# Santa Cruz snorkeling forecast

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

- Location: Santa Cruz, Ecuador
- Timezone: Pacific/Galapagos
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-16T20:35:39.063400-06:00
- Verdict: Poor
- Score: 0.0/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-16T18:27:08.480317-06:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/ecuador/santa-cruz/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/ecuador/santa-cruz/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/ecuador/santa-cruz/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/ecuador/santa-cruz/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/ecuador/santa-cruz/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/ecuador/santa-cruz/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 27.8 °C (82.0 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: +4.8 °C (+8.6 °F), warmer 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-16T21:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.2 | 2.41 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-16T22:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.2 | 2.46 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-16T23:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.22 | 2.75 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T00:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.22 | 2.77 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T01:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.22 | 2.62 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T02:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.24 | 2.24 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T03:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.24 | 2.34 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T04:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.24 | 2.15 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T05:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.24 | 1.61 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T06:00:00-06:00 | fair | 0.4652777777777778 | no | 1.24 | 1.5 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T07:00:00-06:00 | fair | 0.36611111111111105 | no | 1.24 | 2.22 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T08:00:00-06:00 | fair | 0.36402777777777773 | no | 1.22 | 2.31 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T09:00:00-06:00 | fair | 0.3556944444444444 | no | 1.22 | 2.67 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T10:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.3448148148148148 | no | 1.2 | 3.14 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T11:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.3355555555555555 | no | 1.2 | 3.54 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T12:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.34226851851851847 | no | 1.18 | 3.25 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.3399537037037037 | no | 1.18 | 3.35 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.34111111111111103 | no | 1.16 | 3.3 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.3466666666666667 | no | 1.16 | 3.06 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00-06:00 | fair | 0.38729629629629625 | no | 1.16 | 2.86 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00-06:00 | fair | 0.3726222222222222 | no | 1.16 | 2.82 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.16 | 3.16 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.16 | 3.46 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00-06:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.16 | 3.35 | 27.7 |

## Nearby spots

- [Isabela](https://snorkelforecast.com/ecuador/isabela/index.md)
- [San Cristóbal](https://snorkelforecast.com/ecuador/san-cristobal/index.md)