Can you snorkel in Cayo Coco today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Cayo Coco starts Wed 17:00 and lasts until 23:00. Around 57% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Cayo Coco?

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 Cayo Coco 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.

Cayo Coco Snorkel Report Today

Cuba · Updated Tue 04:16 (CDT) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 12:23

Cayo Coco has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 13:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.3/10

Best time: Wed 13:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 17:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 5.7 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:41

Sunset

19:59

Water

30.5°C

Max air

30.6°C

Sky

Clear

23% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 17:00–23:00 (57% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Sea temperature

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 17:00 until 23:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (34 hours)
Sea temperature (26 hours)
Darkness (15 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 32/100

Low peak drift risk around Wed 20:00.

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: Thu 09:00

Wed 20:00, Thu 09:00, Thu 21:00

Nearby alternatives in Cuba

María la Gorda

621 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 16:00 – Tue 16:00 (CDT)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.64 around Sat 12:00; 13 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 0.12m to 0.26m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 6.0 to 18.1m/s).

Tides range from 0.07m to 0.57m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 19:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 20:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 23:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 19:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 23:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 13:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 18:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 19:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 20:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 21:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 22:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 23:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 16:00	0.16 · good	7.50 · high	31.10 · out of range	good
Sat 17:00	0.16 · good	11.80 · high	31.20 · out of range	good
Sat 18:00	0.14 · good	14.40 · high	31.20 · out of range	good
Sat 19:00	0.16 · good	14.80 · high	31.30 · out of range	good
Sat 20:00	0.18 · good	18.10 · high	31.30 · out of range	good
Sat 21:00	0.20 · good	18.10 · high	31.30 · out of range	fair
Sat 22:00	0.20 · good	11.00 · high	31.30 · out of range	fair
Sat 23:00	0.18 · good	16.00 · high	31.20 · out of range	fair
Sun 00:00	0.18 · good	9.30 · high	31.20 · out of range	poor
Sun 01:00	0.20 · good	8.50 · high	31.20 · out of range	poor
Sun 02:00	0.20 · good	9.10 · high	31.20 · out of range	poor
Sun 03:00	0.22 · good	8.80 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sun 04:00	0.24 · good	8.70 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sun 05:00	0.24 · good	7.80 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sun 06:00	0.26 · good	6.00 · high	31.00 · out of range	poor
Sun 07:00	0.24 · good	9.20 · high	31.00 · out of range	poor
Sun 08:00	0.20 · good	9.50 · high	30.90 · out of range	poor
Sun 09:00	0.18 · good	10.40 · high	30.90 · out of range	poor
Sun 10:00	0.16 · good	9.70 · high	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sun 11:00	0.16 · good	7.90 · high	30.80 · out of range	good
Sun 12:00	0.14 · good	10.40 · high	30.80 · out of range	fair
Sun 13:00	0.14 · good	10.70 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sun 14:00	0.12 · good	10.10 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sun 15:00	0.12 · good	10.00 · high	31.00 · out of range	good
Sun 16:00	0.12 · good	10.10 · high	31.10 · out of range	good
Sun 17:00	0.12 · good	9.70 · high	31.20 · out of range	good
Sun 18:00	0.12 · good	8.50 · high	31.30 · out of range	good
Sun 19:00	0.12 · good	11.40 · high	31.30 · out of range	good
Sun 20:00	0.14 · good	14.50 · high	31.30 · out of range	fair
Sun 21:00	0.14 · good	11.00 · high	31.30 · out of range	fair
Sun 22:00	0.14 · good	8.40 · high	31.30 · out of range	fair
Sun 23:00	0.14 · good	9.80 · high	31.30 · out of range	fair
Mon 00:00	0.14 · good	6.30 · high	31.30 · out of range	poor
Mon 01:00	0.14 · good	5.10 · good	31.30 · out of range	poor
Mon 02:00	0.14 · good	7.70 · high	31.20 · out of range	poor
Mon 03:00	0.14 · good	10.10 · high	31.20 · out of range	poor
Mon 04:00	0.14 · good	11.90 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Mon 05:00	0.14 · good	10.00 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Mon 06:00	0.14 · good	10.70 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Mon 07:00	0.14 · good	9.50 · high	31.00 · out of range	poor
Mon 08:00	0.12 · good	6.70 · high	31.00 · out of range	poor
Mon 09:00	0.12 · good	5.40 · good	31.00 · out of range	poor
Mon 10:00	0.16 · good	2.16 · good	30.90 · out of range	poor
Mon 11:00	0.16 · good	1.44 · good	30.90 · out of range	excellent
Mon 12:00	0.14 · good	1.33 · good	31.00 · out of range	excellent
Mon 13:00	0.14 · good	0.95 · good	31.10 · out of range	excellent
Mon 14:00	0.14 · good	1.48 · good	31.20 · out of range	excellent
Mon 15:00	0.14 · good	1.60 · good	31.40 · out of range	excellent
Mon 16:00	0.14 · good	1.68 · good	31.50 · out of range	excellent
Mon 17:00	0.12 · good	1.96 · good	31.60 · out of range	excellent
Mon 18:00	0.12 · good	3.19 · good	31.70 · out of range	excellent
Mon 19:00	0.14 · good	4.16 · good	31.80 · out of range	good
Mon 20:00	0.14 · good	4.38 · good	31.70 · out of range	excellent
Mon 21:00	0.16 · good	4.89 · good	31.70 · out of range	good
Mon 22:00	0.18 · good	4.67 · good	31.70 · out of range	good
Mon 23:00	0.18 · good	4.31 · good	31.60 · out of range	good
Tue 00:00	0.20 · good	3.88 · good	31.60 · out of range	poor
Tue 01:00	0.20 · good	3.55 · good	31.50 · out of range	poor
Tue 02:00	0.22 · good	3.82 · good	31.50 · out of range	poor
Tue 03:00	0.22 · good	3.88 · good	31.40 · out of range	poor
Tue 04:00	0.26 · good	3.46 · good	31.40 · out of range	poor
Tue 05:00	0.30 · good	4.10 · good	31.30 · out of range	poor
Tue 06:00	0.34 · good	3.91 · good	31.30 · out of range	poor
Tue 07:00	0.34 · good	4.18 · good	31.20 · out of range	poor
Tue 08:00	0.34 · good	4.01 · good	31.20 · out of range	poor
Tue 09:00	0.34 · good	3.88 · good	31.10 · out of range	poor
Tue 10:00	0.34 · good	3.80 · good	31.10 · out of range	poor
Tue 11:00	0.32 · good	3.93 · good	31.10 · out of range	good
Tue 12:00	0.32 · good	4.47 · good	31.10 · out of range	good
Tue 13:00	0.32 · good	5.04 · good	31.10 · out of range	fair
Tue 14:00	0.32 · good	4.47 · good	31.10 · out of range	good
Tue 15:00	0.32 · good	4.30 · good	31.20 · out of range	fair