Can you snorkel in Taormina today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Taormina starts Wed 11:00 and lasts until 18:00. Around 56% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Taormina 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.

Taormina Snorkel Report Today

Italy · Updated Tue 04:14 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 12:33

Taormina has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 13:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 8.3/10

Best time: Wed 13:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 16:00 (Excellent). Peak afternoon wind is about 2.0 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

05:54

Sunset

20:16

Water

29.3°C

Max air

36.6°C

Sky

Partly cloudy

54% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 11:00–18:00 (56% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 11:00 until 18:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (29 hours)
Darkness (18 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 29/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 03:00.

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

Thu 10:00

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Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sun 10:00 – Wed 10:00 (CEST)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.67 around Mon 11:00; 15 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 0.16m to 0.32m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 8.4 to 28.5m/s).

Tides range from -0.51m to -0.37m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sun 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 18:00 good 🌟 Good

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 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 04:00 good 🌟 Good

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 13:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 18:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

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 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 10:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 13:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 18:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

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 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

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
Sun 10:00	0.20 · good	27.20 · high	26.60 · good	good
Sun 11:00	0.20 · good	27.50 · high	26.70 · good	good
Sun 12:00	0.22 · good	27.40 · high	26.80 · good	good
Sun 13:00	0.24 · good	28.20 · high	26.90 · good	good
Sun 14:00	0.24 · good	28.50 · high	26.90 · good	good
Sun 15:00	0.26 · good	24.20 · high	26.80 · good	good
Sun 16:00	0.28 · good	18.50 · high	26.80 · good	good
Sun 17:00	0.30 · good	14.90 · high	26.70 · good	good
Sun 18:00	0.32 · good	12.50 · high	26.70 · good	good
Sun 19:00	0.32 · good	12.00 · high	26.60 · good	poor
Sun 20:00	0.30 · good	12.00 · high	26.50 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.30 · good	12.00 · high	26.30 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.28 · good	11.90 · high	26.20 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.26 · good	12.20 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.24 · good	12.20 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.22 · good	12.10 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.22 · good	12.30 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.20 · good	12.10 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.20 · good	11.80 · high	25.80 · good	good
Mon 05:00	0.18 · good	10.50 · high	25.80 · good	good
Mon 06:00	0.18 · good	8.70 · high	25.80 · good	good
Mon 07:00	0.18 · good	8.70 · high	25.80 · good	good
Mon 08:00	0.16 · good	9.50 · high	26.00 · good	good
Mon 09:00	0.16 · good	8.40 · high	26.10 · good	good
Mon 10:00	0.16 · good	1.00 · good	26.30 · good	excellent
Mon 11:00	0.14 · good	1.25 · good	26.40 · good	excellent
Mon 12:00	0.14 · good	2.02 · good	26.50 · good	excellent
Mon 13:00	0.14 · good	2.75 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Mon 14:00	0.14 · good	3.22 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Mon 15:00	0.14 · good	2.31 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Mon 16:00	0.16 · good	2.00 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Mon 17:00	0.20 · good	1.81 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Mon 18:00	0.22 · good	0.60 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Mon 19:00	0.20 · good	2.27 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	0.20 · good	2.90 · good	26.50 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.18 · good	3.11 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.16 · good	3.05 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.16 · good	3.18 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.14 · good	3.26 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	0.14 · good	3.26 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Tue 02:00	0.14 · good	3.26 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Tue 03:00	0.14 · good	3.33 · good	25.80 · good	poor
Tue 04:00	0.14 · good	3.41 · good	25.80 · good	excellent
Tue 05:00	0.14 · good	2.98 · good	25.80 · good	excellent
Tue 06:00	0.14 · good	2.00 · good	25.80 · good	excellent
Tue 07:00	0.14 · good	0.91 · good	25.90 · good	excellent
Tue 08:00	0.14 · good	0.81 · good	26.00 · good	excellent
Tue 09:00	0.14 · good	0.67 · good	26.20 · good	excellent
Tue 10:00	0.14 · good	0.60 · good	26.40 · good	excellent
Tue 11:00	0.14 · good	0.60 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Tue 12:00	0.14 · good	0.50 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Tue 13:00	0.14 · good	0.40 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Tue 14:00	0.14 · good	0.32 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Tue 15:00	0.14 · good	1.90 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Tue 16:00	0.16 · good	2.11 · good	26.70 · good	excellent
Tue 17:00	0.16 · good	0.81 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Tue 18:00	0.18 · good	0.42 · good	26.60 · good	excellent
Tue 19:00	0.18 · good	2.19 · good	26.50 · good	poor
Tue 20:00	0.20 · good	2.84 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Tue 21:00	0.20 · good	2.97 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Tue 22:00	0.20 · good	3.11 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Tue 23:00	0.18 · good	3.33 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Wed 00:00	0.18 · good	3.54 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Wed 01:00	0.18 · good	3.54 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Wed 02:00	0.18 · good	3.54 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Wed 03:00	0.18 · good	3.47 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Wed 04:00	0.18 · good	3.54 · good	25.90 · good	good
Wed 05:00	0.20 · good	3.19 · good	25.90 · good	good
Wed 06:00	0.20 · good	2.28 · good	25.90 · good	excellent
Wed 07:00	0.20 · good	1.22 · good	26.00 · good	excellent
Wed 08:00	0.20 · good	0.81 · good	26.20 · good	excellent
Wed 09:00	0.20 · good	0.45 · good	26.40 · good	excellent