Can you snorkel in Hulhumalé today?

Conditions look marginal right now — no clearly safe snorkeling window is forecast in Hulhumalé over the next 72 hours. Check the hourly table for the calmest period.

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

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 Hulhumalé 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.

Hulhumalé Snorkel Report Today

Maldives · Updated Tue 04:13 (+05) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Marginal Report Wed 15:34

Hulhumalé looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Thu 07:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 5.2/10

Best time: Thu 07:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 17:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.6 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:02

Sunset

18:22

Water

30.8°C

Max air

28.9°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

No safe window in the next 72 hours

Use the best-available section for the least-bad times.

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Thu 02:00 — Fair (0.52) · still limited by waves
Thu 04:00 — Fair (0.51) · still limited by waves
Fri 03:00 — Fair (0.51) · still limited by waves, tide/current

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (41 hours)
Tide/current (25 hours)
Darkness (24 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

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.

Nearby alternatives in Maldives

Maafushi

31 km away

✅ Good

Fulidhoo

62 km away

✅ Good

Ari Atoll

87 km away

⚠️ Fair

Hanifaru Bay

118 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sun 10:00 – Wed 10:00 (+05)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.33 around Mon 12:00; 0 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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0/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 1.04m to 1.14m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 22.3 to 27.6m/s).

Tides range from 0.27m to 0.94m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 01:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 02:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 03:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 01:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 02:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 09:00 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
Sun 10:00	1.12 · high	26.50 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Sun 11:00	1.14 · high	27.60 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Sun 12:00	1.14 · high	27.20 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Sun 13:00	1.14 · high	25.30 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Sun 14:00	1.14 · high	25.30 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Sun 15:00	1.14 · high	23.80 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Sun 16:00	1.12 · high	22.30 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Sun 17:00	1.12 · high	23.30 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Sun 18:00	1.10 · high	22.90 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Sun 19:00	1.08 · high	23.40 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Sun 20:00	1.08 · high	23.00 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	1.06 · high	25.50 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	1.06 · high	25.20 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	1.04 · high	25.80 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	1.04 · high	24.20 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	1.04 · high	25.10 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	1.06 · high	23.90 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	1.06 · high	24.00 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	1.06 · high	23.70 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 05:00	1.06 · high	24.80 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 06:00	1.06 · high	24.30 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 07:00	1.08 · high	24.40 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 08:00	1.10 · high	25.20 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Mon 09:00	1.12 · high	26.30 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Mon 10:00	1.12 · high	7.13 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Mon 11:00	1.14 · high	7.18 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Mon 12:00	1.16 · high	6.83 · high	29.50 · good	fair
Mon 13:00	1.16 · high	6.77 · high	29.50 · good	fair
Mon 14:00	1.18 · high	6.65 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Mon 15:00	1.18 · high	6.44 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Mon 16:00	1.18 · high	6.51 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Mon 17:00	1.18 · high	6.71 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 18:00	1.18 · high	6.27 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 19:00	1.18 · high	6.50 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 20:00	1.18 · high	6.30 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	1.18 · high	5.96 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	1.18 · high	5.96 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	1.20 · high	5.67 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	1.20 · high	6.10 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	1.20 · high	6.25 · high	29.40 · good	fair
Tue 02:00	1.18 · high	5.91 · high	29.40 · good	fair
Tue 03:00	1.18 · high	5.50 · high	29.40 · good	fair
Tue 04:00	1.18 · high	4.84 · good	29.40 · good	fair
Tue 05:00	1.16 · high	4.81 · good	29.40 · good	fair
Tue 06:00	1.16 · high	4.97 · good	29.40 · good	fair
Tue 07:00	1.16 · high	5.57 · high	29.40 · good	fair
Tue 08:00	1.16 · high	5.58 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Tue 09:00	1.16 · high	6.10 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Tue 10:00	1.16 · high	6.06 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Tue 11:00	1.16 · high	6.30 · high	29.60 · good	fair
Tue 12:00	1.16 · high	5.89 · high	29.60 · good	fair
Tue 13:00	1.16 · high	6.21 · high	29.60 · good	poor
Tue 14:00	1.16 · high	6.21 · high	29.60 · good	poor
Tue 15:00	1.16 · high	5.60 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Tue 16:00	1.16 · high	5.30 · good	29.50 · good	poor
Tue 17:00	1.16 · high	5.46 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Tue 18:00	1.16 · high	5.59 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Tue 19:00	1.16 · high	7.02 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Tue 20:00	1.16 · high	6.15 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Tue 21:00	1.16 · high	6.70 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Tue 22:00	1.14 · high	6.27 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Tue 23:00	1.14 · high	7.16 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Wed 00:00	1.12 · high	5.63 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Wed 01:00	1.10 · high	4.80 · good	29.40 · good	fair
Wed 02:00	1.08 · high	4.35 · good	29.40 · good	fair
Wed 03:00	1.06 · high	7.17 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Wed 04:00	1.04 · high	3.47 · good	29.50 · good	fair
Wed 05:00	1.04 · high	3.76 · good	29.50 · good	fair
Wed 06:00	1.02 · high	4.66 · good	29.50 · good	fair
Wed 07:00	1.02 · high	4.86 · good	29.60 · good	fair
Wed 08:00	1.02 · high	4.61 · good	29.60 · good	fair
Wed 09:00	1.02 · high	4.38 · good	29.70 · good	poor