# Rangiroa snorkeling forecast

Rangiroa looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Mon 10:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Rangiroa, French Polynesia
- Timezone: Pacific/Tahiti
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-09-21T05:07:11.776199-10:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 4.1/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-09-21T05:06:18.420971-10:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/rangiroa/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/rangiroa/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/rangiroa/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/rangiroa/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/rangiroa/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/french-polynesia/rangiroa/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 26.8 °C (80.2 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 9: 27.2 °C (81.0 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 9 normal: -0.4 °C (-0.7 °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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-21T06:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.2683222222222222 | no | 1.22 | 6.6 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-21T07:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.37530555555555556 | no | 1.2 | 5.97 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-21T08:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.39167407407407406 | no | 1.18 | 4.9 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-21T09:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.4110574074074073 | no | 1.16 | 4.27 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-21T10:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.4122944444444444 | no | 1.16 | 3.75 | 26.9 |
| 2026-09-21T11:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.3417796296296296 | no | 1.14 | 4.93 | 26.9 |
| 2026-09-21T12:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.3738074074074073 | no | 1.14 | 5.62 | 27.0 |
| 2026-09-21T13:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.4055685185185185 | no | 1.12 | 4.87 | 27.0 |
| 2026-09-21T14:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.12 | 5.24 | 27.0 |
| 2026-09-21T15:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.12 | 5.71 | 27.0 |
| 2026-09-21T16:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.1 | 5.82 | 27.0 |
| 2026-09-21T17:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.1 | 5.66 | 26.9 |
| 2026-09-21T18:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.1 | 6.26 | 26.9 |
| 2026-09-21T19:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.12 | 6.47 | 26.9 |
| 2026-09-21T20:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.12 | 6.49 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-21T21:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.12 | 6.42 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-21T22:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.1 | 6.08 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-21T23:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.1 | 5.82 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-22T00:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.08 | 5.56 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-22T01:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.08 | 5.09 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-22T02:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.06 | 5.03 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-22T03:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.06 | 4.76 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-22T04:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.06 | 4.51 | 26.8 |
| 2026-09-22T05:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.06 | 4.55 | 26.8 |

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