# Hanifaru Bay snorkeling forecast

Hanifaru Bay looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sat 17:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Hanifaru Bay, Maldives
- Timezone: Indian/Maldives
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T07:35:49.283233+05:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 4.4/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T05:28:17.006860+05:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/maldives/hanifaru-bay/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/maldives/hanifaru-bay/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/maldives/hanifaru-bay/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/maldives/hanifaru-bay/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/maldives/hanifaru-bay/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/maldives/hanifaru-bay/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 30.3 °C (86.5 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 29.4 °C (84.9 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: +0.9 °C (+1.6 °F), warmer than the stored baseline
- Scoring thresholds: waves <= 0.36 m, wind <= 5.4 m/s, current <= 0.36 m/s, water 20.6-30.4 °C. Forecast thresholds, not official safety limits.

## Next 24 hours

| time | rating | score | ok | waves_m | wind_mps | sst_c |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T08:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.3647074074074074 | no | 0.72 | 5.08 | 30.3 |
| 2026-10-17T09:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.35680740740740735 | no | 0.72 | 4.54 | 30.3 |
| 2026-10-17T10:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.37044629629629633 | no | 0.7 | 4.63 | 30.3 |
| 2026-10-17T11:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.4111 | no | 0.7 | 4.74 | 30.3 |
| 2026-10-17T12:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.38598518518518515 | no | 0.7 | 4.84 | 30.4 |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.37027037037037025 | no | 0.68 | 4.28 | 30.4 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.3742944444444443 | no | 0.68 | 3.51 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.4157833333333333 | no | 0.68 | 2.91 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.39605740740740725 | no | 0.68 | 1.87 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.44482037037037025 | no | 0.68 | 2.66 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.68 | 2.74 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.68 | 3.26 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.68 | 3.98 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.68 | 4.33 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.66 | 4.27 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.66 | 3.89 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.66 | 5.5 | 30.4 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 3.86 | 30.4 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 4.07 | 30.4 |
| 2026-10-18T03:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 3.9 | 30.4 |
| 2026-10-18T04:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.66 | 2.97 | 30.3 |
| 2026-10-18T05:00:00+05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.66 | 5.94 | 30.3 |
| 2026-10-18T06:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.3955333333333333 | no | 0.64 | 2.94 | 30.3 |
| 2026-10-18T07:00:00+05:00 | fair | 0.3588370370370369 | no | 0.64 | 4.94 | 30.4 |

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