Can you snorkel in Bunaken today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Bunaken starts Fri 05:00 and lasts until 09:00. Around 40% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Bunaken 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.

Bunaken Snorkel Report Today

Indonesia · Updated Fri 03:24 (WITA) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Fri 12:49

Bunaken has a usable snorkeling window around Fri 13:00. The main thing to watch is darkness.

Score: 7.9/10

Best time: Fri 13:00

Main risk: Darkness

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Fri 17:00 (Excellent). Peak afternoon wind is about 4.0 m/s.

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Sunrise

05:41

Sunset

17:53

Water

30.4°C

Max air

29.7°C

Sky

Partly cloudy

44% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Fri 05:00–09:00 (40% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Friday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Saturday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Sunday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Fri 05:00 until 09:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Darkness (42 hours)
Tide/current (18 hours)
Sea temperature (4 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 28/100

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

Next early morning high tide: Fri 18:00

Fri 06:00, Fri 18:00, Sat 08:00, Sat 19:00, Sun 09:00, Sun 20:00

Nearby alternatives in Indonesia

Raja Ampat

671 km away

✅ Good

Derawan

728 km away

✅ Good

Wakatobi

784 km away

❌ Poor

Labuan Bajo

1248 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 04:00 – Tue 04:00 (WITA)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.8 around Sun 09:00; 10 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 0.26m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 22/24 sampled hours (range 0.65 to 5.84m/s).

Tides range from -0.14m to 1.5m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 01:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 02:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 03:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 09:00 good 🌟 Good

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 01:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 02:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 03:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 01:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 02:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 03:00 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 04:00	0.26 · good	5.84 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sat 05:00	0.26 · good	5.67 · high	31.00 · out of range	fair
Sat 06:00	0.26 · good	4.73 · good	31.00 · out of range	good
Sat 07:00	0.26 · good	4.35 · good	31.00 · out of range	good
Sat 08:00	0.26 · good	4.34 · good	31.00 · out of range	good
Sat 09:00	0.26 · good	2.58 · good	31.00 · out of range	good
Sat 10:00	0.24 · good	1.18 · good	30.90 · out of range	poor
Sat 11:00	0.24 · good	1.19 · good	30.90 · out of range	poor
Sat 12:00	0.22 · good	1.66 · good	30.90 · out of range	poor
Sat 13:00	0.22 · good	3.24 · good	30.90 · out of range	poor
Sat 14:00	0.22 · good	4.12 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sat 15:00	0.22 · good	4.28 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sat 16:00	0.22 · good	3.16 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sat 17:00	0.22 · good	2.16 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sat 18:00	0.22 · good	1.26 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sat 19:00	0.22 · good	0.65 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sat 20:00	0.22 · good	1.62 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sat 21:00	0.22 · good	2.54 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sat 22:00	0.22 · good	3.63 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sat 23:00	0.20 · good	3.31 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sun 00:00	0.20 · good	2.70 · good	30.70 · out of range	excellent
Sun 01:00	0.20 · good	1.44 · good	30.70 · out of range	excellent
Sun 02:00	0.20 · good	2.80 · good	30.80 · out of range	excellent
Sun 03:00	0.20 · good	3.54 · good	30.90 · out of range	good
Sun 04:00	0.20 · good	3.20 · good	31.00 · out of range	good
Sun 05:00	0.18 · good	2.51 · good	31.00 · out of range	good
Sun 06:00	0.18 · good	2.76 · good	31.10 · out of range	good
Sun 07:00	0.18 · good	3.67 · good	31.10 · out of range	good
Sun 08:00	0.22 · good	3.57 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Sun 09:00	0.22 · good	2.61 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Sun 10:00	0.20 · good	1.88 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sun 11:00	0.20 · good	2.07 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sun 12:00	0.18 · good	2.26 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sun 13:00	0.18 · good	1.94 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 14:00	0.16 · good	2.30 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 15:00	0.16 · good	3.08 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 16:00	0.16 · good	2.96 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 17:00	0.14 · good	2.56 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 18:00	0.14 · good	2.32 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 19:00	0.14 · good	2.05 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 20:00	0.14 · good	1.99 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 21:00	0.14 · good	2.77 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 22:00	0.14 · good	3.41 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 23:00	0.14 · good	2.43 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 00:00	0.14 · good	1.25 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Mon 01:00	0.14 · good	1.03 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Mon 02:00	0.14 · good	2.55 · good	30.60 · out of range	excellent
Mon 03:00	0.14 · good	4.07 · good	30.70 · out of range	excellent
Mon 04:00	0.14 · good	4.18 · good	30.70 · out of range	excellent
Mon 05:00	0.14 · good	4.70 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Mon 06:00	0.14 · good	4.56 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Mon 07:00	0.14 · good	3.25 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Mon 08:00	0.14 · good	2.51 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Mon 09:00	0.14 · good	2.83 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Mon 10:00	0.14 · good	3.52 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Mon 11:00	0.16 · good	3.58 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Mon 12:00	0.16 · good	3.21 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Mon 13:00	0.16 · good	2.11 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Mon 14:00	0.14 · good	1.42 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Mon 15:00	0.14 · good	0.92 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 16:00	0.14 · good	1.98 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 17:00	0.14 · good	3.17 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 18:00	0.14 · good	2.61 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 19:00	0.14 · good	2.41 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 20:00	0.14 · good	2.23 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.14 · good	2.41 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.14 · good	2.30 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.12 · good	2.02 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.12 · good	1.72 · good	30.40 · good	excellent
Tue 01:00	0.12 · good	2.25 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Tue 02:00	0.12 · good	1.35 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Tue 03:00	0.12 · good	4.74 · good	30.60 · out of range	good