Can you snorkel in Holbox today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Holbox starts Thu 12:00 and lasts until 23:00. Around 46% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Holbox 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.

Holbox Snorkel Report Today

Mexico · Updated Tue 04:16 (EST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 20:49

Holbox has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 07:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 8.7/10

Best time: Thu 07:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:19

Sunset

19:33

Water

28.0°C

Max air

27.4°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 12:00–23:00 (46% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 12:00 until 23:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (17 hours)
Darkness (14 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.

Upcoming high tides

Next early morning high tide: Thu 11:00

Thu 11:00

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Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Fri 01:00 – Mon 01:00 (EST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.28 around Fri 18:00; 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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19/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.2m to 0.4m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 2/24 sampled hours (range 4.5 to 21.8m/s).

Tides range from -0.53m to -0.01m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Fri 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 23:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 00:00 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
Fri 01:00	0.34 · good	15.20 · high	27.60 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.32 · good	14.40 · high	27.60 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.32 · good	15.10 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	0.30 · good	15.10 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Fri 05:00	0.30 · good	14.50 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Fri 06:00	0.28 · good	14.90 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Fri 07:00	0.26 · good	14.50 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Fri 08:00	0.24 · good	15.60 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Fri 09:00	0.22 · good	10.50 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Fri 10:00	0.22 · good	8.80 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Fri 11:00	0.20 · good	10.20 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Fri 12:00	0.20 · good	9.10 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Fri 13:00	0.22 · good	10.70 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Fri 14:00	0.24 · good	11.60 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Fri 15:00	0.26 · good	10.20 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Fri 16:00	0.28 · good	9.40 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Fri 17:00	0.32 · good	12.00 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Fri 18:00	0.34 · good	15.80 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	0.36 · good	18.20 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	0.38 · high	21.40 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.40 · high	21.80 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.40 · high	17.80 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.38 · high	4.50 · good	27.50 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.38 · high	5.20 · good	27.50 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.38 · high	9.10 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.38 · high	13.20 · high	27.50 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.38 · high	18.30 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.34 · good	16.30 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.30 · good	9.40 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sat 06:00	0.26 · good	11.90 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sat 07:00	0.24 · good	11.50 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sat 08:00	0.20 · good	13.20 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sat 09:00	0.18 · good	10.60 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sat 10:00	0.18 · good	12.10 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Sat 11:00	0.20 · good	13.20 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Sat 12:00	0.20 · good	13.50 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Sat 13:00	0.30 · good	14.40 · high	27.10 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.32 · good	15.90 · high	27.10 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.36 · good	17.00 · high	27.20 · good	fair
Sat 16:00	0.40 · high	17.60 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sat 17:00	0.42 · high	19.20 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sat 18:00	0.46 · high	20.60 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	0.48 · high	21.70 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	0.48 · high	23.30 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.50 · high	23.80 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.48 · high	22.20 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.44 · high	21.30 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.42 · high	18.30 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.38 · high	16.60 · high	27.40 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.34 · good	14.20 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.30 · good	12.20 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.28 · good	11.40 · high	27.30 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.28 · good	11.40 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sun 06:00	0.26 · good	11.60 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sun 07:00	0.24 · good	10.80 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sun 08:00	0.24 · good	9.40 · high	27.20 · good	poor
Sun 09:00	0.22 · good	8.90 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Sun 10:00	0.22 · good	7.90 · high	27.10 · good	poor
Sun 11:00	0.22 · good	4.70 · good	27.10 · good	poor
Sun 12:00	0.22 · good	5.50 · high	27.10 · good	good
Sun 13:00	0.22 · good	7.80 · high	27.20 · good	good
Sun 14:00	0.20 · good	8.70 · high	27.30 · good	good
Sun 15:00	0.20 · good	10.10 · high	27.40 · good	good
Sun 16:00	0.22 · good	11.50 · high	27.50 · good	fair
Sun 17:00	0.24 · good	12.20 · high	27.60 · good	fair
Sun 18:00	0.26 · good	12.50 · high	27.60 · good	fair
Sun 19:00	0.30 · good	18.60 · high	27.70 · good	fair
Sun 20:00	0.34 · good	21.00 · high	27.70 · good	fair
Sun 21:00	0.38 · high	19.30 · high	27.70 · good	fair
Sun 22:00	0.38 · high	17.10 · high	27.60 · good	fair
Sun 23:00	0.36 · good	17.00 · high	27.60 · good	fair
Mon 00:00	0.36 · good	16.50 · high	27.60 · good	poor