Can you snorkel in Cap d'Antibes today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Cap d'Antibes starts Wed 12:00 and lasts until 19:00. Around 59% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Cap d'Antibes?

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 Cap d'Antibes 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.

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 13:54

Cap d'Antibes has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 14:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.3/10

Best time: Wed 14:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 21:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.5 m/s.

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Sunrise

06:10

Sunset

21:05

Water

28.1°C

Max air

30.7°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 12:00–19:00 (59% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 12:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (22 hours)
Darkness (16 hours)
Waves (7 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 31/100

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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Porquerolles

96 km away

✅ Good

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✅ Good

Corsica

224 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 11:00 – Tue 11:00 (CEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.75 around Sun 06:00; 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 0.12m to 0.22m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 8/24 sampled hours (range 1.0 to 10.2m/s).

Tides range from -0.64m to -0.41m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 19:00 good 🌟 Good

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 19:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

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 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 10:00 good 🌟 Good

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 11:00	0.16 · good	8.60 · high	27.40 · good	good
Sat 12:00	0.16 · good	10.00 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sat 13:00	0.16 · good	8.20 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sat 14:00	0.18 · good	9.00 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sat 15:00	0.18 · good	7.70 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sat 16:00	0.20 · good	6.00 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sat 17:00	0.20 · good	6.40 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sat 18:00	0.22 · good	8.90 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sat 19:00	0.22 · good	9.90 · high	27.40 · good	good
Sat 20:00	0.20 · good	9.70 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.20 · good	8.90 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.18 · good	8.40 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.18 · good	5.70 · high	27.00 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.16 · good	4.40 · good	27.00 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.16 · good	3.10 · good	26.90 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.14 · good	1.80 · good	26.90 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.14 · good	1.00 · good	26.90 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.14 · good	3.00 · good	26.90 · good	excellent
Sun 05:00	0.12 · good	4.60 · good	27.00 · good	excellent
Sun 06:00	0.12 · good	4.30 · good	27.00 · good	excellent
Sun 07:00	0.12 · good	4.70 · good	27.10 · good	excellent
Sun 08:00	0.12 · good	8.30 · high	27.20 · good	good
Sun 09:00	0.12 · good	9.20 · high	27.40 · good	good
Sun 10:00	0.12 · good	10.20 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sun 11:00	0.14 · good	11.40 · high	27.60 · good	good
Sun 12:00	0.14 · good	12.40 · high	27.60 · good	good
Sun 13:00	0.14 · good	12.70 · high	27.60 · good	good
Sun 14:00	0.16 · good	12.30 · high	27.60 · good	good
Sun 15:00	0.16 · good	11.00 · high	27.50 · good	good
Sun 16:00	0.16 · good	9.60 · high	27.40 · good	good
Sun 17:00	0.18 · good	6.70 · high	27.30 · good	good
Sun 18:00	0.18 · good	5.10 · good	27.30 · good	good
Sun 19:00	0.18 · good	3.40 · good	27.30 · good	excellent
Sun 20:00	0.20 · good	2.90 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.20 · good	1.30 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.20 · good	2.70 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.18 · good	2.60 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.18 · good	1.10 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.16 · good	2.00 · good	27.20 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.16 · good	7.10 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.14 · good	9.40 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.14 · good	4.00 · good	27.00 · good	excellent
Mon 05:00	0.14 · good	5.10 · good	26.90 · good	good
Mon 06:00	0.14 · good	4.70 · good	26.90 · good	good
Mon 07:00	0.14 · good	5.10 · good	26.90 · good	good
Mon 08:00	0.12 · good	3.70 · good	27.00 · good	excellent
Mon 09:00	0.34 · good	10.70 · high	26.90 · good	fair
Mon 10:00	0.34 · good	8.60 · high	27.00 · good	fair
Mon 11:00	0.32 · good	7.50 · high	27.10 · good	good
Mon 12:00	0.32 · good	7.30 · high	27.20 · good	good
Mon 13:00	0.32 · good	8.60 · high	27.20 · good	fair
Mon 14:00	0.34 · good	9.40 · high	27.30 · good	good
Mon 15:00	0.34 · good	8.70 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Mon 16:00	0.34 · good	7.80 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Mon 17:00	0.32 · good	7.00 · high	27.30 · good	good
Mon 18:00	0.32 · good	10.70 · high	27.30 · good	fair
Mon 19:00	0.32 · good	8.90 · high	27.20 · good	fair
Mon 20:00	0.30 · good	7.80 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.30 · good	8.70 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.28 · good	5.60 · high	27.00 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.28 · good	9.30 · high	26.90 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.26 · good	12.00 · high	26.90 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	0.24 · good	11.00 · high	26.80 · good	poor
Tue 02:00	0.24 · good	7.70 · high	26.80 · good	poor
Tue 03:00	0.22 · good	3.50 · good	26.70 · good	poor
Tue 04:00	0.22 · good	6.50 · high	26.70 · good	good
Tue 05:00	0.20 · good	4.20 · good	26.60 · good	good
Tue 06:00	0.20 · good	2.50 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Tue 07:00	0.20 · good	2.70 · good	26.80 · good	excellent
Tue 08:00	0.18 · good	5.80 · high	26.90 · good	excellent
Tue 09:00	0.18 · good	8.10 · high	27.10 · good	good
Tue 10:00	0.18 · good	9.80 · high	27.20 · good	good