Can you snorkel in Santorini today?

Conditions look marginal right now — no clearly safe snorkeling window is forecast in Santorini over the next 72 hours. Check the hourly table for the calmest period.

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

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 Santorini 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.

Santorini Snorkel Report Today

Greece · Updated Wed 06:20 (EEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Marginal Report Thu 23:35

Santorini looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sat 07:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 4.6/10

Best time: Sat 07:00

Main risk: Waves

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No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

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Sunrise

06:12

Sunset

20:35

Water

24.5°C

Max air

30.6°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

No safe window in the next 72 hours

Use the best-available section for the least-bad times.

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Friday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Saturday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Sat 04:00 — Fair (0.49) · still limited by waves, tide/current
Sat 05:00 — Fair (0.48) · still limited by waves, tide/current
Fri 04:00 — Fair (0.46) · still limited by waves, wind

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (33 hours)
Tide/current (24 hours)
Wind (22 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 31/100

Low peak drift risk around Fri 08:00.

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

80 km away

❌ Poor

Paros

82 km away

❌ Poor

Milos

101 km away

❌ Poor

Crete

141 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

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Thu 20:00 – Sun 20:00 (EEST)

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Snorkel Score (next 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.46 around Fri 07:00; 12 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 1.04m to 1.3m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 2/24 sampled hours (range 5.15 to 8.61m/s).

Tides range from -0.43m to -0.36m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour forecast overview

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 21:00	1.14 · high	5.32 · good	24.50 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	1.12 · high	5.47 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	1.08 · high	5.44 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	1.06 · high	5.88 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	1.06 · high	5.95 · high	24.30 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	1.04 · high	5.95 · high	24.30 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	1.04 · high	5.89 · high	24.30 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	1.08 · high	5.76 · high	24.30 · good	fair
Fri 05:00	1.10 · high	6.14 · high	24.20 · good	fair
Fri 06:00	1.14 · high	6.77 · high	24.20 · good	fair
Fri 07:00	1.16 · high	7.30 · high	24.20 · good	fair
Fri 08:00	1.16 · high	7.68 · high	24.30 · good	fair
Fri 09:00	1.18 · high	7.75 · high	24.30 · good	fair
Fri 10:00	1.20 · high	7.98 · high	24.30 · good	fair
Fri 11:00	1.22 · high	8.20 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 12:00	1.24 · high	8.59 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 13:00	1.26 · high	8.61 · high	24.40 · good	fair
Fri 14:00	1.26 · high	8.44 · high	24.40 · good	fair
Fri 15:00	1.28 · high	8.27 · high	24.40 · good	fair
Fri 16:00	1.28 · high	7.60 · high	24.40 · good	fair
Fri 17:00	1.30 · high	6.43 · high	24.40 · good	fair
Fri 18:00	1.30 · high	5.85 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	1.30 · high	5.60 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	1.28 · high	5.15 · good	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	1.28 · high	4.78 · good	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	1.24 · high	4.56 · good	24.30 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	1.20 · high	4.33 · good	24.30 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	1.16 · high	4.56 · good	24.30 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	1.16 · high	4.77 · good	24.20 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	1.14 · high	4.99 · good	24.20 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	1.14 · high	4.84 · good	24.20 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	1.14 · high	4.57 · good	24.10 · good	fair
Sat 05:00	1.12 · high	4.74 · good	24.10 · good	fair