Can you snorkel in Dahab Blue Hole today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Dahab Blue Hole starts Thu 03:00 and lasts until 08:00. Around 21% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Dahab Blue Hole?

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 Dahab Blue Hole 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.

Dahab Blue Hole Snorkel Report Today

Egypt · Updated Tue 05:16 (EEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 17:12

Dahab Blue Hole has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 06:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 6.5/10

Best time: Thu 06:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 19:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 6.8 m/s.

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Sunrise

05:58

Sunset

19:38

Water

27.5°C

Max air

40.6°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 03:00–08:00 (21% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 03:00 until 08:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (38 hours)
Tide/current (26 hours)
Darkness (20 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 29/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 00:00.

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: Wed 23:00

Wed 23:00, Thu 12:00, Fri 00:00

Nearby alternatives in Egypt

Sharm El Sheikh

76 km away

✅ Good

El Gouna

156 km away

⚠️ Fair

Hurghada

163 km away

✅ Good

Safaga

213 km away

⚠️ Fair

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sun 14:00 – Wed 14:00 (EEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.65 around Mon 16:00; 14 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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6/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.26m to 0.56m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 2/24 sampled hours (range 3.6 to 19.4m/s).

Tides range from -0.2m to 0.24m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sun 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 good 🌟 Good

Tue 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 03:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 13:00 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
Sun 14:00	0.42 · high	12.30 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Sun 15:00	0.38 · high	13.20 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Sun 16:00	0.38 · high	10.50 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Sun 17:00	0.38 · high	6.10 · high	26.40 · good	poor
Sun 18:00	0.38 · high	7.10 · high	26.40 · good	poor
Sun 19:00	0.38 · high	13.00 · high	26.40 · good	poor
Sun 20:00	0.40 · high	14.40 · high	26.30 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.40 · high	13.90 · high	26.30 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.42 · high	12.30 · high	26.20 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.42 · high	12.40 · high	26.20 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.44 · high	11.30 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.42 · high	12.10 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.40 · high	12.40 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.38 · high	11.50 · high	26.00 · good	fair
Mon 04:00	0.36 · good	9.90 · high	26.00 · good	fair
Mon 05:00	0.36 · good	11.10 · high	26.00 · good	fair
Mon 06:00	0.34 · good	15.20 · high	26.00 · good	fair
Mon 07:00	0.32 · good	18.60 · high	26.10 · good	fair
Mon 08:00	0.28 · good	19.40 · high	26.30 · good	good
Mon 09:00	0.26 · good	17.30 · high	26.50 · good	good
Mon 10:00	0.56 · high	7.21 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Mon 11:00	0.52 · high	6.92 · high	26.50 · good	fair
Mon 12:00	0.46 · high	5.06 · good	26.50 · good	good
Mon 13:00	0.44 · high	3.60 · good	26.60 · good	good
Mon 14:00	0.40 · high	4.24 · good	26.60 · good	good
Mon 15:00	0.38 · high	5.16 · good	26.60 · good	good
Mon 16:00	0.36 · good	4.60 · good	26.70 · good	good
Mon 17:00	0.34 · good	3.71 · good	26.70 · good	poor
Mon 18:00	0.32 · good	2.62 · good	26.70 · good	poor
Mon 19:00	0.32 · good	2.30 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	0.30 · good	2.70 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.30 · good	3.50 · good	26.50 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.32 · good	5.51 · high	26.50 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.34 · good	5.32 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.36 · good	4.57 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	0.38 · high	2.91 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Tue 02:00	0.38 · high	2.86 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Tue 03:00	0.40 · high	3.17 · good	26.30 · good	good
Tue 04:00	0.42 · high	3.44 · good	26.30 · good	good
Tue 05:00	0.44 · high	3.83 · good	26.30 · good	good
Tue 06:00	0.46 · high	4.70 · good	26.30 · good	good
Tue 07:00	0.46 · high	5.45 · high	26.30 · good	good
Tue 08:00	0.46 · high	5.36 · good	26.40 · good	good
Tue 09:00	0.46 · high	5.67 · high	26.50 · good	good
Tue 10:00	0.42 · high	5.19 · good	26.60 · good	good
Tue 11:00	0.38 · high	4.19 · good	26.70 · good	good
Tue 12:00	0.34 · good	2.51 · good	26.70 · good	good
Tue 13:00	0.32 · good	3.08 · good	26.70 · good	good
Tue 14:00	0.28 · good	4.21 · good	26.70 · good	good
Tue 15:00	0.26 · good	4.20 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Tue 16:00	0.32 · good	4.53 · good	26.70 · good	good
Tue 17:00	0.38 · high	3.68 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Tue 18:00	0.44 · high	5.03 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Tue 19:00	0.52 · high	5.65 · high	26.50 · good	poor
Tue 20:00	0.58 · high	5.64 · high	26.50 · good	poor
Tue 21:00	0.66 · high	6.82 · high	26.40 · good	poor
Tue 22:00	0.66 · high	5.99 · high	26.40 · good	poor
Tue 23:00	0.66 · high	5.10 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Wed 00:00	0.66 · high	4.54 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Wed 01:00	0.62 · high	4.25 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Wed 02:00	0.60 · high	3.82 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Wed 03:00	0.56 · high	3.56 · good	26.30 · good	good
Wed 04:00	0.60 · high	3.40 · good	26.20 · good	good
Wed 05:00	0.64 · high	4.07 · good	26.20 · good	fair
Wed 06:00	0.68 · high	6.13 · high	26.20 · good	fair
Wed 07:00	0.72 · high	7.38 · high	26.20 · good	fair
Wed 08:00	0.74 · high	8.25 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Wed 09:00	0.78 · high	8.39 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Wed 10:00	0.74 · high	8.49 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Wed 11:00	0.72 · high	7.90 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Wed 12:00	0.68 · high	7.46 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Wed 13:00	0.66 · high	7.20 · high	26.30 · good	fair