# Crete snorkeling forecast

Crete looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sat 18:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Crete, Greece
- Timezone: Europe/Athens
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T05:34:39.858382+03:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 4.4/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 31%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T04:01:57.531810+03:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/crete/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/crete/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/crete/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/crete/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/crete/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/crete/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 24.6 °C (76.3 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: -1.6 °C (-2.9 °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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T06:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.78 | 3.81 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T07:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.92 | 4.9 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T08:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.24018518518518517 | no | 1.06 | 7.66 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T09:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.25933703703703703 | no | 1.2 | 7.04 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T10:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.27461481481481487 | no | 1.18 | 6.38 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T11:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.2733296296296296 | no | 1.16 | 6.28 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T12:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.28920370370370374 | no | 1.14 | 6.32 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.2877296296296296 | no | 1.08 | 6.28 | 23.1 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.3271777777777778 | no | 1.0 | 5.82 | 23.1 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.34726111111111113 | no | 0.94 | 5.73 | 23.1 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.4194444444444444 | no | 0.88 | 5.1 | 23.1 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.43055555555555547 | no | 0.82 | 4.62 | 23.1 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.44027777777777777 | no | 0.76 | 4.2 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.72 | 3.93 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.66 | 3.57 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.62 | 3.23 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.58 | 2.82 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.56 | 2.47 | 23.0 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.52 | 2.06 | 22.9 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.5 | 1.49 | 22.9 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.48 | 1.24 | 22.9 |
| 2026-10-18T03:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.46 | 1.02 | 22.9 |
| 2026-10-18T04:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.44 | 0.9 | 22.9 |
| 2026-10-18T05:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.42 | 0.82 | 22.9 |

## Nearby spots

- [Kefalonia](https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/kefalonia/index.md)
- [Kos](https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/kos/index.md)
- [Lefkada](https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/lefkada/index.md)
- [Milos](https://snorkelforecast.com/greece/milos/index.md)