# Fakarava snorkeling forecast

Fakarava looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sat 13:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Fakarava, French Polynesia
- Timezone: Pacific/Tahiti
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T12:51:42.094868-10:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 3.9/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T10:26:19.004204-10:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/fakarava/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/fakarava/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/fakarava/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/fakarava/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/fakarava/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/fakarava/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 27.0 °C (80.6 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 27.3 °C (81.1 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: -0.3 °C (-0.5 °F), cooler than the stored baseline
- Scoring thresholds: waves <= 0.36 m, wind <= 5.4 m/s, current <= 0.36 m/s, water 20.6-30.4 °C. Forecast thresholds, not official safety limits.

## Next 24 hours

| time | rating | score | ok | waves_m | wind_mps | sst_c |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.39216296296296294 | no | 0.74 | 3.22 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.74 | 3.76 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.74 | 4.23 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 4.65 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 4.83 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 5.53 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 5.69 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 5.91 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 5.86 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.74 | 5.14 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.74 | 4.9 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.74 | 5.03 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 4.82 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 4.95 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T03:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 5.02 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T04:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 4.97 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T05:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 5.09 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T06:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.44479814814814805 | no | 0.72 | 5.21 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T07:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.43536851851851854 | no | 0.72 | 5.41 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T08:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.4613814814814815 | no | 0.72 | 5.66 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-18T09:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.4134666666666667 | no | 0.72 | 5.76 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-18T10:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.2933462962962962 | no | 0.74 | 5.83 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-18T11:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.29608148148148145 | no | 0.74 | 5.66 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-18T12:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.3108962962962963 | no | 0.74 | 5.02 | 27.1 |

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