Cap d'Antibes Snorkel Report Today

France · Updated Tue 03:12 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 07:11

Cap d'Antibes has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 08:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 8.3/10

Best time: Wed 08:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

Best morning signal: Wed 09:00 (Excellent).

Best afternoon signal: Wed 21:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 5.5 m/s.

Sunrise

06:10

Sunset

21:05

Water

27.9°C

Max air

30.7°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 06:00–19:00 (64% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner

Wednesday

excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Thursday

excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Friday

poor conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 06:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Tide/current (28 hours)
  • Darkness (16 hours)
  • Waves (7 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 32/100

Low peak drift risk around Wed 12:00.

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.

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Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Wed 05:00 – Sat 05:00 (CEST)

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.72 around Wed 21:00; 16 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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24/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.18m to 0.26m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 6/24 sampled hours (range 1.1 to 13.6m/s).

Tides range from -0.52m to -0.33m; 1 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
Wed 05:00 0.24 · good 8.00 · high 27.00 · good good
Wed 06:00 0.24 · good 6.60 · high 27.00 · good good
Wed 07:00 0.24 · good 6.30 · high 27.00 · good fair
Wed 08:00 0.26 · good 7.60 · high 27.10 · good fair
Wed 09:00 0.26 · good 9.80 · high 27.20 · good fair
Wed 10:00 0.24 · good 11.80 · high 27.30 · good fair
Wed 11:00 0.24 · good 13.50 · high 27.40 · good fair
Wed 12:00 0.22 · good 12.90 · high 27.50 · good fair
Wed 13:00 0.22 · good 12.90 · high 27.60 · good fair
Wed 14:00 0.20 · good 13.60 · high 27.60 · good fair
Wed 15:00 0.20 · good 11.80 · high 27.70 · good fair
Wed 16:00 0.20 · good 10.70 · high 27.70 · good good
Wed 17:00 0.20 · good 9.50 · high 27.70 · good good
Wed 18:00 0.20 · good 7.20 · high 27.70 · good good
Wed 19:00 0.20 · good 2.90 · good 27.70 · good excellent
Wed 20:00 0.18 · good 3.60 · good 27.70 · good poor
Wed 21:00 0.18 · good 2.30 · good 27.60 · good poor
Wed 22:00 0.18 · good 2.60 · good 27.60 · good poor
Wed 23:00 0.18 · good 1.10 · good 27.50 · good poor
Thu 00:00 0.18 · good 6.40 · high 27.50 · good poor
Thu 01:00 0.20 · good 6.70 · high 27.40 · good poor
Thu 02:00 0.20 · good 5.50 · high 27.40 · good poor
Thu 03:00 0.22 · good 5.40 · good 27.30 · good poor
Thu 04:00 0.24 · good 6.20 · high 27.30 · good good
Thu 05:00 0.24 · good 3.10 · good 27.30 · good excellent
Thu 06:00 0.26 · good 1.10 · good 27.30 · good excellent
Thu 07:00 0.26 · good 4.50 · good 27.40 · good good
Thu 08:00 0.40 · high 3.22 · good 27.40 · good good
Thu 09:00 0.40 · high 2.91 · good 27.60 · good good
Thu 10:00 0.38 · high 2.78 · good 27.70 · good good
Thu 11:00 0.38 · high 2.21 · good 27.80 · good good
Thu 12:00 0.36 · good 2.01 · good 27.90 · good excellent
Thu 13:00 0.34 · good 1.58 · good 28.00 · good good
Thu 14:00 0.34 · good 1.49 · good 28.10 · good good
Thu 15:00 0.32 · good 2.00 · good 28.10 · good good
Thu 16:00 0.32 · good 2.15 · good 28.20 · good excellent
Thu 17:00 0.30 · good 1.75 · good 28.20 · good excellent
Thu 18:00 0.30 · good 1.72 · good 28.20 · good excellent
Thu 19:00 0.28 · good 1.77 · good 28.10 · good excellent
Thu 20:00 0.28 · good 1.75 · good 28.10 · good poor
Thu 21:00 0.26 · good 0.99 · good 28.00 · good poor
Thu 22:00 0.24 · good 0.85 · good 27.80 · good poor
Thu 23:00 0.24 · good 0.10 · good 27.70 · good poor
Fri 00:00 0.22 · good 0.10 · good 27.70 · good poor
Fri 01:00 0.20 · good 0.95 · good 27.60 · good poor
Fri 02:00 0.20 · good 0.99 · good 27.60 · good poor
Fri 03:00 0.18 · good 0.86 · good 27.50 · good poor
Fri 04:00 0.18 · good 1.92 · good 27.50 · good excellent
Fri 05:00 0.16 · good 2.08 · good 27.50 · good excellent
Fri 06:00 0.16 · good 2.50 · good 27.50 · good excellent
Fri 07:00 0.20 · good 2.62 · good 27.60 · good excellent
Fri 08:00 0.22 · good 3.19 · good 27.60 · good excellent
Fri 09:00 0.26 · good 3.09 · good 27.70 · good good
Fri 10:00 0.28 · good 3.10 · good 27.80 · good good
Fri 11:00 0.32 · good 3.23 · good 27.90 · good good
Fri 12:00 0.34 · good 2.92 · good 28.00 · good good
Fri 13:00 0.36 · good 2.26 · good 28.10 · good good
Fri 14:00 0.36 · good 2.06 · good 28.20 · good good
Fri 15:00 0.38 · high 2.31 · good 28.30 · good good
Fri 16:00 0.38 · high 4.40 · good 28.40 · good fair
Fri 17:00 0.38 · high 4.46 · good 28.40 · good good
Fri 18:00 0.38 · high 1.60 · good 28.50 · good fair
Fri 19:00 0.38 · high 1.36 · good 28.50 · good good
Fri 20:00 0.36 · good 2.86 · good 28.40 · good poor
Fri 21:00 0.36 · good 3.21 · good 28.30 · good poor
Fri 22:00 0.40 · high 2.64 · good 28.20 · good poor
Fri 23:00 0.44 · high 1.20 · good 28.10 · good poor
Sat 00:00 0.48 · high 1.17 · good 28.00 · good poor
Sat 01:00 0.48 · high 1.14 · good 28.00 · good poor
Sat 02:00 0.48 · high 2.70 · good 27.90 · good poor
Sat 03:00 0.48 · high 2.42 · good 27.90 · good poor
Sat 04:00 0.48 · high 1.36 · good 27.80 · good good