Can you snorkel in Korčula today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Korčula starts Wed 04:00 and lasts until 18:00. Around 58% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Korčula?

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 Korčula 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.

Korčula Snorkel Report Today

Croatia · Updated Tue 03:13 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 00:48

Korčula has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 06:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 8.5/10

Best time: Wed 06:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

Best morning signal: Wed 07:00 (Excellent).

Best afternoon signal: Wed 17:00 (Excellent). Peak afternoon wind is about 4.0 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

05:31

Sunset

20:24

Water

27.5°C

Max air

30.3°C

Sky

Cloudy

100% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 04:00–18:00 (58% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 04:00 until 18:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (45 hours)
Darkness (22 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

Low drift risk now.

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.

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Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 22:00 – Tue 22:00 (CEST)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.84 around Sun 07:00; 15 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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24/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.04m to 0.18m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 24/24 sampled hours (range 1.1 to 2.61m/s).

Tides range from -0.65m to -0.24m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 18:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 10:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 13:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 18:00 good 🌟 Good

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 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 10:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 13:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 18:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 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
Sat 22:00	0.04 · good	1.30 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.04 · good	1.55 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.04 · good	1.65 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.04 · good	1.75 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.04 · good	1.65 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.04 · good	1.63 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.04 · good	1.61 · good	25.80 · good	excellent
Sun 05:00	0.06 · good	1.10 · good	25.80 · good	excellent
Sun 06:00	0.06 · good	1.63 · good	25.90 · good	excellent
Sun 07:00	0.10 · good	1.32 · good	25.80 · good	excellent
Sun 08:00	0.12 · good	1.78 · good	25.90 · good	excellent
Sun 09:00	0.14 · good	1.98 · good	26.00 · good	excellent
Sun 10:00	0.14 · good	2.58 · good	26.20 · good	good
Sun 11:00	0.12 · good	2.28 · good	26.30 · good	excellent
Sun 12:00	0.12 · good	2.50 · good	26.30 · good	excellent
Sun 13:00	0.14 · good	2.61 · good	26.30 · good	good
Sun 14:00	0.14 · good	2.28 · good	26.30 · good	good
Sun 15:00	0.16 · good	1.20 · good	26.20 · good	excellent
Sun 16:00	0.16 · good	1.39 · good	26.20 · good	excellent
Sun 17:00	0.18 · good	2.13 · good	26.10 · good	excellent
Sun 18:00	0.18 · good	1.98 · good	26.00 · good	excellent
Sun 19:00	0.16 · good	2.16 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Sun 20:00	0.16 · good	2.11 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.14 · good	1.99 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.14 · good	1.80 · good	25.80 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.12 · good	1.53 · good	25.80 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.12 · good	1.61 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.12 · good	1.73 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.10 · good	1.65 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.10 · good	1.77 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.10 · good	1.75 · good	25.50 · good	excellent
Mon 05:00	0.08 · good	1.60 · good	25.50 · good	excellent
Mon 06:00	0.08 · good	1.41 · good	25.50 · good	excellent
Mon 07:00	0.06 · good	1.71 · good	25.60 · good	excellent
Mon 08:00	0.06 · good	1.30 · good	25.70 · good	excellent
Mon 09:00	0.04 · good	1.17 · good	25.90 · good	excellent
Mon 10:00	0.04 · good	0.14 · good	26.00 · good	excellent
Mon 11:00	0.06 · good	0.71 · good	26.20 · good	excellent
Mon 12:00	0.06 · good	1.30 · good	26.20 · good	excellent
Mon 13:00	0.14 · good	1.62 · good	26.20 · good	excellent
Mon 14:00	0.24 · good	1.91 · good	26.20 · good	good
Mon 15:00	0.32 · good	2.88 · good	26.10 · good	good
Mon 16:00	0.32 · good	4.77 · good	26.10 · good	good
Mon 17:00	0.32 · good	3.89 · good	26.00 · good	good
Mon 18:00	0.32 · good	2.90 · good	25.90 · good	good
Mon 19:00	0.28 · good	2.06 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	0.26 · good	1.92 · good	25.80 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.22 · good	1.75 · good	25.80 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.20 · good	1.65 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.20 · good	1.51 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.18 · good	1.40 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	0.16 · good	1.32 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Tue 02:00	0.14 · good	1.41 · good	25.50 · good	poor
Tue 03:00	0.12 · good	1.43 · good	25.50 · good	poor
Tue 04:00	0.12 · good	1.51 · good	25.50 · good	excellent
Tue 05:00	0.10 · good	1.40 · good	25.50 · good	excellent
Tue 06:00	0.10 · good	1.49 · good	25.50 · good	excellent
Tue 07:00	0.10 · good	1.39 · good	25.60 · good	excellent
Tue 08:00	0.08 · good	1.20 · good	25.80 · good	excellent
Tue 09:00	0.08 · good	1.22 · good	26.10 · good	excellent
Tue 10:00	0.08 · good	1.91 · good	26.30 · good	excellent
Tue 11:00	0.06 · good	2.52 · good	26.50 · good	excellent
Tue 12:00	0.06 · good	2.33 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Tue 13:00	0.08 · good	2.56 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Tue 14:00	0.08 · good	2.44 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Tue 15:00	0.10 · good	2.24 · good	26.50 · good	excellent
Tue 16:00	0.10 · good	1.75 · good	26.50 · good	excellent
Tue 17:00	0.08 · good	0.98 · good	26.40 · good	excellent
Tue 18:00	0.08 · good	0.42 · good	26.30 · good	excellent
Tue 19:00	0.06 · good	0.70 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Tue 20:00	0.06 · good	0.91 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Tue 21:00	0.04 · good	0.51 · good	26.10 · good	poor