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Goat Island Snorkel Report Today

New Zealand · Updated Tue 04:15 (NZST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Thu 02:22

Goat Island has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 13:00. The main thing to watch is sea temperature.

Score: 5.7/10

Best time: Thu 13:00

Main risk: Sea Temperature

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Thu 14:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.2 m/s.

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Sunrise

07:26

Sunset

17:29

Water

14.4°C

Max air

15.4°C

Sky

Cloudy

77% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 01:00–03:00 (8% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Sea temperature

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Sea temperature

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 01:00 until 03:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Sea temperature (37 hours)
  • Darkness (27 hours)
  • Waves (11 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 10/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 21:00.

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 14:00

Thu 02:00, Thu 14:00

Nearby alternatives in New Zealand

Poor Knights Islands

89 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Fri 14:00 – Mon 14:00 (NZST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.16 around Sat 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 0.74m to 1.16m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 12.4 to 28.2m/s).

Tides range from -0.68m to 1.18m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

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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 14:00 0.74 · high 13.40 · high 14.90 · out of range poor
Fri 15:00 0.76 · high 12.40 · high 14.90 · out of range poor
Fri 16:00 0.78 · high 12.40 · high 14.90 · out of range poor
Fri 17:00 0.78 · high 14.30 · high 14.90 · out of range poor
Fri 18:00 0.80 · high 15.90 · high 14.90 · out of range poor
Fri 19:00 0.80 · high 17.40 · high 14.90 · out of range poor
Fri 20:00 0.80 · high 17.70 · high 15.00 · out of range poor
Fri 21:00 0.80 · high 18.70 · high 15.00 · out of range poor
Fri 22:00 0.84 · high 20.40 · high 15.00 · out of range poor
Fri 23:00 0.86 · high 23.80 · high 15.00 · out of range poor
Sat 00:00 0.90 · high 24.90 · high 15.00 · out of range poor
Sat 01:00 0.94 · high 26.60 · high 15.00 · out of range poor
Sat 02:00 0.98 · high 27.60 · high 15.10 · out of range poor
Sat 03:00 1.02 · high 27.70 · high 15.10 · out of range poor
Sat 04:00 1.02 · high 27.20 · high 15.10 · out of range poor
Sat 05:00 1.04 · high 24.10 · high 15.10 · out of range poor
Sat 06:00 1.04 · high 25.20 · high 15.10 · out of range poor
Sat 07:00 1.04 · high 26.50 · high 15.10 · out of range poor
Sat 08:00 1.06 · high 26.10 · high 15.10 · out of range poor
Sat 09:00 1.06 · high 28.20 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 10:00 1.08 · high 25.10 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 11:00 1.08 · high 25.70 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 12:00 1.10 · high 22.90 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 13:00 1.16 · high 23.00 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 14:00 1.20 · high 20.80 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 15:00 1.26 · high 17.30 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 16:00 1.22 · high 16.50 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 17:00 1.18 · high 9.30 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 18:00 1.14 · high 7.10 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 19:00 1.08 · high 7.60 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 20:00 1.02 · high 11.80 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sat 21:00 0.96 · high 11.20 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sat 22:00 0.92 · high 7.60 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sat 23:00 0.88 · high 8.20 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 00:00 0.84 · high 10.60 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 01:00 0.82 · high 12.00 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 02:00 0.78 · high 13.00 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 03:00 0.76 · high 14.40 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 04:00 0.74 · high 8.10 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 05:00 0.72 · high 11.10 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 06:00 0.70 · high 5.20 · good 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 07:00 0.72 · high 9.90 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 08:00 0.74 · high 20.80 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 09:00 0.76 · high 13.50 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 10:00 0.82 · high 21.40 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 11:00 0.90 · high 25.30 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 12:00 0.96 · high 22.50 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 13:00 1.02 · high 24.50 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 14:00 1.10 · high 18.10 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 15:00 1.16 · high 19.10 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 16:00 1.12 · high 20.80 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 17:00 1.08 · high 21.40 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 18:00 1.04 · high 23.10 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 19:00 1.04 · high 24.90 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 20:00 1.04 · high 24.00 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 21:00 1.04 · high 28.90 · high 15.20 · out of range poor
Sun 22:00 1.12 · high 30.20 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Sun 23:00 1.20 · high 30.80 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 00:00 1.28 · high 28.70 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 01:00 1.36 · high 31.60 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 02:00 1.46 · high 34.40 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 03:00 1.54 · high 32.40 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 04:00 1.54 · high 35.50 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 05:00 1.54 · high 30.10 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 06:00 1.54 · high 32.40 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 07:00 1.62 · high 29.10 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 08:00 1.68 · high 31.10 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 09:00 1.76 · high 27.30 · high 15.30 · out of range poor
Mon 10:00 1.06 · high 5.63 · high 15.50 · out of range poor
Mon 11:00 1.06 · high 5.72 · high 15.50 · out of range poor
Mon 12:00 1.06 · high 6.08 · high 15.50 · out of range poor
Mon 13:00 1.06 · high 6.02 · high 15.50 · out of range poor