Can you snorkel in Tulum today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Tulum starts Thu 13:00. Around 2% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Tulum 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.

Tulum Snorkel Report Today

Mexico · Updated Tue 04:13 (EST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 06:20

Tulum has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 08:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 5.5/10

Best time: Thu 08:00

Main risk: Waves

Best morning signal: Wed 10:00 (Fair).

Best afternoon signal: Wed 18:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.5 m/s.

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Sunrise

06:21

Sunset

19:31

Water

30.1°C

Max air

32.1°C

Sky

Clear

26% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 13:00 (2% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 13:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (40 hours)
Darkness (16 hours)
Tide/current (8 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 27/100

Low peak drift risk around Wed 08:00.

warm water supports seasonal jellyfish activity; 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.

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Cozumel

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✅ Good

Isla Mujeres

137 km away

✅ Good

Holbox

149 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 11:00 – Tue 11:00 (EST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.49 around Sat 08:00; 3 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 0.74m to 0.8m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 4/24 sampled hours (range 4.7 to 15.4m/s).

Tides range from -0.06m to 0.04m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 23:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 10:00 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
Sat 11:00	0.78 · high	4.70 · good	29.90 · good	poor
Sat 12:00	0.78 · high	5.90 · high	29.90 · good	fair
Sat 13:00	0.78 · high	4.70 · good	30.00 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.76 · high	5.40 · good	30.00 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.76 · high	6.50 · high	30.10 · good	poor
Sat 16:00	0.76 · high	9.40 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Sat 17:00	0.76 · high	11.10 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sat 18:00	0.76 · high	12.60 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	0.76 · high	13.90 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	0.74 · high	13.90 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.74 · high	14.00 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.74 · high	15.40 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.76 · high	13.40 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.76 · high	7.80 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.76 · high	6.30 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.78 · high	7.40 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.78 · high	8.10 · high	30.10 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.78 · high	8.40 · high	30.10 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.80 · high	7.30 · high	30.10 · good	poor
Sun 06:00	0.80 · high	9.30 · high	30.00 · good	poor
Sun 07:00	0.80 · high	10.00 · high	30.00 · good	poor
Sun 08:00	0.78 · high	9.00 · high	30.00 · good	poor
Sun 09:00	0.78 · high	8.10 · high	29.90 · good	poor
Sun 10:00	0.78 · high	5.20 · good	29.90 · good	poor
Sun 11:00	0.76 · high	4.60 · good	29.90 · good	poor
Sun 12:00	0.76 · high	4.70 · good	29.90 · good	fair
Sun 13:00	0.76 · high	2.70 · good	30.00 · good	fair
Sun 14:00	0.76 · high	3.60 · good	30.00 · good	fair
Sun 15:00	0.76 · high	4.20 · good	30.10 · good	fair
Sun 16:00	0.76 · high	9.10 · high	30.10 · good	fair
Sun 17:00	0.76 · high	12.90 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Sun 18:00	0.76 · high	11.70 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Sun 19:00	0.76 · high	14.40 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Sun 20:00	0.76 · high	9.70 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.76 · high	11.90 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.76 · high	8.00 · high	30.30 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.76 · high	8.10 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.76 · high	8.50 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.78 · high	12.40 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.80 · high	11.00 · high	30.20 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.82 · high	9.30 · high	30.10 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.84 · high	11.00 · high	30.10 · good	poor
Mon 05:00	0.86 · high	10.80 · high	30.10 · good	poor
Mon 06:00	0.88 · high	10.50 · high	30.00 · good	poor
Mon 07:00	0.88 · high	11.00 · high	30.00 · good	poor
Mon 08:00	0.90 · high	10.40 · high	30.00 · good	poor
Mon 09:00	0.90 · high	11.40 · high	30.00 · good	poor
Mon 10:00	0.90 · high	1.81 · good	30.00 · good	poor
Mon 11:00	0.90 · high	1.35 · good	30.00 · good	poor
Mon 12:00	0.88 · high	1.86 · good	30.00 · good	fair
Mon 13:00	0.88 · high	2.37 · good	30.00 · good	fair
Mon 14:00	0.88 · high	3.58 · good	30.00 · good	fair
Mon 15:00	0.88 · high	3.29 · good	30.10 · good	fair
Mon 16:00	0.88 · high	3.07 · good	30.10 · good	fair
Mon 17:00	0.86 · high	3.20 · good	30.20 · good	fair
Mon 18:00	0.86 · high	3.38 · good	30.20 · good	fair
Mon 19:00	0.86 · high	3.23 · good	30.20 · good	fair
Mon 20:00	0.86 · high	3.21 · good	30.30 · good	fair
Mon 21:00	0.86 · high	3.22 · good	30.30 · good	fair
Mon 22:00	0.86 · high	3.21 · good	30.30 · good	fair
Mon 23:00	0.88 · high	3.60 · good	30.30 · good	fair
Tue 00:00	0.88 · high	3.30 · good	30.30 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	0.90 · high	3.05 · good	30.30 · good	poor
Tue 02:00	0.94 · high	3.55 · good	30.20 · good	poor
Tue 03:00	0.96 · high	3.37 · good	30.20 · good	poor
Tue 04:00	0.98 · high	3.89 · good	30.20 · good	poor
Tue 05:00	0.98 · high	1.92 · good	30.20 · good	poor
Tue 06:00	1.00 · high	2.38 · good	30.10 · good	poor
Tue 07:00	1.00 · high	2.29 · good	30.10 · good	poor
Tue 08:00	1.02 · high	2.88 · good	30.10 · good	poor
Tue 09:00	1.02 · high	3.15 · good	30.00 · good	poor
Tue 10:00	1.02 · high	3.26 · good	30.00 · good	poor