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San Blas Islands Snorkel Report Today

Panama · Updated Tue 04:14 (EST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Marginal Report Wed 11:31

San Blas Islands looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Thu 11:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 5.1/10

Best time: Thu 11:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 14:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 2.5 m/s.

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Sunrise

06:03

Sunset

18:39

Water

29.9°C

Max air

27.5°C

Sky

Cloudy

98% 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

Best available hours

  • Thu 16:00 — Fair (0.51) · still limited by waves
  • Thu 18:00 — Fair (0.51) · still limited by waves
  • Thu 19:00 — Fair (0.50) · still limited by waves

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Waves (35 hours)
  • Darkness (16 hours)
  • Tide/current (9 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 29/100

Low peak drift risk around Wed 13:00.

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

Thu 00:00, Fri 01:00

Nearby alternatives in Panama

Bocas del Toro

376 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 16:00 – Sun 16:00 (EST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.42 around Fri 10:00; 2 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 0.84m to 1.04m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 2/24 sampled hours (range 2.5 to 30.5m/s).

Tides range from 0.0m to 0.34m; 0 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
Thu 16:00 0.84 · high 8.70 · high 29.90 · good poor
Thu 17:00 0.86 · high 12.40 · high 30.00 · good poor
Thu 18:00 0.86 · high 15.60 · high 30.00 · good poor
Thu 19:00 0.88 · high 18.90 · high 30.00 · good poor
Thu 20:00 0.88 · high 22.10 · high 30.00 · good poor
Thu 21:00 0.90 · high 20.00 · high 30.00 · good poor
Thu 22:00 0.90 · high 18.40 · high 30.00 · good poor
Thu 23:00 0.90 · high 15.70 · high 30.00 · good poor
Fri 00:00 0.90 · high 13.50 · high 29.90 · good poor
Fri 01:00 0.90 · high 10.50 · high 29.90 · good poor
Fri 02:00 0.90 · high 9.80 · high 29.90 · good poor
Fri 03:00 0.90 · high 10.30 · high 29.80 · good poor
Fri 04:00 0.90 · high 9.50 · high 29.80 · good poor
Fri 05:00 0.88 · high 7.50 · high 29.80 · good poor
Fri 06:00 0.88 · high 15.30 · high 29.70 · good poor
Fri 07:00 0.88 · high 30.50 · high 29.70 · good poor
Fri 08:00 0.90 · high 16.50 · high 29.70 · good poor
Fri 09:00 0.90 · high 14.50 · high 29.60 · good poor
Fri 10:00 0.90 · high 15.90 · high 29.60 · good poor
Fri 11:00 1.04 · high 20.40 · high 29.50 · good poor
Fri 12:00 1.04 · high 19.10 · high 29.50 · good poor
Fri 13:00 1.04 · high 6.90 · high 29.60 · good poor
Fri 14:00 1.04 · high 2.70 · good 29.60 · good fair
Fri 15:00 1.04 · high 2.50 · good 29.70 · good fair
Fri 16:00 1.04 · high 5.20 · good 29.80 · good fair
Fri 17:00 1.06 · high 8.60 · high 29.90 · good poor
Fri 18:00 1.06 · high 11.40 · high 29.90 · good poor
Fri 19:00 1.06 · high 10.90 · high 29.90 · good poor
Fri 20:00 1.06 · high 12.90 · high 29.90 · good poor
Fri 21:00 1.06 · high 13.90 · high 29.90 · good poor
Fri 22:00 1.06 · high 13.90 · high 29.80 · good poor
Fri 23:00 1.04 · high 11.90 · high 29.80 · good poor
Sat 00:00 1.04 · high 11.40 · high 29.80 · good poor
Sat 01:00 1.04 · high 6.90 · high 29.80 · good poor
Sat 02:00 1.02 · high 4.80 · good 29.70 · good poor
Sat 03:00 1.02 · high 3.40 · good 29.70 · good poor
Sat 04:00 1.00 · high 2.20 · good 29.70 · good poor
Sat 05:00 1.00 · high 4.60 · good 29.70 · good poor
Sat 06:00 0.98 · high 2.20 · good 29.70 · good poor
Sat 07:00 0.98 · high 2.20 · good 29.70 · good poor
Sat 08:00 0.96 · high 7.70 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sat 09:00 0.96 · high 22.70 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sat 10:00 0.94 · high 17.50 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sat 11:00 0.94 · high 14.00 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sat 12:00 0.92 · high 6.00 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sat 13:00 0.90 · high 6.10 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sat 14:00 0.90 · high 5.10 · good 29.70 · good fair
Sat 15:00 0.88 · high 1.50 · good 29.70 · good fair
Sat 16:00 0.86 · high 5.50 · high 29.80 · good fair
Sat 17:00 0.86 · high 6.00 · high 29.80 · good poor
Sat 18:00 0.84 · high 4.60 · good 29.80 · good fair
Sat 19:00 0.84 · high 5.80 · high 29.80 · good fair
Sat 20:00 0.82 · high 10.10 · high 29.80 · good poor
Sat 21:00 0.82 · high 12.30 · high 29.80 · good poor
Sat 22:00 0.82 · high 18.20 · high 29.70 · good poor
Sat 23:00 0.84 · high 24.20 · high 29.70 · good poor
Sun 00:00 0.84 · high 5.20 · good 29.70 · good poor
Sun 01:00 0.84 · high 11.40 · high 29.70 · good poor
Sun 02:00 0.82 · high 10.80 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sun 03:00 0.82 · high 11.10 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sun 04:00 0.80 · high 7.10 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sun 05:00 0.78 · high 3.90 · good 29.60 · good poor
Sun 06:00 0.76 · high 3.70 · good 29.60 · good poor
Sun 07:00 0.74 · high 4.40 · good 29.60 · good poor
Sun 08:00 0.74 · high 6.00 · high 29.50 · good poor
Sun 09:00 0.72 · high 8.60 · high 29.50 · good poor
Sun 10:00 0.70 · high 9.70 · high 29.50 · good poor
Sun 11:00 0.70 · high 8.00 · high 29.50 · good poor
Sun 12:00 0.68 · high 3.90 · good 29.50 · good fair
Sun 13:00 0.68 · high 9.10 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sun 14:00 0.66 · high 7.80 · high 29.60 · good poor
Sun 15:00 0.66 · high 8.60 · high 29.70 · good poor