Can you snorkel in Labuan Bajo today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Labuan Bajo starts Thu 00:00 and lasts until 09:00. Around 44% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Labuan Bajo?

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 Labuan Bajo 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.

Labuan Bajo Snorkel Report Today

Indonesia · Updated Tue 04:16 (WITA) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Thu 03:33

Labuan Bajo has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 08:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 7.2/10

Best time: Thu 08:00

Main risk: Waves

Best morning signal: Thu 11:00 (Good).

Best afternoon signal: Thu 17:00 (Excellent). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.8 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:15

Sunset

17:57

Water

28.3°C

Max air

30.0°C

Sky

Clear

1% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 00:00–09:00 (44% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

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

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (21 hours)
Darkness (18 hours)
Tide/current (10 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 31/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 22:00.

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: Wed 22:00

Wed 22:00, Thu 13:00, Thu 23:00

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Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Mon 19:00 – Thu 19:00 (WITA)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.5 around Tue 10:00; 4 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 0.18m to 0.26m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 4/24 sampled hours (range 2.8 to 13.3m/s).

Tides range from -0.33m to 1.17m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 01:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 02:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 03:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 00:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 01:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 02:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 03:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 00:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 01:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 02:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 03:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

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

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
Mon 19:00	0.22 · good	10.20 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	0.22 · good	10.00 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.22 · good	8.30 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.22 · good	7.10 · high	28.60 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.20 · good	6.80 · high	28.60 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.20 · good	4.60 · good	28.60 · good	fair
Tue 01:00	0.20 · good	2.80 · good	28.70 · good	fair
Tue 02:00	0.20 · good	3.70 · good	28.70 · good	fair
Tue 03:00	0.20 · good	7.40 · high	28.80 · good	fair
Tue 04:00	0.20 · good	13.00 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Tue 05:00	0.22 · good	13.30 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Tue 06:00	0.22 · good	11.20 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Tue 07:00	0.24 · good	9.80 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Tue 08:00	0.24 · good	9.30 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Tue 09:00	0.26 · good	9.00 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Tue 10:00	0.24 · good	7.80 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Tue 11:00	0.24 · good	8.70 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Tue 12:00	0.18 · good	8.30 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Tue 13:00	0.18 · good	9.00 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Tue 14:00	0.18 · good	7.70 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Tue 15:00	0.18 · good	7.40 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Tue 16:00	0.18 · good	6.90 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Tue 17:00	0.18 · good	5.70 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Tue 18:00	0.18 · good	4.70 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Tue 19:00	0.18 · good	4.20 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Tue 20:00	0.18 · good	4.80 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Tue 21:00	0.18 · good	5.50 · high	28.60 · good	poor
Tue 22:00	0.18 · good	6.20 · high	28.60 · good	poor
Tue 23:00	0.16 · good	7.00 · high	28.60 · good	poor
Wed 00:00	0.16 · good	5.90 · high	28.60 · good	excellent
Wed 01:00	0.16 · good	3.00 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Wed 02:00	0.16 · good	0.60 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Wed 03:00	0.16 · good	5.30 · good	28.80 · good	good
Wed 04:00	0.16 · good	12.00 · high	28.80 · good	good
Wed 05:00	0.16 · good	14.90 · high	28.90 · good	good
Wed 06:00	0.16 · good	11.80 · high	28.90 · good	good
Wed 07:00	0.16 · good	10.40 · high	28.90 · good	good
Wed 08:00	0.18 · good	8.70 · high	28.90 · good	good
Wed 09:00	0.18 · good	7.30 · high	28.90 · good	good
Wed 10:00	0.18 · good	5.40 · good	28.90 · good	poor
Wed 11:00	0.18 · good	8.30 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Wed 12:00	0.18 · good	8.60 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Wed 13:00	0.18 · good	8.70 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Wed 14:00	0.18 · good	9.10 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Wed 15:00	0.18 · good	8.20 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Wed 16:00	0.18 · good	8.30 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Wed 17:00	0.16 · good	8.30 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Wed 18:00	0.16 · good	6.90 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Wed 19:00	0.16 · good	5.70 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Wed 20:00	0.14 · good	4.80 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Wed 21:00	0.14 · good	4.60 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Wed 22:00	0.14 · good	3.60 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Wed 23:00	0.14 · good	4.40 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Thu 00:00	0.14 · good	6.40 · high	28.60 · good	good
Thu 01:00	0.14 · good	4.00 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Thu 02:00	0.14 · good	1.70 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Thu 03:00	0.14 · good	4.30 · good	28.80 · good	good
Thu 04:00	0.14 · good	11.60 · high	28.80 · good	good
Thu 05:00	0.16 · good	17.70 · high	28.90 · good	good
Thu 06:00	0.16 · good	14.00 · high	28.90 · good	good
Thu 07:00	0.16 · good	12.00 · high	28.90 · good	good
Thu 08:00	0.18 · good	9.80 · high	28.90 · good	good
Thu 09:00	0.18 · good	8.00 · high	28.90 · good	good
Thu 10:00	0.16 · good	5.30 · good	28.80 · good	poor
Thu 11:00	0.16 · good	6.10 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Thu 12:00	0.14 · good	6.80 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Thu 13:00	0.14 · good	7.30 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Thu 14:00	0.14 · good	7.60 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Thu 15:00	0.14 · good	7.80 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Thu 16:00	0.14 · good	5.90 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Thu 17:00	0.16 · good	3.90 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Thu 18:00	0.16 · good	1.90 · good	28.70 · good	poor