# San Blas Islands snorkeling forecast

San Blas Islands has no good model window later today. Check the three-day outlook and official beach advisories.

- Location: San Blas Islands, Panama
- Timezone: America/Panama
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T20:46:41.658300-05:00
- Verdict: Poor
- Score: 0.0/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 41%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T18:02:04.475020-05:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/panama/san-blas-islands/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/panama/san-blas-islands/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/panama/san-blas-islands/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/panama/san-blas-islands/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/panama/san-blas-islands/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/panama/san-blas-islands/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 30.7 °C (87.3 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: +0.5 °C (+0.9 °F), warmer than the stored baseline
- Scoring thresholds: waves <= 0.36 m, wind <= 5.4 m/s, current <= 0.36 m/s, water 20.6-30.4 °C. Forecast thresholds, not official safety limits.

## Next 24 hours

| time | rating | score | ok | waves_m | wind_mps | sst_c |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.52 | 2.97 | 30.7 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.52 | 3.09 | 30.7 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.52 | 2.42 | 30.7 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.5 | 2.14 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.5 | 2.25 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.5 | 1.99 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-18T03:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.48 | 2.27 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-18T04:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.48 | 2.69 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-18T05:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.48 | 2.4 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-18T06:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.46 | 1.3 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-18T07:00:00-05:00 | good | 0.5600222222222221 | yes | 0.46 | 2.07 | 30.5 |
| 2026-10-18T08:00:00-05:00 | fair | 0.531535185185185 | no | 0.46 | 2.86 | 30.6 |
| 2026-10-18T09:00:00-05:00 | good | 0.5545648148148148 | yes | 0.46 | 1.58 | 30.7 |
| 2026-10-18T10:00:00-05:00 | good | 0.5517962962962961 | yes | 0.46 | 1.57 | 30.8 |
| 2026-10-18T11:00:00-05:00 | good | 0.5536074074074073 | yes | 0.46 | 1.9 | 30.9 |
| 2026-10-18T12:00:00-05:00 | good | 0.5540703703703703 | yes | 0.44 | 2.3 | 30.9 |
| 2026-10-18T13:00:00-05:00 | fair | 0.5295425925925925 | no | 0.44 | 3.23 | 31.0 |
| 2026-10-18T14:00:00-05:00 | fair | 0.5249129629629629 | no | 0.44 | 3.43 | 31.0 |
| 2026-10-18T15:00:00-05:00 | fair | 0.5291222222222222 | no | 0.42 | 3.72 | 31.0 |
| 2026-10-18T16:00:00-05:00 | good | 0.5513351851851851 | yes | 0.42 | 2.89 | 30.9 |
| 2026-10-18T17:00:00-05:00 | good | 0.6019444444444444 | yes | 0.42 | 0.6 | 30.9 |
| 2026-10-18T18:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.42 | 2.24 | 30.8 |
| 2026-10-18T19:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.42 | 2.55 | 30.8 |
| 2026-10-18T20:00:00-05:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.42 | 3.11 | 30.7 |

## Nearby spots

- [Bocas del Toro](https://snorkelforecast.com/panama/bocas-del-toro/index.md)