Can you snorkel in Sharm El Sheikh today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Sharm El Sheikh starts Thu 03:00 and lasts until 11:00. Around 32% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Sharm El Sheikh?

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 Sharm El Sheikh 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.

Sharm El Sheikh Snorkel Report Today

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

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 21:30

Sharm El Sheikh has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 06:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 7.2/10

Best time: Thu 06:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

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Sunrise

06:00

Sunset

19:38

Water

28.7°C

Max air

36.3°C

Sky

Clear

9% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 03:00–11:00 (32% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 03:00 until 11:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (27 hours)
Darkness (19 hours)
Tide/current (13 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 28/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 13:00.

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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❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Wed 18:00 – Sat 18:00 (EEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.54 around Thu 09:00; 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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0/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.62m to 0.72m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 2/24 sampled hours (range 4.6 to 17.1m/s).

Tides range from -0.27m to 0.19m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 good 🌟 Good

Sat 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 17:00 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
Wed 18:00	0.72 · high	12.10 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Wed 19:00	0.72 · high	17.10 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Wed 20:00	0.70 · high	14.50 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Wed 21:00	0.70 · high	10.90 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Wed 22:00	0.70 · high	8.90 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Wed 23:00	0.68 · high	13.30 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Thu 00:00	0.68 · high	16.30 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Thu 01:00	0.68 · high	12.40 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Thu 02:00	0.70 · high	10.40 · high	27.80 · good	poor
Thu 03:00	0.70 · high	9.10 · high	27.80 · good	poor
Thu 04:00	0.68 · high	9.50 · high	27.80 · good	fair
Thu 05:00	0.68 · high	5.60 · high	27.70 · good	fair
Thu 06:00	0.66 · high	4.60 · good	27.80 · good	fair
Thu 07:00	0.66 · high	7.80 · high	27.90 · good	fair
Thu 08:00	0.66 · high	11.70 · high	28.00 · good	fair
Thu 09:00	0.66 · high	11.60 · high	28.10 · good	fair
Thu 10:00	0.66 · high	9.50 · high	28.30 · good	fair
Thu 11:00	0.66 · high	8.50 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Thu 12:00	0.66 · high	9.20 · high	28.50 · good	fair
Thu 13:00	0.66 · high	9.70 · high	28.50 · good	fair
Thu 14:00	0.66 · high	10.60 · high	28.50 · good	fair
Thu 15:00	0.66 · high	10.10 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Thu 16:00	0.64 · high	8.60 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Thu 17:00	0.62 · high	4.80 · good	28.30 · good	poor
Thu 18:00	0.60 · high	1.70 · good	28.30 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	0.58 · high	6.50 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	0.56 · high	11.00 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	0.54 · high	12.10 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.56 · high	12.50 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.56 · high	10.40 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.58 · high	6.90 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.60 · high	5.80 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.62 · high	5.10 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.64 · high	5.00 · good	27.80 · good	fair
Fri 04:00	0.64 · high	4.20 · good	27.80 · good	fair
Fri 05:00	0.62 · high	2.30 · good	27.70 · good	good
Fri 06:00	0.62 · high	4.90 · good	27.80 · good	good
Fri 07:00	0.60 · high	6.10 · high	27.90 · good	fair
Fri 08:00	0.60 · high	7.80 · high	28.00 · good	fair
Fri 09:00	0.58 · high	9.80 · high	28.20 · good	fair
Fri 10:00	0.58 · high	12.00 · high	28.30 · good	fair
Fri 11:00	0.54 · high	9.90 · high	28.80 · good	fair
Fri 12:00	0.52 · high	11.30 · high	28.90 · good	fair
Fri 13:00	0.58 · high	12.10 · high	28.90 · good	fair
Fri 14:00	0.66 · high	10.10 · high	28.80 · good	fair
Fri 15:00	0.72 · high	11.20 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Fri 16:00	0.70 · high	9.80 · high	28.50 · good	poor
Fri 17:00	0.68 · high	4.50 · good	28.40 · good	poor
Fri 18:00	0.66 · high	2.50 · good	28.30 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	0.62 · high	5.70 · high	28.20 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	0.56 · high	11.70 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.52 · high	15.10 · high	28.10 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.50 · high	17.20 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.50 · high	15.50 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.48 · high	10.90 · high	28.00 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.48 · high	8.70 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.46 · high	7.90 · high	27.90 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.46 · high	7.10 · high	27.80 · good	good
Sat 04:00	0.44 · high	6.30 · high	27.80 · good	good
Sat 05:00	0.44 · high	2.70 · good	27.80 · good	good
Sat 06:00	0.42 · high	4.00 · good	27.90 · good	good
Sat 07:00	0.42 · high	6.70 · high	28.00 · good	good
Sat 08:00	0.42 · high	8.10 · high	28.20 · good	good
Sat 09:00	0.42 · high	10.30 · high	28.40 · good	fair
Sat 10:00	0.46 · high	12.10 · high	28.70 · good	fair
Sat 11:00	0.50 · high	14.90 · high	28.90 · good	fair
Sat 12:00	0.54 · high	14.50 · high	29.00 · good	fair
Sat 13:00	0.58 · high	13.70 · high	29.00 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.60 · high	13.60 · high	29.00 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.64 · high	12.30 · high	28.90 · good	fair
Sat 16:00	0.62 · high	8.80 · high	28.80 · good	fair
Sat 17:00	0.58 · high	4.20 · good	28.70 · good	poor