Can you snorkel in Bunaken today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Bunaken starts Sat 00:00 and lasts until 09:00. Around 37% 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 20:08

Bunaken has a usable snorkeling window around Sat 08:00. The main thing to watch is darkness.

Score: 8.2/10

Best time: Sat 08:00

Main risk: Darkness

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

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Sunrise

05:41

Sunset

17:53

Water

30.2°C

Max air

27.8°C

Sky

Clear

1% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Sat 00:00–09:00 (37% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Saturday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Sunday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Sat 00:00 until 09:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Darkness (39 hours)
Tide/current (14 hours)
Sea temperature (4 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 28/100

Low peak drift risk around Sat 14:00.

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.

Upcoming high tides

Next early morning high tide: Fri 18:00

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

Thu 12:00 – Sun 12:00 (WITA)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.83 around Fri 08:00; 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 0.08m to 0.12m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 9/24 sampled hours (range 2.7 to 14.7m/s).

Tides range from -0.27m to 1.62m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 01:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 02:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 03:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 04:00 good 🌟 Good

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 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 01:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 02:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 03:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 05:00 good 🌟 Good

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 11:00 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 12:00	0.08 · good	5.20 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Thu 13:00	0.08 · good	5.20 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Thu 14:00	0.08 · good	6.30 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Thu 15:00	0.08 · good	6.50 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Thu 16:00	0.08 · good	5.90 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Thu 17:00	0.08 · good	4.60 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Thu 18:00	0.08 · good	4.20 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Thu 19:00	0.08 · good	6.30 · high	30.50 · out of range	poor
Thu 20:00	0.08 · good	7.40 · high	30.50 · out of range	poor
Thu 21:00	0.08 · good	5.80 · high	30.40 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.08 · good	6.70 · high	30.40 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.08 · good	6.80 · high	30.40 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.08 · good	4.00 · good	30.40 · good	excellent
Fri 01:00	0.08 · good	2.70 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Fri 02:00	0.08 · good	3.00 · good	30.60 · out of range	excellent
Fri 03:00	0.08 · good	6.20 · high	30.70 · out of range	good
Fri 04:00	0.08 · good	6.70 · high	30.70 · out of range	good
Fri 05:00	0.08 · good	4.40 · good	30.80 · out of range	excellent
Fri 06:00	0.08 · good	5.40 · good	30.90 · out of range	good
Fri 07:00	0.08 · good	7.10 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Fri 08:00	0.08 · good	9.40 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Fri 09:00	0.08 · good	12.90 · high	30.80 · out of range	good
Fri 10:00	0.08 · good	14.70 · high	30.80 · out of range	poor
Fri 11:00	0.12 · good	7.70 · high	30.70 · out of range	poor
Fri 12:00	0.12 · good	8.10 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Fri 13:00	0.12 · good	7.50 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Fri 14:00	0.12 · good	7.10 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Fri 15:00	0.12 · good	7.50 · high	30.50 · out of range	poor
Fri 16:00	0.12 · good	5.40 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Fri 17:00	0.10 · good	3.70 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Fri 18:00	0.10 · good	4.00 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Fri 19:00	0.10 · good	5.80 · high	30.50 · out of range	poor
Fri 20:00	0.10 · good	5.60 · high	30.40 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.10 · good	5.70 · high	30.40 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.10 · good	6.10 · high	30.40 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.10 · good	5.60 · high	30.40 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.10 · good	5.40 · good	30.40 · good	excellent
Sat 01:00	0.10 · good	4.90 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Sat 02:00	0.10 · good	7.60 · high	30.60 · out of range	good
Sat 03:00	0.10 · good	14.30 · high	30.70 · out of range	good
Sat 04:00	0.10 · good	17.80 · high	30.80 · out of range	good
Sat 05:00	0.10 · good	18.00 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sat 06:00	0.10 · good	13.50 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sat 07:00	0.10 · good	6.30 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sat 08:00	0.10 · good	6.10 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sat 09:00	0.10 · good	7.80 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sat 10:00	0.10 · good	7.50 · high	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sat 11:00	0.10 · good	5.80 · high	30.80 · out of range	poor
Sat 12:00	0.10 · good	7.40 · high	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sat 13:00	0.10 · good	7.00 · high	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sat 14:00	0.08 · good	6.30 · high	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sat 15:00	0.08 · good	6.30 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sat 16:00	0.08 · good	5.40 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sat 17:00	0.08 · good	6.70 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sat 18:00	0.08 · good	8.80 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sat 19:00	0.08 · good	8.00 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sat 20:00	0.10 · good	7.50 · high	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sat 21:00	0.10 · good	7.80 · high	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sat 22:00	0.10 · good	6.70 · high	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sat 23:00	0.10 · good	5.30 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 00:00	0.10 · good	3.10 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Sun 01:00	0.10 · good	2.10 · good	30.60 · out of range	excellent
Sun 02:00	0.10 · good	5.30 · good	30.70 · out of range	excellent
Sun 03:00	0.10 · good	6.20 · high	30.80 · out of range	excellent
Sun 04:00	0.10 · good	7.80 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sun 05:00	0.08 · good	3.50 · good	30.90 · out of range	excellent
Sun 06:00	0.08 · good	3.10 · good	31.00 · out of range	excellent
Sun 07:00	0.08 · good	4.60 · good	31.00 · out of range	good
Sun 08:00	0.08 · good	5.50 · high	31.00 · out of range	excellent
Sun 09:00	0.08 · good	9.30 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Sun 10:00	0.08 · good	11.20 · high	30.90 · out of range	poor
Sun 11:00	0.08 · good	10.40 · high	30.80 · out of range	poor