Can you snorkel in El Nido today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in El Nido starts Thu 00:00 and lasts until 10:00. Around 35% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in El Nido?

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 El Nido 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.

El Nido Snorkel Report Today

Philippines · Updated Tue 04:13 (PST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 19:55

El Nido has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 08:00. The main thing to watch is sea temperature.

Score: 6.0/10

Best time: Thu 08:00

Main risk: Sea Temperature

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

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Sunrise

05:48

Sunset

18:29

Water

30.7°C

Max air

24.6°C

Sky

Cloudy

86% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 00:00–10:00 (35% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Sea temperature

Friday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 00:00 until 10:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Sea temperature (40 hours)
Waves (34 hours)
Darkness (25 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 29/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 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

Next early morning high tide: Wed 20:00

Wed 20:00, Thu 21:00

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Moalboal

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✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 11:00 – Tue 11:00 (PST)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.67 around Sun 18:00; 11 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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3/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.36m to 0.5m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 22/24 sampled hours (range 0.5 to 7.2m/s).

Tides range from 0.11m to 1.31m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Sat 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 good 🌟 Good

Sun 01:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 02:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 03:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 04:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 01:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 02:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 03:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 04:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 10:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Mon 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 00:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 01:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 02:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 03:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Tue 10:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

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	0.50 · high	7.20 · high	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sat 12:00	0.48 · high	5.20 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sat 13:00	0.48 · high	2.80 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sat 14:00	0.48 · high	1.70 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sat 15:00	0.48 · high	0.80 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sat 16:00	0.48 · high	0.90 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sat 17:00	0.46 · high	4.00 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sat 18:00	0.46 · high	5.30 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	0.46 · high	5.40 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	0.44 · high	3.30 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.44 · high	5.30 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.44 · high	3.80 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.42 · high	3.70 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.42 · high	4.60 · good	30.40 · good	good
Sun 01:00	0.42 · high	2.00 · good	30.40 · good	good
Sun 02:00	0.40 · high	5.80 · high	30.50 · out of range	fair
Sun 03:00	0.40 · high	1.70 · good	30.60 · out of range	good
Sun 04:00	0.40 · high	2.30 · good	30.70 · out of range	good
Sun 05:00	0.38 · high	2.50 · good	30.70 · out of range	good
Sun 06:00	0.38 · high	4.10 · good	30.80 · out of range	fair
Sun 07:00	0.38 · high	4.40 · good	30.80 · out of range	fair
Sun 08:00	0.36 · good	0.50 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Sun 09:00	0.36 · good	0.70 · good	30.70 · out of range	good
Sun 10:00	0.36 · good	2.60 · good	30.70 · out of range	good
Sun 11:00	0.34 · good	1.90 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Sun 12:00	0.34 · good	3.30 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 13:00	0.34 · good	4.00 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 14:00	0.34 · good	2.90 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 15:00	0.34 · good	2.00 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 16:00	0.34 · good	0.70 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 17:00	0.32 · good	1.30 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 18:00	0.32 · good	0.90 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 19:00	0.32 · good	0.60 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 20:00	0.30 · good	0.60 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.30 · good	1.60 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.30 · good	1.10 · good	30.40 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.30 · good	1.80 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 00:00	0.30 · good	1.80 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Mon 01:00	0.30 · good	3.30 · good	30.50 · out of range	good
Mon 02:00	0.28 · good	5.90 · high	30.60 · out of range	good
Mon 03:00	0.28 · good	8.50 · high	30.70 · out of range	fair
Mon 04:00	0.28 · good	9.50 · high	30.80 · out of range	fair
Mon 05:00	0.28 · good	7.80 · high	30.80 · out of range	good
Mon 06:00	0.28 · good	8.60 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Mon 07:00	0.28 · good	7.90 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Mon 08:00	0.26 · good	8.20 · high	30.90 · out of range	good
Mon 09:00	0.26 · good	7.50 · high	30.80 · out of range	good
Mon 10:00	0.28 · good	0.85 · good	30.90 · out of range	excellent
Mon 11:00	0.26 · good	0.36 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Mon 12:00	0.26 · good	0.25 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Mon 13:00	0.26 · good	0.21 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Mon 14:00	0.26 · good	0.16 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Mon 15:00	0.26 · good	0.05 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Mon 16:00	0.24 · good	0.21 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Mon 17:00	0.24 · good	0.21 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Mon 18:00	0.22 · good	0.22 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Mon 19:00	0.22 · good	0.65 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Mon 20:00	0.22 · good	3.15 · good	30.60 · out of range	poor
Mon 21:00	0.22 · good	0.96 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 22:00	0.22 · good	0.94 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Mon 23:00	0.20 · good	1.24 · good	30.50 · out of range	poor
Tue 00:00	0.20 · good	1.57 · good	30.50 · out of range	excellent
Tue 01:00	0.20 · good	1.98 · good	30.60 · out of range	excellent
Tue 02:00	0.20 · good	2.73 · good	30.60 · out of range	excellent
Tue 03:00	0.20 · good	2.91 · good	30.70 · out of range	excellent
Tue 04:00	0.20 · good	3.10 · good	30.80 · out of range	excellent
Tue 05:00	0.18 · good	3.29 · good	30.80 · out of range	excellent
Tue 06:00	0.18 · good	3.56 · good	30.90 · out of range	excellent
Tue 07:00	0.18 · good	3.43 · good	30.90 · out of range	excellent
Tue 08:00	0.20 · good	3.49 · good	30.90 · out of range	excellent
Tue 09:00	0.20 · good	2.93 · good	30.80 · out of range	excellent
Tue 10:00	0.22 · good	2.19 · good	30.80 · out of range	excellent