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

Snorkel in daylight, if possible in the morning before the wind picks up. Currents are often weaker near high slack tide. SnorkelForecast scores each daylight hour for Holbox.

What is the best tide for snorkeling?

High slack tide, within about an hour of the high-tide peak, often has weaker currents. Strong low tides and tidal flow near channels or headlands reduce the score.

Holbox Snorkel Report Today

Mexico · Updated Mon 11:54 (EST) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

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Holbox has a usable snorkeling window around Mon 17:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Right now (forecast)

Excellent · 7.3/10

Mon 16:00 (EST)

Later today

Good · 7.1/10

Mon 17:00 (EST)

Next three days

Excellent · 9.4/10

Wed 07:00 (EST)

Model estimates using Open-Meteo; not observations or safety guarantees. Check official advisories and conditions at the beach.

Score: 7.1/10

Best time: Mon 17:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Mon 17:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 1.0 m/s.

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Sunrise

06:38

Sunset

18:47

Water

29.7°C

Max air

27.9°C

Sky

Cloudy

91% cloud

Good model window in the next 72 hours

Next good model window: Mon 17:00–18:00 (45% of the next 72h meets the model threshold)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Monday

✅ Good conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Tuesday

✅ Excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Wednesday

✅ Excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

The next good model window starts at Mon 17:00 and lasts until 18:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (38 hours)
Darkness (36 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 31/100

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.

Upcoming high tides

Next early morning high tide: Tue 07:00

Tue 07:00, Wed 07:00

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✅ Good

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✅ Good

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85 km away

✅ Good

Puerto Morelos

94 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 16:00 – Tue 16:00 (EST)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.84 around Sun 09:00; 12 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 0.12m to 0.2m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 24/24 sampled hours (range 0.84 to 3.66m/s).

Tides range from -0.27m to 0.15m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 16:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 17:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 18:00 Good 🌟 Good

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 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 01:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 02:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 04:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 05:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 06:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 07:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 08:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 09:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 10:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 11:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 12:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 13:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 14:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 15:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 16:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 17:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Sun 18:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

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 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 08:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 09:00 Excellent ✅ Excellent

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 Good 🌟 Good

Mon 17:00 Good 🌟 Good

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 Poor ❌ Limited

Tue 05:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Tue 06:00 Poor ❌ Limited

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

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 is better in daylight, so night hours score lower.

Detailed hourly data table

Time	Wave (m)	Wind (m/s)	Sea temp (°C)	Status
Sat 16:00	0.20 · good	3.66 · good	29.00 · good	Good
Sat 17:00	0.20 · good	3.47 · good	29.00 · good	Good
Sat 18:00	0.18 · good	2.41 · good	29.00 · good	Good
Sat 19:00	0.18 · good	1.69 · good	28.90 · good	Poor
Sat 20:00	0.18 · good	2.47 · good	28.90 · good	Poor
Sat 21:00	0.16 · good	2.20 · good	28.80 · good	Poor
Sat 22:00	0.16 · good	2.14 · good	28.80 · good	Poor
Sat 23:00	0.16 · good	2.13 · good	28.70 · good	Poor
Sun 00:00	0.14 · good	1.66 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Sun 01:00	0.14 · good	2.20 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Sun 02:00	0.14 · good	1.50 · good	28.50 · good	Poor
Sun 03:00	0.14 · good	2.07 · good	28.50 · good	Poor
Sun 04:00	0.14 · good	1.81 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Sun 05:00	0.14 · good	1.68 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Sun 06:00	0.14 · good	1.22 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Sun 07:00	0.14 · good	1.81 · good	28.60 · good	Excellent
Sun 08:00	0.14 · good	1.59 · good	28.70 · good	Excellent
Sun 09:00	0.12 · good	1.18 · good	28.80 · good	Excellent
Sun 10:00	0.14 · good	0.84 · good	28.90 · good	Excellent
Sun 11:00	0.14 · good	3.13 · good	29.00 · good	Excellent
Sun 12:00	0.14 · good	3.54 · good	29.10 · good	Excellent
Sun 13:00	0.14 · good	3.13 · good	29.20 · good	Excellent
Sun 14:00	0.14 · good	2.42 · good	29.20 · good	Excellent
Sun 15:00	0.12 · good	1.16 · good	29.20 · good	Excellent
Sun 16:00	0.12 · good	1.15 · good	29.20 · good	Excellent
Sun 17:00	0.12 · good	1.94 · good	29.20 · good	Excellent
Sun 18:00	0.12 · good	2.47 · good	29.20 · good	Excellent
Sun 19:00	0.12 · good	3.16 · good	29.10 · good	Poor
Sun 20:00	0.12 · good	3.11 · good	29.10 · good	Poor
Sun 21:00	0.12 · good	3.00 · good	29.00 · good	Poor
Sun 22:00	0.12 · good	2.80 · good	29.00 · good	Poor
Sun 23:00	0.12 · good	2.86 · good	28.90 · good	Poor
Mon 00:00	0.10 · good	2.55 · good	28.80 · good	Poor
Mon 01:00	0.10 · good	1.54 · good	28.80 · good	Poor
Mon 02:00	0.10 · good	1.71 · good	28.70 · good	Poor
Mon 03:00	0.10 · good	1.83 · good	28.70 · good	Poor
Mon 04:00	0.10 · good	2.02 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Mon 05:00	0.10 · good	1.54 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Mon 06:00	0.10 · good	1.30 · good	28.70 · good	Poor
Mon 07:00	0.10 · good	1.50 · good	28.70 · good	Excellent
Mon 08:00	0.10 · good	1.05 · good	28.80 · good	Excellent
Mon 09:00	0.08 · good	1.21 · good	28.90 · good	Excellent
Mon 10:00	0.08 · good	1.60 · good	29.10 · good	Excellent
Mon 11:00	0.08 · good	0.66 · good	29.20 · good	Excellent
Mon 12:00	0.08 · good	0.96 · good	29.30 · good	Excellent
Mon 13:00	0.08 · good	2.21 · good	29.40 · good	Excellent
Mon 14:00	0.08 · good	3.56 · good	29.50 · good	Excellent
Mon 15:00	0.10 · good	3.40 · good	29.40 · good	Excellent
Mon 16:00	0.10 · good	3.37 · good	29.40 · good	Good
Mon 17:00	0.14 · good	2.81 · good	29.40 · good	Good
Mon 18:00	0.16 · good	1.23 · good	29.30 · good	Excellent
Mon 19:00	0.20 · good	0.45 · good	29.30 · good	Poor
Mon 20:00	0.18 · good	1.86 · good	29.20 · good	Poor
Mon 21:00	0.14 · good	2.86 · good	29.20 · good	Poor
Mon 22:00	0.12 · good	2.18 · good	29.10 · good	Poor
Mon 23:00	0.10 · good	2.33 · good	29.00 · good	Poor
Tue 00:00	0.10 · good	2.45 · good	29.00 · good	Poor
Tue 01:00	0.08 · good	2.55 · good	28.90 · good	Poor
Tue 02:00	0.08 · good	2.27 · good	28.90 · good	Poor
Tue 03:00	0.08 · good	1.80 · good	28.80 · good	Poor
Tue 04:00	0.08 · good	1.42 · good	28.80 · good	Poor
Tue 05:00	0.08 · good	1.14 · good	28.80 · good	Poor
Tue 06:00	0.06 · good	0.68 · good	28.80 · good	Poor
Tue 07:00	0.04 · good	0.64 · good	28.70 · good	Excellent
Tue 08:00	0.04 · good	0.32 · good	28.80 · good	Excellent
Tue 09:00	0.04 · good	1.43 · good	28.90 · good	Excellent
Tue 10:00	0.04 · good	1.95 · good	29.00 · good	Excellent
Tue 11:00	0.06 · good	1.61 · good	29.10 · good	Excellent
Tue 12:00	0.08 · good	3.38 · good	29.20 · good	Excellent
Tue 13:00	0.08 · good	3.79 · good	29.30 · good	Excellent
Tue 14:00	0.08 · good	4.14 · good	29.30 · good	Excellent
Tue 15:00	0.08 · good	3.61 · good	29.30 · good	Excellent