Calanques de Marseille Snorkel Report Today

France · Updated Sat 06:05 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Sun 16:54

Calanques de Marseille has a usable snorkeling window around Sun 17:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.9/10

Best time: Sun 17:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Sun 20:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 4.1 m/s.

Sunrise

06:15

Sunset

21:13

Water

27.8°C

Max air

33.1°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Sun 15:00–19:00 (54% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner

Sunday

good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Monday

excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Tuesday

good conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Sun 15:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Tide/current (39 hours)
  • Darkness (18 hours)
  • Waves (8 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.

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Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 14:00 – Sun 14:00 (CEST)

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.72 around Thu 18:00; 15 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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22/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.2m to 0.38m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 22/24 sampled hours (range 0.58 to 9.41m/s).

Tides range from -0.59m to -0.27m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview
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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
Thu 14:00 0.28 · good 7.16 · high 27.90 · good fair
Thu 15:00 0.26 · good 3.04 · good 28.00 · good good
Thu 16:00 0.28 · good 1.08 · good 28.00 · good good
Thu 17:00 0.30 · good 1.33 · good 28.00 · good good
Thu 18:00 0.32 · good 3.76 · good 28.00 · good good
Thu 19:00 0.32 · good 9.41 · high 27.90 · good fair
Thu 20:00 0.32 · good 3.77 · good 27.90 · good poor
Thu 21:00 0.32 · good 2.27 · good 27.80 · good poor
Thu 22:00 0.34 · good 0.85 · good 27.80 · good poor
Thu 23:00 0.36 · good 2.56 · good 27.70 · good poor
Fri 00:00 0.38 · high 2.60 · good 27.70 · good poor
Fri 01:00 0.38 · high 2.66 · good 27.60 · good poor
Fri 02:00 0.36 · good 3.00 · good 27.60 · good poor
Fri 03:00 0.36 · good 3.62 · good 27.60 · good poor
Fri 04:00 0.32 · good 1.54 · good 27.60 · good poor
Fri 05:00 0.30 · good 0.58 · good 27.60 · good good
Fri 06:00 0.26 · good 1.51 · good 27.60 · good good
Fri 07:00 0.24 · good 1.70 · good 27.60 · good good
Fri 08:00 0.24 · good 2.00 · good 27.70 · good good
Fri 09:00 0.22 · good 3.10 · good 27.80 · good good
Fri 10:00 0.22 · good 4.33 · good 27.90 · good good
Fri 11:00 0.20 · good 4.65 · good 28.00 · good good
Fri 12:00 0.20 · good 4.61 · good 28.10 · good good
Fri 13:00 0.20 · good 4.40 · good 28.20 · good good
Fri 14:00 0.20 · good 4.12 · good 28.30 · good good
Fri 15:00 0.20 · good 4.12 · good 28.30 · good good
Fri 16:00 0.22 · good 3.30 · good 28.40 · good good
Fri 17:00 0.24 · good 2.66 · good 28.40 · good good
Fri 18:00 0.26 · good 2.47 · good 28.40 · good good
Fri 19:00 0.30 · good 1.30 · good 28.30 · good excellent
Fri 20:00 0.32 · good 1.72 · good 28.30 · good poor
Fri 21:00 0.36 · good 3.83 · good 28.20 · good poor
Fri 22:00 0.40 · high 2.42 · good 28.10 · good poor
Fri 23:00 0.44 · high 1.94 · good 28.00 · good poor
Sat 00:00 0.48 · high 3.01 · good 27.90 · good poor
Sat 01:00 0.52 · high 2.85 · good 27.80 · good poor
Sat 02:00 0.56 · high 2.97 · good 27.70 · good poor
Sat 03:00 0.60 · high 3.68 · good 27.70 · good poor
Sat 04:00 0.62 · high 3.64 · good 27.60 · good poor
Sat 05:00 0.62 · high 3.44 · good 27.60 · good good
Sat 06:00 0.64 · high 3.91 · good 27.60 · good good
Sat 07:00 0.44 · high 1.97 · good 27.70 · good good
Sat 08:00 0.42 · high 2.30 · good 27.70 · good good
Sat 09:00 0.42 · high 3.02 · good 27.80 · good good
Sat 10:00 0.42 · high 3.86 · good 27.90 · good good
Sat 11:00 0.42 · high 3.94 · good 27.90 · good good
Sat 12:00 0.42 · high 3.88 · good 28.00 · good good
Sat 13:00 0.44 · high 4.01 · good 28.00 · good good
Sat 14:00 0.44 · high 4.55 · good 28.00 · good good
Sat 15:00 0.46 · high 4.08 · good 28.00 · good good
Sat 16:00 0.44 · high 4.02 · good 28.00 · good good
Sat 17:00 0.44 · high 3.30 · good 28.00 · good good
Sat 18:00 0.42 · high 3.10 · good 28.00 · good good
Sat 19:00 0.40 · high 3.04 · good 27.90 · good good
Sat 20:00 0.40 · high 3.69 · good 27.90 · good poor
Sat 21:00 0.38 · high 3.19 · good 27.80 · good poor
Sat 22:00 0.36 · good 3.52 · good 27.80 · good poor
Sat 23:00 0.36 · good 3.05 · good 27.70 · good poor
Sun 00:00 0.34 · good 3.76 · good 27.70 · good poor
Sun 01:00 0.32 · good 3.93 · good 27.60 · good poor
Sun 02:00 0.28 · good 2.81 · good 27.60 · good poor
Sun 03:00 0.26 · good 1.04 · good 27.60 · good poor
Sun 04:00 0.24 · good 2.79 · good 27.50 · good poor
Sun 05:00 0.24 · good 2.72 · good 27.50 · good good
Sun 06:00 0.22 · good 2.50 · good 27.50 · good good
Sun 07:00 0.24 · good 2.33 · good 27.60 · good good
Sun 08:00 0.26 · good 2.61 · good 27.60 · good excellent
Sun 09:00 0.28 · good 3.66 · good 27.70 · good good
Sun 10:00 0.30 · good 4.27 · good 27.70 · good good
Sun 11:00 0.32 · good 4.84 · good 27.80 · good good
Sun 12:00 0.34 · good 4.96 · good 27.80 · good good
Sun 13:00 0.38 · high 4.71 · good 27.80 · good good