What is the best time of day to snorkel in Balicasag Island?

Snorkel in daylight, if possible in the morning before the wind picks up. Currents are often weaker near high slack tide. SnorkelForecast scores each daylight hour for Balicasag Island.

What is the best tide for snorkeling?

High slack tide, within about an hour of the high-tide peak, often has weaker currents. Strong low tides and tidal flow near channels or headlands reduce the score.

Balicasag Island Snorkel Report Today

Philippines · Updated Thu 21:23 (PST) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Poor Data updated Thu 21:23 (PST)

Balicasag Island has no good model window later today. Check the three-day outlook and official beach advisories.

Right now (forecast)

Poor · 0.0/10

Thu 21:00 (PST)

Later today

No fresh data for this period.

Next three days

Excellent · 7.8/10

Sat 08:00 (PST)

Model estimates using Open-Meteo; not observations or safety guarantees. Check official advisories and conditions at the beach.

Score: 0.0/10

Best time: -

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

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Sunrise

05:34

Sunset

17:44

Water

29.8°C

Max air

26.4°C

Sky

Cloudy

100% cloud

Good model window in the next 72 hours

Next good model window: Fri 17:00 (30% of the next 72h meets the model threshold)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Thursday

❌ Poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

✅ Good conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Saturday

✅ Excellent conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Best available hours

The next good model window starts at Fri 17:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Darkness (41 hours)
Tide/current (31 hours)
Waves (21 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

Low peak drift risk around Fri 12:00.

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

Next early morning high tide: Fri 01:00

Fri 01:00, Fri 14:00, Sat 02:00, Sun 03:00

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Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Tue 21:00 – Fri 21:00 (PST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.5 around Fri 08:00; 8 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 0.44m to 0.78m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 9/24 sampled hours (range 4.21 to 7.54m/s).

Tides range from 0.17m to 1.39m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 17:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 18:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 19:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 20:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 21:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 22:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 23:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 00:00 Poor ❌ Limited

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 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 09:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 10:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 11:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 12:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 13:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 14:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 15:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 16:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 17:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 18:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 19:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 20:00 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 is better in daylight, so night hours score lower.

Detailed hourly data table

Time	Wave (m)	Wind (m/s)	Sea temp (°C)	Status
Thu 17:00	0.78 · high	7.54 · high	29.90 · good	Poor
Thu 18:00	0.72 · high	6.97 · high	29.90 · good	Poor
Thu 19:00	0.68 · high	6.95 · high	29.90 · good	Poor
Thu 20:00	0.62 · high	6.70 · high	29.90 · good	Poor
Thu 21:00	0.58 · high	6.37 · high	29.90 · good	Poor
Thu 22:00	0.52 · high	6.45 · high	29.80 · good	Poor
Thu 23:00	0.48 · high	7.29 · high	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 00:00	0.48 · high	6.93 · high	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 01:00	0.50 · high	5.49 · high	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 02:00	0.50 · high	4.41 · good	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 03:00	0.48 · high	5.16 · good	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 04:00	0.48 · high	4.84 · good	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 05:00	0.46 · high	4.21 · good	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 06:00	0.46 · high	4.81 · good	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 07:00	0.44 · high	4.82 · good	29.80 · good	Poor
Fri 08:00	0.44 · high	5.17 · good	29.80 · good	Fair
Fri 09:00	0.46 · high	5.61 · high	29.80 · good	Fair
Fri 10:00	0.50 · high	6.59 · high	29.80 · good	Fair
Fri 11:00	0.52 · high	6.39 · high	29.90 · good	Fair
Fri 12:00	0.56 · high	6.86 · high	29.90 · good	Fair
Fri 13:00	0.62 · high	6.40 · high	30.00 · good	Fair
Fri 14:00	0.66 · high	5.66 · high	30.00 · good	Poor
Fri 15:00	0.64 · high	4.75 · good	30.00 · good	Fair
Fri 16:00	0.60 · high	4.24 · good	30.00 · good	Fair
Fri 17:00	0.58 · high	3.63 · good	29.90 · good	Fair
Fri 18:00	0.52 · high	1.70 · good	29.90 · good	Poor
Fri 19:00	0.44 · high	1.17 · good	29.90 · good	Poor
Fri 20:00	0.38 · high	0.52 · good	29.90 · good	Poor