Can you snorkel in Paros today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Paros starts Wed 15:00 and lasts until 17:00. Around 8% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Paros 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.

Paros Snorkel Report Today

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

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 17:39

Paros has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 18:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.5/10

Best time: Wed 18:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 18:00 (Excellent). Peak afternoon wind is about 6.1 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:16

Sunset

20:35

Water

25.8°C

Max air

30.3°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 15:00–17:00 (8% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Thursday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 15:00 until 17:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (37 hours)
Waves (33 hours)
Darkness (20 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

Low peak drift risk around Wed 19:00.

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

Naxos

20 km away

✅ Good

Milos

75 km away

✅ Good

Santorini

82 km away

✅ Good

Kos

191 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 14:00 – Sun 14:00 (EEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.77 around Fri 07:00; 14 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 0.2m to 0.28m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 13/24 sampled hours (range 0.7 to 14.5m/s).

Tides range from -0.51m to -0.43m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

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

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
Thu 14:00	0.22 · good	8.40 · high	23.60 · good	good
Thu 15:00	0.22 · good	8.00 · high	23.60 · good	good
Thu 16:00	0.22 · good	6.40 · high	23.70 · good	good
Thu 17:00	0.20 · good	5.60 · high	23.70 · good	good
Thu 18:00	0.20 · good	3.60 · good	23.70 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	0.20 · good	1.00 · good	23.70 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	0.20 · good	1.10 · good	23.60 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	0.20 · good	1.30 · good	23.60 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.20 · good	1.60 · good	23.60 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.22 · good	0.70 · good	23.60 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.22 · good	1.60 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.24 · good	0.70 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.24 · good	0.80 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.26 · good	2.00 · good	23.40 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	0.26 · good	2.00 · good	23.40 · good	excellent
Fri 05:00	0.28 · good	2.50 · good	23.40 · good	excellent
Fri 06:00	0.28 · good	5.20 · good	23.40 · good	good
Fri 07:00	0.28 · good	7.80 · high	23.50 · good	good
Fri 08:00	0.26 · good	9.10 · high	23.50 · good	good
Fri 09:00	0.26 · good	11.90 · high	23.60 · good	good
Fri 10:00	0.26 · good	11.90 · high	23.70 · good	good
Fri 11:00	0.24 · good	13.40 · high	25.90 · good	good
Fri 12:00	0.26 · good	14.50 · high	26.10 · good	good
Fri 13:00	0.28 · good	12.80 · high	26.20 · good	good
Fri 14:00	0.28 · good	11.90 · high	26.20 · good	good
Fri 15:00	0.30 · good	8.70 · high	26.30 · good	good
Fri 16:00	0.30 · good	7.90 · high	26.30 · good	good
Fri 17:00	0.30 · good	6.50 · high	26.30 · good	good
Fri 18:00	0.30 · good	5.30 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	0.28 · good	4.70 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	0.28 · good	4.30 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.26 · good	4.20 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.26 · good	2.50 · good	25.70 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.26 · good	2.40 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.26 · good	2.50 · good	25.50 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.24 · good	3.00 · good	25.40 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.24 · good	2.70 · good	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.22 · good	3.10 · good	25.30 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.22 · good	4.20 · good	25.20 · good	excellent
Sat 05:00	0.22 · good	5.90 · high	25.20 · good	good
Sat 06:00	0.22 · good	9.70 · high	25.20 · good	good
Sat 07:00	0.24 · good	14.40 · high	25.20 · good	good
Sat 08:00	0.24 · good	17.70 · high	25.30 · good	good
Sat 09:00	0.26 · good	19.60 · high	25.30 · good	fair
Sat 10:00	0.32 · good	22.50 · high	25.40 · good	fair
Sat 11:00	0.36 · good	24.50 · high	25.40 · good	fair
Sat 12:00	0.42 · high	26.30 · high	25.40 · good	fair
Sat 13:00	0.50 · high	25.60 · high	25.30 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.56 · high	26.60 · high	25.20 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.64 · high	26.30 · high	25.00 · good	poor
Sat 16:00	0.70 · high	23.90 · high	24.80 · good	poor
Sat 17:00	0.78 · high	19.80 · high	24.60 · good	poor
Sat 18:00	0.84 · high	17.30 · high	24.50 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	0.90 · high	15.90 · high	24.30 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	0.98 · high	16.60 · high	24.20 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	1.04 · high	19.60 · high	24.10 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	1.08 · high	21.10 · high	23.90 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	1.12 · high	23.40 · high	23.80 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	1.16 · high	22.30 · high	23.70 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	1.16 · high	22.00 · high	23.60 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	1.16 · high	22.40 · high	23.50 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	1.16 · high	24.60 · high	23.40 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	1.22 · high	26.30 · high	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	1.26 · high	29.20 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Sun 06:00	1.32 · high	32.80 · high	23.10 · good	poor
Sun 07:00	1.38 · high	36.80 · high	23.00 · good	poor
Sun 08:00	1.44 · high	37.50 · high	23.00 · good	poor
Sun 09:00	1.50 · high	38.20 · high	22.90 · good	poor
Sun 10:00	1.54 · high	39.60 · high	22.90 · good	poor
Sun 11:00	1.58 · high	40.80 · high	22.80 · good	poor
Sun 12:00	1.62 · high	39.70 · high	22.70 · good	poor
Sun 13:00	1.60 · high	38.90 · high	22.70 · good	poor