Can you snorkel in Hurghada today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Hurghada starts Wed 04:00 and lasts until 08:00. Around 9% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Hurghada 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.

Hurghada Snorkel Report Today

Egypt · Updated Tue 05:16 (EEST) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Tue 12:13

Hurghada has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 07:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 5.9/10

Best time: Wed 07:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Tue 13:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 8.9 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:02

Sunset

19:39

Water

28.6°C

Max air

36.5°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 04:00–08:00 (9% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Tuesday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Wednesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 04:00 until 08:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (67 hours)
Wind (49 hours)
Darkness (33 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 31/100

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.

Upcoming high tides

Next early morning high tide: Tue 22:00

Tue 22:00, Wed 11:00, Wed 23:00, Thu 12:00, Fri 00:00

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Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Wed 09:00 – Sat 09:00 (EEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.57 around Wed 19:00; 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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0/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.44m to 0.68m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 7/24 sampled hours (range 4.15 to 7.41m/s).

Tides range from -0.33m to 0.38m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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

Wed 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 03:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 03:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

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
Wed 09:00	0.58 · high	6.31 · high	27.20 · good	fair
Wed 10:00	0.62 · high	6.74 · high	27.20 · good	fair
Wed 11:00	0.64 · high	7.41 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Wed 12:00	0.68 · high	7.18 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Wed 13:00	0.64 · high	6.46 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Wed 14:00	0.62 · high	5.41 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Wed 15:00	0.58 · high	5.08 · good	27.30 · good	good
Wed 16:00	0.56 · high	4.67 · good	27.30 · good	good
Wed 17:00	0.52 · high	4.15 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Wed 18:00	0.50 · high	4.36 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Wed 19:00	0.50 · high	4.55 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Wed 20:00	0.48 · high	5.39 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Wed 21:00	0.48 · high	5.76 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Wed 22:00	0.46 · high	5.59 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Wed 23:00	0.46 · high	5.58 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Thu 00:00	0.44 · high	5.67 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Thu 01:00	0.50 · high	5.11 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Thu 02:00	0.58 · high	6.36 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Thu 03:00	0.64 · high	6.77 · high	27.10 · good	fair
Thu 04:00	0.66 · high	6.81 · high	27.10 · good	fair
Thu 05:00	0.66 · high	6.69 · high	27.10 · good	fair
Thu 06:00	0.68 · high	7.01 · high	27.10 · good	fair
Thu 07:00	0.64 · high	6.48 · high	27.20 · good	fair
Thu 08:00	0.62 · high	6.42 · high	27.20 · good	fair
Thu 09:00	0.58 · high	6.91 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Thu 10:00	0.56 · high	7.51 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Thu 11:00	0.54 · high	7.65 · high	27.40 · good	fair
Thu 12:00	0.52 · high	6.74 · high	27.40 · good	fair
Thu 13:00	0.48 · high	5.96 · high	27.50 · good	good
Thu 14:00	0.46 · high	5.35 · good	27.50 · good	good
Thu 15:00	0.42 · high	4.95 · good	27.50 · good	good
Thu 16:00	0.46 · high	4.46 · good	27.50 · good	good
Thu 17:00	0.48 · high	4.67 · good	27.50 · good	poor
Thu 18:00	0.52 · high	4.85 · good	27.50 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	0.50 · high	4.87 · good	27.50 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	0.50 · high	4.90 · good	27.40 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	0.48 · high	4.25 · good	27.40 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.46 · high	3.64 · good	27.40 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.42 · high	4.55 · good	27.30 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.40 · high	5.17 · good	27.30 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.38 · high	5.27 · good	27.30 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.36 · good	5.16 · good	27.30 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.34 · good	5.16 · good	27.30 · good	good
Fri 04:00	0.34 · good	4.48 · good	27.30 · good	good
Fri 05:00	0.34 · good	4.79 · good	27.30 · good	good
Fri 06:00	0.34 · good	5.21 · good	27.30 · good	good
Fri 07:00	0.34 · good	5.37 · good	27.40 · good	good
Fri 08:00	0.34 · good	5.43 · high	27.50 · good	good
Fri 09:00	0.34 · good	5.87 · high	27.50 · good	good
Fri 10:00	0.34 · good	6.50 · high	27.60 · good	good
Fri 11:00	0.36 · good	6.58 · high	27.70 · good	good
Fri 12:00	0.36 · good	5.66 · high	27.80 · good	good
Fri 13:00	0.34 · good	3.29 · good	27.80 · good	good
Fri 14:00	0.32 · good	0.85 · good	27.90 · good	excellent
Fri 15:00	0.30 · good	0.50 · good	27.90 · good	excellent
Fri 16:00	0.26 · good	0.93 · good	27.90 · good	excellent
Fri 17:00	0.24 · good	1.07 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Fri 18:00	0.20 · good	1.14 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	0.18 · good	1.68 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	0.16 · good	2.54 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.14 · good	2.65 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.14 · good	2.47 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.14 · good	2.32 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.14 · good	2.75 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.14 · good	3.12 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.14 · good	3.61 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.14 · good	3.85 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.14 · good	3.90 · good	27.60 · good	excellent
Sat 05:00	0.12 · good	3.04 · good	27.60 · good	excellent
Sat 06:00	0.12 · good	4.45 · good	27.60 · good	excellent
Sat 07:00	0.10 · good	3.13 · good	27.70 · good	excellent
Sat 08:00	0.10 · good	4.20 · good	27.80 · good	excellent