Can you snorkel in Crete today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Crete starts Wed 17:00. Around 20% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Crete?

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 Crete 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.

Crete Snorkel Report Today

Greece · Updated Tue 04:14 (EEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 19:24

Crete has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 20:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 5.7/10

Best time: Wed 20:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 20:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 4.7 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:22

Sunset

20:32

Water

27.3°C

Max air

28.1°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 17:00 (20% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 17:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (35 hours)
Tide/current (25 hours)
Darkness (20 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 32/100

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.

Nearby alternatives in Greece

Santorini

141 km away

✅ Good

Milos

170 km away

✅ Good

Paros

207 km away

✅ Good

Naxos

214 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 16:00 – Tue 16:00 (EEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.37 around Sun 10:00; 3 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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0/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.58m to 1.02m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 6.1 to 19.8m/s).

Tides range from -0.47m to -0.39m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 good 🌟 Good

Tue 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 15:00 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 16:00	1.02 · high	11.30 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Sat 17:00	1.00 · high	9.50 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Sat 18:00	0.98 · high	7.20 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	0.92 · high	6.10 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	0.88 · high	6.40 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.82 · high	6.20 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.78 · high	7.20 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.74 · high	7.20 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.70 · high	8.00 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.68 · high	8.40 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.66 · high	8.60 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.64 · high	8.80 · high	25.60 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.62 · high	9.40 · high	25.60 · good	fair
Sun 05:00	0.62 · high	11.70 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Sun 06:00	0.60 · high	14.50 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Sun 07:00	0.60 · high	15.20 · high	25.60 · good	fair
Sun 08:00	0.62 · high	16.60 · high	25.60 · good	poor
Sun 09:00	0.62 · high	18.40 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Sun 10:00	0.62 · high	19.40 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Sun 11:00	0.64 · high	19.10 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 12:00	0.64 · high	19.80 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 13:00	0.62 · high	18.70 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 14:00	0.60 · high	16.90 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Sun 15:00	0.58 · high	15.20 · high	26.00 · good	fair
Sun 16:00	0.54 · high	13.70 · high	25.90 · good	fair
Sun 17:00	0.50 · high	11.20 · high	25.90 · good	fair
Sun 18:00	0.46 · high	8.20 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 19:00	0.44 · high	8.00 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Sun 20:00	0.40 · high	8.00 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.38 · high	8.10 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.36 · good	8.00 · high	25.60 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.36 · good	7.80 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.34 · good	7.60 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.34 · good	7.60 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.34 · good	7.60 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.34 · good	7.90 · high	25.20 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.36 · good	8.70 · high	25.20 · good	fair
Mon 05:00	0.36 · good	9.90 · high	25.20 · good	fair
Mon 06:00	0.38 · high	13.20 · high	25.20 · good	fair
Mon 07:00	0.40 · high	14.90 · high	25.30 · good	fair
Mon 08:00	0.40 · high	17.10 · high	25.40 · good	fair
Mon 09:00	0.42 · high	18.10 · high	25.60 · good	fair
Mon 10:00	0.44 · high	5.71 · high	25.60 · good	fair
Mon 11:00	0.46 · high	5.91 · high	25.60 · good	fair
Mon 12:00	0.48 · high	6.03 · high	25.70 · good	fair
Mon 13:00	0.46 · high	5.73 · high	25.70 · good	fair
Mon 14:00	0.46 · high	5.33 · good	25.70 · good	fair
Mon 15:00	0.44 · high	4.85 · good	25.60 · good	good
Mon 16:00	0.42 · high	3.50 · good	25.60 · good	good
Mon 17:00	0.40 · high	3.51 · good	25.50 · good	good
Mon 18:00	0.38 · high	2.71 · good	25.50 · good	poor
Mon 19:00	0.36 · good	2.90 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	0.34 · good	2.92 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.32 · good	2.62 · good	25.30 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.30 · good	3.18 · good	25.20 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.30 · good	3.38 · good	25.20 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.28 · good	3.27 · good	25.10 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	0.28 · good	3.23 · good	25.10 · good	poor
Tue 02:00	0.26 · good	3.36 · good	25.10 · good	poor
Tue 03:00	0.26 · good	3.67 · good	25.00 · good	poor
Tue 04:00	0.26 · good	3.58 · good	25.00 · good	good
Tue 05:00	0.28 · good	3.79 · good	25.00 · good	good
Tue 06:00	0.28 · good	4.22 · good	25.00 · good	good
Tue 07:00	0.30 · good	5.06 · good	25.10 · good	good
Tue 08:00	0.34 · good	5.59 · high	25.20 · good	good
Tue 09:00	0.36 · good	5.87 · high	25.30 · good	good
Tue 10:00	0.38 · high	6.38 · high	25.40 · good	good
Tue 11:00	0.38 · high	6.56 · high	25.50 · good	fair
Tue 12:00	0.40 · high	6.33 · high	25.50 · good	fair
Tue 13:00	0.40 · high	6.21 · high	25.50 · good	fair
Tue 14:00	0.42 · high	6.11 · high	25.50 · good	fair
Tue 15:00	0.42 · high	5.50 · high	25.50 · good	good