Can you snorkel in Marsa Alam today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Marsa Alam starts Thu 04:00 and lasts until 05:00. Around 12% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Marsa Alam?

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 Marsa Alam 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.

Marsa Alam Snorkel Report Today

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

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 23:03

Marsa Alam has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 07:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 5.7/10

Best time: Thu 07:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

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Sunrise

06:03

Sunset

19:30

Water

29.8°C

Max air

37.6°C

Sky

Clear

1% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 04:00–05:00 (12% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 04:00 until 05:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (32 hours)
Darkness (18 hours)
Wind (11 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 28/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 14:00.

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

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Advanced forecast data

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Sun 20:00 – Wed 20:00 (EEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.61 around Mon 06:00; 8 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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8/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.28m to 0.82m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 8.7 to 36.9m/s).

Tides range from -0.24m to 0.17m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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 good 🌟 Good

Mon 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 19:00 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
Sun 20:00	0.42 · high	12.90 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.40 · high	15.50 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.38 · high	17.10 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.34 · good	17.00 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.32 · good	16.30 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.30 · good	15.30 · high	27.80 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.30 · good	16.00 · high	27.80 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.28 · good	17.20 · high	27.80 · good	good
Mon 04:00	0.28 · good	16.50 · high	27.70 · good	good
Mon 05:00	0.28 · good	13.00 · high	27.70 · good	fair
Mon 06:00	0.28 · good	17.80 · high	27.70 · good	fair
Mon 07:00	0.42 · high	20.70 · high	27.80 · good	fair
Mon 08:00	0.54 · high	24.90 · high	27.80 · good	fair
Mon 09:00	0.68 · high	33.40 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Mon 10:00	0.72 · high	36.90 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Mon 11:00	0.78 · high	32.40 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Mon 12:00	0.82 · high	24.00 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 13:00	0.78 · high	19.30 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 14:00	0.76 · high	16.70 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 15:00	0.72 · high	12.00 · high	28.20 · good	fair
Mon 16:00	0.68 · high	8.70 · high	28.20 · good	fair
Mon 17:00	0.62 · high	9.30 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 18:00	0.58 · high	11.00 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 19:00	0.54 · high	12.10 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	0.50 · high	14.40 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.46 · high	13.30 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.44 · high	11.90 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.40 · high	11.20 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.38 · high	13.00 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	0.38 · high	16.80 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Tue 02:00	0.38 · high	17.20 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Tue 03:00	0.38 · high	18.00 · high	28.00 · good	fair
Tue 04:00	0.44 · high	15.50 · high	28.00 · good	fair
Tue 05:00	0.52 · high	10.90 · high	28.00 · good	fair
Tue 06:00	0.58 · high	17.50 · high	28.00 · good	fair
Tue 07:00	0.68 · high	24.40 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Tue 08:00	0.80 · high	28.10 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Tue 09:00	0.90 · high	31.10 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Tue 10:00	0.92 · high	32.10 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Tue 11:00	0.96 · high	29.30 · high	28.30 · good	poor
Tue 12:00	0.96 · high	29.80 · high	28.30 · good	fair
Tue 13:00	0.92 · high	27.40 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Tue 14:00	0.86 · high	19.90 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Tue 15:00	0.82 · high	15.90 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Tue 16:00	0.78 · high	12.90 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Tue 17:00	0.72 · high	10.70 · high	28.40 · good	poor
Tue 18:00	0.68 · high	10.80 · high	28.40 · good	poor
Tue 19:00	0.64 · high	11.40 · high	28.40 · good	poor
Tue 20:00	0.62 · high	10.50 · high	28.40 · good	poor
Tue 21:00	0.58 · high	9.30 · high	28.40 · good	poor
Tue 22:00	0.56 · high	8.30 · high	28.30 · good	poor
Tue 23:00	0.56 · high	12.00 · high	28.30 · good	poor
Wed 00:00	0.54 · high	14.90 · high	28.30 · good	poor
Wed 01:00	0.62 · high	16.50 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Wed 02:00	0.72 · high	18.30 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Wed 03:00	0.80 · high	20.80 · high	28.10 · good	fair
Wed 04:00	0.90 · high	20.70 · high	28.10 · good	fair
Wed 05:00	1.02 · high	22.20 · high	28.10 · good	fair
Wed 06:00	1.12 · high	29.10 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Wed 07:00	1.14 · high	32.00 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Wed 08:00	1.14 · high	32.50 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Wed 09:00	1.16 · high	34.20 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Wed 10:00	1.12 · high	33.70 · high	28.30 · good	poor
Wed 11:00	1.10 · high	30.80 · high	28.40 · good	poor
Wed 12:00	1.06 · high	26.00 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Wed 13:00	1.02 · high	21.30 · high	28.50 · good	fair
Wed 14:00	0.98 · high	18.40 · high	28.50 · good	fair
Wed 15:00	0.94 · high	15.90 · high	28.50 · good	poor
Wed 16:00	0.88 · high	14.40 · high	28.50 · good	poor
Wed 17:00	0.82 · high	13.90 · high	28.50 · good	poor
Wed 18:00	0.76 · high	10.90 · high	28.50 · good	poor
Wed 19:00	0.72 · high	8.90 · high	28.50 · good	poor