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 15:14

Cap d'Antibes has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 16:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.5/10

Best time: Wed 16:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 21:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.2 m/s.

Sunrise

06:10

Sunset

21:05

Water

28.1°C

Max air

30.4°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 14:00–19:00 (57% of next 72h are suitable)

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 14:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Tide/current (20 hours)
  • Darkness (16 hours)
  • Waves (6 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 29/100

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

Fri 13:00 – Mon 13:00 (CEST)

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.71 around Sat 10:00; 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 0.14m to 0.22m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 6/24 sampled hours (range 1.0 to 11.6m/s).

Tides range from -0.64m to -0.4m; 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
Fri 13:00 0.22 · good 8.30 · high 27.60 · good good
Fri 14:00 0.20 · good 8.80 · high 27.60 · good good
Fri 15:00 0.20 · good 8.70 · high 27.70 · good good
Fri 16:00 0.20 · good 11.50 · high 27.70 · good fair
Fri 17:00 0.18 · good 11.00 · high 27.70 · good fair
Fri 18:00 0.18 · good 11.50 · high 27.70 · good fair
Fri 19:00 0.18 · good 10.20 · high 27.70 · good good
Fri 20:00 0.18 · good 8.40 · high 27.70 · good poor
Fri 21:00 0.18 · good 6.70 · high 27.60 · good poor
Fri 22:00 0.18 · good 5.10 · good 27.60 · good poor
Fri 23:00 0.20 · good 2.60 · good 27.50 · good poor
Sat 00:00 0.20 · good 1.00 · good 27.40 · good poor
Sat 01:00 0.20 · good 3.40 · good 27.30 · good poor
Sat 02:00 0.18 · good 3.30 · good 27.20 · good poor
Sat 03:00 0.18 · good 4.30 · good 27.10 · good poor
Sat 04:00 0.16 · good 11.00 · high 27.00 · good good
Sat 05:00 0.16 · good 8.10 · high 26.90 · good good
Sat 06:00 0.14 · good 10.30 · high 26.90 · good good
Sat 07:00 0.14 · good 11.60 · high 26.90 · good good
Sat 08:00 0.14 · good 9.80 · high 27.00 · good good
Sat 09:00 0.14 · good 8.60 · high 27.10 · good good
Sat 10:00 0.14 · good 10.00 · high 27.30 · good good
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