Can you snorkel in Cabo de Gata today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Cabo de Gata starts Tue 18:00 and lasts until 19:00. Around 50% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Cabo de Gata?

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 Cabo de Gata 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.

Where are the best snorkeling conditions near Cabo de Gata today?

The best nearby spots right now are Cala de Enmedio, Agua Amarga, Cala de San Pedro. Check each spot page for hourly wind, wave, tide and water temperature detail.

Cabo de Gata Snorkel Report Today

Spain · Updated Tue 04:14 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Tue 19:49

Cabo de Gata has a usable snorkeling window around Tue 20:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.9/10

Best time: Tue 20:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Tue 21:00 (Excellent). Peak afternoon wind is about 1.8 m/s.

Email me when it is good Compare nearby spots

Best nearby spots

Cala de Enmedio 8.5/10 Excellent · Tue 18:00 Agua Amarga 8.5/10 Excellent · Tue 18:00 Cala de San Pedro 8.4/10 Excellent · Tue 19:00

Sunrise

07:06

Sunset

21:24

Water

27.9°C

Max air

30.4°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Tue 18:00–19:00 (50% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Tuesday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Wednesday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Tue 18:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (50 hours)
Darkness (28 hours)
Waves (11 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

Low drift risk now.

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

Tue 19:00, Wed 20:00, Thu 21:00

Nearby snorkel spot map

Compare nearby spots by score, forecast window and exposure before choosing a beach.

Cala de Enmedio Excellent · Tue 18:00 8.5/10 Agua Amarga Excellent · Tue 18:00 8.5/10 Cala de San Pedro Excellent · Tue 19:00 8.4/10 Las Negras Excellent · Tue 19:00 8.4/10 Playazo de Rodalquilar Excellent · Tue 19:00 8.4/10 Playa de Monsul Excellent · Wed 14:00 8.0/10 Playa de los Genoveses Excellent · Wed 14:00 8.0/10 La Isleta del Moro Excellent · Wed 15:00 8.0/10

Nearby alternatives in Spain

Playa de Monsul

3 km away

✅ Good

Playa de los Genoveses

6 km away

✅ Good

La Isleta del Moro

15 km away

✅ Good

Playazo de Rodalquilar

22 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Mon 17:00 – Thu 17:00 (CEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.67 around Tue 11:00; 14 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 0.42m to 0.8m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 24/24 sampled hours (range 0.51 to 4.02m/s).

Tides range from -0.58m to -0.2m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Mon 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Tue 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 19:00 good 🌟 Good

Tue 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Tue 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 19:00 good 🌟 Good

Wed 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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
Mon 17:00	0.80 · high	3.58 · good	26.60 · good	fair
Mon 18:00	0.80 · high	3.58 · good	26.60 · good	fair
Mon 19:00	0.80 · high	3.49 · good	26.50 · good	fair
Mon 20:00	0.80 · high	3.56 · good	26.50 · good	poor
Mon 21:00	0.80 · high	3.98 · good	26.50 · good	poor
Mon 22:00	0.78 · high	4.02 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Mon 23:00	0.78 · high	3.31 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Tue 00:00	0.76 · high	2.43 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Tue 01:00	0.70 · high	2.02 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Tue 02:00	0.64 · high	1.63 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Tue 03:00	0.58 · high	1.08 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Tue 04:00	0.54 · high	0.67 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Tue 05:00	0.52 · high	0.51 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Tue 06:00	0.48 · high	0.63 · good	26.20 · good	good
Tue 07:00	0.48 · high	1.00 · good	26.30 · good	good
Tue 08:00	0.48 · high	1.28 · good	26.40 · good	good
Tue 09:00	0.48 · high	1.53 · good	26.50 · good	good
Tue 10:00	0.48 · high	2.46 · good	26.60 · good	good
Tue 11:00	0.46 · high	2.94 · good	26.70 · good	good
Tue 12:00	0.46 · high	2.84 · good	26.70 · good	good
Tue 13:00	0.44 · high	2.78 · good	26.80 · good	good
Tue 14:00	0.44 · high	2.95 · good	26.80 · good	good
Tue 15:00	0.42 · high	2.82 · good	26.90 · good	good
Tue 16:00	0.42 · high	2.64 · good	26.90 · good	good
Tue 17:00	0.42 · high	2.56 · good	26.90 · good	fair
Tue 18:00	0.42 · high	2.88 · good	26.90 · good	good
Tue 19:00	0.42 · high	2.25 · good	26.80 · good	good
Tue 20:00	0.40 · high	2.92 · good	26.80 · good	poor
Tue 21:00	0.40 · high	2.59 · good	26.70 · good	poor
Tue 22:00	0.40 · high	2.77 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Tue 23:00	0.42 · high	2.48 · good	26.50 · good	poor
Wed 00:00	0.42 · high	1.91 · good	26.50 · good	poor
Wed 01:00	0.42 · high	2.34 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Wed 02:00	0.42 · high	2.10 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Wed 03:00	0.42 · high	1.22 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Wed 04:00	0.42 · high	1.28 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Wed 05:00	0.40 · high	2.56 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Wed 06:00	0.40 · high	1.04 · good	26.30 · good	good
Wed 07:00	0.46 · high	0.95 · good	26.40 · good	good
Wed 08:00	0.44 · high	1.25 · good	26.50 · good	good
Wed 09:00	0.42 · high	1.61 · good	26.60 · good	good
Wed 10:00	0.42 · high	2.50 · good	26.70 · good	good
Wed 11:00	0.42 · high	2.88 · good	26.80 · good	good
Wed 12:00	0.42 · high	2.85 · good	26.90 · good	good
Wed 13:00	0.42 · high	2.60 · good	27.00 · good	good
Wed 14:00	0.40 · high	2.04 · good	27.10 · good	good
Wed 15:00	0.40 · high	1.87 · good	27.20 · good	good
Wed 16:00	0.38 · high	1.90 · good	27.30 · good	good
Wed 17:00	0.38 · high	1.75 · good	27.40 · good	good
Wed 18:00	0.36 · good	1.49 · good	27.40 · good	good
Wed 19:00	0.34 · good	1.17 · good	27.30 · good	good
Wed 20:00	0.34 · good	1.36 · good	27.30 · good	poor
Wed 21:00	0.32 · good	1.14 · good	27.10 · good	poor
Wed 22:00	0.30 · good	1.08 · good	27.00 · good	poor
Wed 23:00	0.28 · good	0.94 · good	26.90 · good	poor
Thu 00:00	0.26 · good	1.79 · good	26.80 · good	poor
Thu 01:00	0.24 · good	1.06 · good	26.80 · good	poor
Thu 02:00	0.24 · good	1.50 · good	26.70 · good	poor
Thu 03:00	0.22 · good	1.06 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Thu 04:00	0.22 · good	2.06 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Thu 05:00	0.22 · good	2.62 · good	26.60 · good	poor
Thu 06:00	0.22 · good	1.22 · good	26.60 · good	good
Thu 07:00	0.24 · good	1.73 · good	26.60 · good	good
Thu 08:00	0.24 · good	1.43 · good	26.60 · good	good
Thu 09:00	0.26 · good	2.86 · good	26.70 · good	good
Thu 10:00	0.30 · good	2.97 · good	26.70 · good	good
Thu 11:00	0.34 · good	2.42 · good	26.80 · good	good
Thu 12:00	0.38 · high	3.09 · good	26.80 · good	good
Thu 13:00	0.42 · high	2.86 · good	26.90 · good	good
Thu 14:00	0.46 · high	3.08 · good	26.90 · good	good
Thu 15:00	0.50 · high	3.01 · good	26.90 · good	good
Thu 16:00	0.58 · high	2.92 · good	27.00 · good	fair