# Rarotonga snorkeling forecast

Rarotonga has no good model window later today. Check the three-day outlook and official beach advisories.

- Location: Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Timezone: Pacific/Rarotonga
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-16T17:26:12.814214-10:00
- Verdict: Poor
- Score: 0.0/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-16T14:27:17.705359-10:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/cook-islands/rarotonga/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/cook-islands/rarotonga/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/cook-islands/rarotonga/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/cook-islands/rarotonga/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/cook-islands/rarotonga/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/cook-islands/rarotonga/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 24.1 °C (75.4 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 24.4 °C (75.9 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: -0.3 °C (-0.5 °F), cooler 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-16T18:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.06 | 8.6 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-16T19:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.06 | 9.05 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-16T20:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 9.13 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-16T21:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 9.24 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-16T22:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 9.44 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-16T23:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 9.61 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T00:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 9.36 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T01:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 9.18 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T02:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 9.34 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T03:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.04 | 9.08 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T04:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.02 | 8.71 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T05:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.02 | 8.59 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T06:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.02 | 8.75 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T07:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.2300425925925926 | no | 2.0 | 8.15 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T08:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.21958333333333335 | no | 2.0 | 8.55 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T09:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.2099462962962963 | no | 1.98 | 9.07 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T10:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.21411296296296295 | no | 1.98 | 8.89 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T11:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.21935185185185185 | no | 1.96 | 8.56 | 24.1 |
| 2026-10-17T12:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.22175185185185187 | no | 1.96 | 8.56 | 24.2 |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.24936481481481482 | no | 1.96 | 7.73 | 24.2 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.96 | 8.0 | 24.2 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.98 | 8.9 | 24.2 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.98 | 9.35 | 24.2 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 2.0 | 9.03 | 24.2 |

## Nearby spots

- [Aitutaki Lagoon](https://snorkelforecast.com/cook-islands/aitutaki-lagoon/index.md)