Can you snorkel in Pigeon Island - Cousteau today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Pigeon Island - Cousteau starts Sat 19:00 and lasts until 21:00. Around 21% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Pigeon Island - Cousteau?

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 Pigeon Island - Cousteau 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.

Pigeon Island - Cousteau Snorkel Report Today

Guadeloupe · Updated Fri 03:26 (AST) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Fri 18:01

Pigeon Island - Cousteau has a usable snorkeling window around Sat 15:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 5.9/10

Best time: Sat 15:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

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Sunrise

05:45

Sunset

18:41

Water

29.7°C

Max air

26.6°C

Sky

Cloudy

91% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Sat 19:00–21:00 (21% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Saturday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Sunday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Sat 19:00 until 21:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (52 hours)
Tide/current (52 hours)
Darkness (26 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

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.

Upcoming high tides

Sat 01:00

Nearby alternatives in Guadeloupe

No nearby alternatives available.

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Fri 22:00 – Mon 22:00 (AST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.55 around Sat 06:00; 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 0.46m to 0.56m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 16/24 sampled hours (range 0.7 to 8.7m/s).

Tides range from 0.23m to 0.45m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Fri 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 21:00 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
Fri 22:00	0.46 · high	6.90 · high	29.70 · good	fair
Fri 23:00	0.48 · high	5.40 · good	29.60 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.48 · high	5.10 · good	29.50 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.50 · high	3.50 · good	29.50 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.50 · high	2.70 · good	29.40 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.52 · high	2.10 · good	29.30 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.52 · high	3.10 · good	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.50 · high	1.80 · good	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 06:00	0.50 · high	1.90 · good	29.10 · good	poor
Sat 07:00	0.50 · high	2.30 · good	29.10 · good	poor
Sat 08:00	0.52 · high	0.70 · good	29.00 · good	poor
Sat 09:00	0.52 · high	1.70 · good	29.00 · good	poor
Sat 10:00	0.52 · high	1.10 · good	28.90 · good	fair
Sat 11:00	0.52 · high	3.10 · good	28.90 · good	fair
Sat 12:00	0.52 · high	4.20 · good	28.90 · good	fair
Sat 13:00	0.52 · high	5.40 · good	29.00 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.54 · high	5.10 · good	29.10 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.54 · high	8.20 · high	29.30 · good	poor
Sat 16:00	0.54 · high	7.40 · high	29.40 · good	fair
Sat 17:00	0.56 · high	6.80 · high	29.50 · good	fair
Sat 18:00	0.56 · high	7.50 · high	29.60 · good	fair
Sat 19:00	0.56 · high	7.40 · high	29.60 · good	fair
Sat 20:00	0.54 · high	8.70 · high	29.50 · good	fair
Sat 21:00	0.54 · high	8.10 · high	29.50 · good	fair
Sat 22:00	0.54 · high	6.80 · high	29.40 · good	fair
Sat 23:00	0.54 · high	4.70 · good	29.30 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.54 · high	3.00 · good	29.20 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.54 · high	1.10 · good	29.20 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.56 · high	1.30 · good	29.10 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.56 · high	2.20 · good	29.00 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.56 · high	2.90 · good	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.56 · high	2.50 · good	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 06:00	0.56 · high	3.20 · good	28.80 · good	poor
Sun 07:00	0.56 · high	0.90 · good	28.80 · good	poor
Sun 08:00	0.56 · high	2.40 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Sun 09:00	0.56 · high	2.60 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Sun 10:00	0.56 · high	1.30 · good	28.60 · good	fair
Sun 11:00	0.54 · high	0.90 · good	28.60 · good	good
Sun 12:00	0.54 · high	2.00 · good	28.60 · good	good
Sun 13:00	0.54 · high	4.40 · good	28.70 · good	fair
Sun 14:00	0.52 · high	7.70 · high	28.90 · good	fair
Sun 15:00	0.52 · high	6.50 · high	29.10 · good	fair
Sun 16:00	0.52 · high	5.20 · good	29.30 · good	fair
Sun 17:00	0.54 · high	8.10 · high	29.50 · good	fair
Sun 18:00	0.54 · high	5.50 · high	29.60 · good	fair
Sun 19:00	0.54 · high	3.90 · good	29.60 · good	fair
Sun 20:00	0.56 · high	4.90 · good	29.60 · good	fair
Sun 21:00	0.56 · high	5.50 · high	29.50 · good	fair
Sun 22:00	0.56 · high	6.00 · high	29.50 · good	fair
Sun 23:00	0.56 · high	6.20 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.56 · high	6.90 · high	29.30 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.56 · high	6.00 · high	29.30 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.56 · high	6.70 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.56 · high	6.90 · high	29.10 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.56 · high	9.20 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Mon 05:00	0.58 · high	10.20 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Mon 06:00	0.58 · high	8.90 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Mon 07:00	0.58 · high	6.20 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Mon 08:00	0.58 · high	5.90 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Mon 09:00	0.58 · high	7.40 · high	28.60 · good	poor
Mon 10:00	0.64 · high	2.03 · good	28.50 · good	fair
Mon 11:00	0.64 · high	2.45 · good	28.50 · good	fair
Mon 12:00	0.64 · high	1.96 · good	28.50 · good	fair
Mon 13:00	0.64 · high	2.12 · good	28.60 · good	fair
Mon 14:00	0.64 · high	1.95 · good	28.80 · good	fair
Mon 15:00	0.64 · high	2.65 · good	29.00 · good	fair
Mon 16:00	0.64 · high	2.70 · good	29.20 · good	fair
Mon 17:00	0.62 · high	2.22 · good	29.40 · good	fair
Mon 18:00	0.62 · high	1.78 · good	29.50 · good	fair
Mon 19:00	0.62 · high	2.66 · good	29.50 · good	fair
Mon 20:00	0.62 · high	2.39 · good	29.40 · good	fair
Mon 21:00	0.62 · high	2.28 · good	29.40 · good	fair