Can you snorkel in Azores - São Miguel today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Azores - São Miguel starts Wed 07:00 and lasts until 09:00. Around 8% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Azores - São Miguel?

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 Azores - São Miguel 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.

Azores - São Miguel Snorkel Report Today

Portugal · Updated Tue 05:16 (+00) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 04:27

Azores - São Miguel has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 07:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 6.3/10

Best time: Wed 07:00

Main risk: Waves

Best morning signal: Wed 07:00 (Good).

Best afternoon signal: Wed 19:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 4.3 m/s.

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Sunrise

06:38

Sunset

21:00

Water

21.8°C

Max air

23.1°C

Sky

Clear

9% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 07:00–09:00 (8% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 07:00 until 09:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (48 hours)
Tide/current (32 hours)
Darkness (19 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 24/100

Low peak drift risk around Wed 14:00.

water is warm enough for occasional jellyfish; 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 08:00

Wed 08:00, Wed 20:00, Thu 09:00, Thu 22:00

Nearby alternatives in Portugal

Azores - Pico

245 km away

✅ Good

Madeira - Garajau

982 km away

✅ Good

Porto Santo

992 km away

❌ Poor

Lagos

1502 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 04:00 – Sun 04:00 (+00)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.38 around Thu 20:00; 4 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 0.92m to 1.5m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 12/24 sampled hours (range 1.97 to 6.33m/s).

Tides range from -0.65m to 0.18m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 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 and safety gate (outside daylight scores lower).

Detailed hourly data table

Time	Wave (m)	Wind (m/s)	Sea temp (°C)	Status
Thu 04:00	0.92 · high	3.59 · good	22.10 · good	poor
Thu 05:00	0.96 · high	4.20 · good	22.00 · good	poor
Thu 06:00	1.02 · high	4.56 · good	22.00 · good	poor
Thu 07:00	1.08 · high	2.75 · good	22.00 · good	fair
Thu 08:00	1.14 · high	1.97 · good	22.00 · good	fair
Thu 09:00	1.20 · high	3.79 · good	22.00 · good	poor
Thu 10:00	1.10 · high	3.67 · good	21.90 · good	poor
Thu 11:00	1.10 · high	4.01 · good	21.90 · good	poor
Thu 12:00	1.12 · high	5.30 · good	21.90 · good	poor
Thu 13:00	1.20 · high	5.84 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Thu 14:00	1.30 · high	5.97 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Thu 15:00	1.38 · high	5.80 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Thu 16:00	1.42 · high	5.66 · high	22.00 · good	poor
Thu 17:00	1.46 · high	5.77 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Thu 18:00	1.50 · high	5.87 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	1.48 · high	6.33 · high	21.90 · good	fair
Thu 20:00	1.48 · high	6.17 · high	21.80 · good	fair
Thu 21:00	1.46 · high	5.84 · high	21.70 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	1.44 · high	5.81 · high	21.70 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	1.44 · high	5.51 · high	21.60 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	1.42 · high	5.55 · high	21.50 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	1.38 · high	4.85 · good	21.50 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	1.36 · high	4.30 · good	21.40 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	1.32 · high	3.72 · good	21.40 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	1.30 · high	3.88 · good	21.30 · good	poor
Fri 05:00	1.28 · high	4.02 · good	21.30 · good	poor
Fri 06:00	1.26 · high	3.59 · good	21.30 · good	poor
Fri 07:00	1.24 · high	4.14 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Fri 08:00	1.20 · high	4.20 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Fri 09:00	1.18 · high	4.63 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Fri 10:00	1.16 · high	4.59 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Fri 11:00	1.14 · high	4.63 · good	21.30 · good	poor
Fri 12:00	1.12 · high	4.54 · good	21.30 · good	poor
Fri 13:00	1.12 · high	5.84 · high	21.30 · good	fair
Fri 14:00	1.10 · high	5.12 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Fri 15:00	1.10 · high	4.95 · good	21.40 · good	fair
Fri 16:00	1.08 · high	5.17 · good	21.40 · good	fair
Fri 17:00	1.06 · high	5.17 · good	21.40 · good	fair
Fri 18:00	1.04 · high	5.23 · good	21.40 · good	fair
Fri 19:00	1.04 · high	5.33 · good	21.40 · good	fair
Fri 20:00	1.04 · high	4.71 · good	21.40 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	1.04 · high	4.53 · good	21.30 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	1.04 · high	4.25 · good	21.30 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	1.06 · high	4.32 · good	21.20 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	1.06 · high	4.12 · good	21.20 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	1.06 · high	3.98 · good	21.10 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	1.04 · high	3.80 · good	21.10 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	1.04 · high	2.96 · good	21.10 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	1.04 · high	3.83 · good	21.00 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	1.02 · high	3.65 · good	21.00 · good	poor
Sat 06:00	1.02 · high	3.35 · good	21.00 · good	poor
Sat 07:00	1.00 · high	4.45 · good	21.00 · good	fair
Sat 08:00	1.00 · high	5.06 · good	21.00 · good	fair
Sat 09:00	0.98 · high	5.43 · high	21.00 · good	fair
Sat 10:00	0.98 · high	5.56 · high	21.00 · good	fair
Sat 11:00	0.96 · high	5.66 · high	21.00 · good	fair
Sat 12:00	0.96 · high	5.45 · high	21.10 · good	fair
Sat 13:00	0.96 · high	4.81 · good	21.10 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.94 · high	4.45 · good	21.20 · good	poor
Sat 15:00	0.94 · high	4.91 · good	21.20 · good	fair
Sat 16:00	0.92 · high	4.86 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Sat 17:00	0.92 · high	5.23 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Sat 18:00	0.90 · high	5.23 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Sat 19:00	0.88 · high	5.48 · high	21.30 · good	fair
Sat 20:00	0.88 · high	5.02 · good	21.30 · good	fair
Sat 21:00	0.86 · high	3.85 · good	21.20 · good	fair
Sat 22:00	0.86 · high	3.20 · good	21.20 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.84 · high	2.73 · good	21.20 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.84 · high	2.20 · good	21.10 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.82 · high	1.85 · good	21.10 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.82 · high	1.67 · good	21.10 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.80 · high	1.77 · good	21.10 · good	poor