 24.90 · good poor
Tue 23:00 2.18 · high 12.30 · high 24.90 · good poor
Wed 00:00 2.18 · high 14.10 · high 24.90 · good poor
Wed 01:00 2.18 · high 14.20 · high 24.90 · good poor
Wed 02:00 2.20 · high 15.90 · high 24.90 · good poor
Wed 03:00 2.20 · high 18.50 · high 24.90 · good poor
Wed 04:00 2.20 · high 23.00 · high 24.80 · good poor
Wed 05:00 2.22 · high 22.90 · high 24.80 · good poor
Wed 06:00 2.22 · high 21.70 · high 24.80 · good poor
Wed 07:00 2.24 · high 19.20 · high 24.80 · good poor
Wed 08:00 2.26 · high 17.30 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 09:00 2.28 · high 17.70 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 10:00 2.30 · high 16.90 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 11:00 2.32 · high 18.30 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 12:00 2.34 · high 17.50 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 13:00 2.36 · high 17.10 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 14:00 2.40 · high 15.90 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 15:00 2.42 · high 18.10 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 16:00 2.46 · high 19.30 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 17:00 2.50 · high 19.30 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 18:00 2.54 · high 16.30 · high 24.70 · good poor
Wed 19:00 2.58 · high 15.70 · high 24.70 · good fair