Can you snorkel in Mamanuca Islands today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Mamanuca Islands starts Fri 00:00 and lasts until 02:00. Around 8% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Mamanuca Islands?

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 Mamanuca Islands 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.

Mamanuca Islands Snorkel Report Today

Fiji · Updated Tue 04:14 (+12) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Thu 00:12

Mamanuca Islands has a usable snorkeling window around Fri 12:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 3.3/10

Best time: Fri 12:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Thu 13:00 (Poor). Peak afternoon wind is about 9.6 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:41

Sunset

17:54

Water

26.1°C

Max air

25.1°C

Sky

Cloudy

80% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Fri 00:00–02:00 (8% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Thursday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Fri 00:00 until 02:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (39 hours)
Tide/current (36 hours)
Darkness (29 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

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: Wed 13:00

Wed 13:00, Thu 02:00, Thu 14:00

Nearby alternatives in Fiji

Taveuni

324 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 12:00 – Tue 12:00 (+12)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.37 around Sun 13:00; 1 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 1.1m to 1.36m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 5.9 to 36.3m/s).

Tides range from 0.13m to 1.22m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 01:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 01:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 02:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 01:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 02:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 03:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

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

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
Sat 12:00	1.36 · high	25.60 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 13:00	1.34 · high	25.10 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 14:00	1.32 · high	25.30 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 15:00	1.30 · high	27.10 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 16:00	1.28 · high	28.30 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 17:00	1.28 · high	24.10 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 18:00	1.26 · high	21.80 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	1.24 · high	20.10 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	1.22 · high	19.20 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	1.20 · high	18.00 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	1.18 · high	19.50 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	1.18 · high	18.20 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	1.16 · high	10.10 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	1.16 · high	5.90 · high	25.30 · good	fair
Sun 02:00	1.16 · high	9.20 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	1.16 · high	16.90 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	1.18 · high	25.60 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	1.18 · high	33.10 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 06:00	1.20 · high	36.30 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 07:00	1.18 · high	34.40 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 08:00	1.18 · high	30.90 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 09:00	1.16 · high	29.70 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 10:00	1.12 · high	28.20 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 11:00	1.10 · high	26.10 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 12:00	1.06 · high	23.80 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 13:00	1.04 · high	21.10 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 14:00	1.00 · high	19.00 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 15:00	0.98 · high	16.30 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 16:00	0.96 · high	14.20 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 17:00	0.94 · high	12.90 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 18:00	0.92 · high	11.80 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 19:00	0.90 · high	11.60 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 20:00	0.90 · high	11.30 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.88 · high	10.00 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.86 · high	6.90 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.86 · high	4.50 · good	25.50 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.84 · high	2.90 · good	25.60 · good	fair
Mon 01:00	0.84 · high	5.10 · good	25.60 · good	fair
Mon 02:00	0.82 · high	9.80 · high	25.60 · good	fair
Mon 03:00	0.82 · high	11.30 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.80 · high	9.40 · high	25.70 · good	fair
Mon 05:00	0.80 · high	9.90 · high	25.70 · good	fair
Mon 06:00	0.78 · high	11.80 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Mon 07:00	0.78 · high	13.80 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Mon 08:00	0.76 · high	13.70 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Mon 09:00	0.76 · high	10.70 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Mon 10:00	0.80 · high	1.63 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 11:00	0.78 · high	1.76 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 12:00	0.78 · high	2.12 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 13:00	0.78 · high	2.33 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 14:00	0.78 · high	1.75 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 15:00	0.78 · high	0.49 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 16:00	0.78 · high	1.35 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 17:00	0.78 · high	2.06 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 18:00	0.78 · high	2.47 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 19:00	0.80 · high	2.91 · good	25.50 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	0.82 · high	4.03 · good	25.50 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.84 · high	5.08 · good	25.50 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.86 · high	4.82 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.88 · high	4.53 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.90 · high	4.55 · good	25.60 · good	fair
Tue 01:00	0.94 · high	4.03 · good	25.60 · good	fair
Tue 02:00	0.98 · high	4.09 · good	25.70 · good	fair
Tue 03:00	1.02 · high	3.66 · good	25.70 · good	fair
Tue 04:00	1.08 · high	2.86 · good	25.70 · good	fair
Tue 05:00	1.12 · high	2.15 · good	25.70 · good	fair
Tue 06:00	1.18 · high	1.60 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Tue 07:00	1.26 · high	1.32 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Tue 08:00	1.36 · high	1.48 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Tue 09:00	1.44 · high	1.71 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Tue 10:00	1.54 · high	1.95 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Tue 11:00	1.64 · high	1.64 · good	25.70 · good	poor