Can you snorkel in Cabo de Palos today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Cabo de Palos starts Wed 15:00. Around 28% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Palos 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.

Cabo de Palos Snorkel Report Today

Spain · Updated Tue 03:13 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 16:15

Cabo de Palos has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 17:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.6/10

Best time: Wed 17:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 17:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.8 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:58

Sunset

21:20

Water

29.0°C

Max air

30.6°C

Sky

Partly cloudy

35% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 15:00 (28% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 15:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (27 hours)
Waves (21 hours)
Darkness (16 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 11:00.

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

Wed 20:00

Nearby alternatives in Spain

Carboneras

127 km away

✅ Good

Agua Amarga

133 km away

✅ Good

Cala de Enmedio

135 km away

✅ Good

Cala de San Pedro

140 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 14:00 – Sun 14:00 (CEST)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.5 around Fri 13:00; 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 0.6m to 1.02m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 2/24 sampled hours (range 5.0 to 20.5m/s).

Tides range from -0.67m to -0.47m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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 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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 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 good 🌟 Good

Sat 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

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

Sun 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 05:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 13:00 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
Thu 14:00	0.76 · high	20.50 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Thu 15:00	0.80 · high	19.80 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Thu 16:00	0.86 · high	19.80 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Thu 17:00	0.92 · high	18.40 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Thu 18:00	0.98 · high	15.70 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	1.00 · high	12.00 · high	26.10 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	1.00 · high	10.20 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	1.02 · high	9.50 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	1.00 · high	8.10 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.98 · high	8.40 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.96 · high	8.80 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.96 · high	7.30 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.94 · high	7.70 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.94 · high	6.90 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	0.92 · high	5.40 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Fri 05:00	0.92 · high	5.00 · good	25.90 · good	fair
Fri 06:00	0.90 · high	5.90 · high	25.90 · good	fair
Fri 07:00	0.88 · high	6.60 · high	25.90 · good	fair
Fri 08:00	0.84 · high	8.70 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Fri 09:00	0.82 · high	7.90 · high	26.00 · good	fair
Fri 10:00	0.66 · high	7.10 · high	26.20 · good	fair
Fri 11:00	0.64 · high	6.30 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Fri 12:00	0.62 · high	7.60 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Fri 13:00	0.60 · high	8.80 · high	26.50 · good	fair
Fri 14:00	0.56 · high	9.80 · high	26.50 · good	fair
Fri 15:00	0.54 · high	10.80 · high	26.60 · good	fair
Fri 16:00	0.52 · high	11.60 · high	26.60 · good	fair
Fri 17:00	0.50 · high	11.40 · high	26.60 · good	fair
Fri 18:00	0.48 · high	9.70 · high	26.60 · good	fair
Fri 19:00	0.46 · high	6.50 · high	26.50 · good	fair
Fri 20:00	0.44 · high	3.60 · good	26.40 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.42 · high	2.10 · good	26.30 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.42 · high	1.30 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.40 · high	2.10 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.40 · high	2.10 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.40 · high	1.50 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.38 · high	2.50 · good	26.00 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.38 · high	3.30 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.38 · high	3.60 · good	25.90 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.38 · high	3.10 · good	25.90 · good	good
Sat 06:00	0.38 · high	4.60 · good	25.90 · good	good
Sat 07:00	0.38 · high	5.20 · good	25.90 · good	good
Sat 08:00	0.40 · high	5.80 · high	26.00 · good	good
Sat 09:00	0.40 · high	6.60 · high	26.10 · good	good
Sat 10:00	0.40 · high	7.20 · high	26.20 · good	good
Sat 11:00	0.42 · high	8.30 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Sat 12:00	0.42 · high	9.90 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Sat 13:00	0.42 · high	11.90 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.40 · high	12.70 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.40 · high	12.50 · high	26.40 · good	fair
Sat 16:00	0.40 · high	12.80 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Sat 17:00	0.40 · high	12.40 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Sat 18:00	0.40 · high	11.30 · high	26.30 · good	fair
Sat 19:00	0.40 · high	10.00 · high	26.20 · good	fair
Sat 20:00	0.40 · high	5.20 · good	26.20 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.40 · high	4.20 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.40 · high	4.80 · good	26.10 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.42 · high	6.60 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.42 · high	6.90 · high	26.00 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.44 · high	7.70 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.44 · high	8.80 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.46 · high	9.60 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.46 · high	8.80 · high	25.90 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.48 · high	8.60 · high	25.90 · good	fair
Sun 06:00	0.48 · high	8.80 · high	25.90 · good	fair
Sun 07:00	0.46 · high	10.50 · high	25.90 · good	fair
Sun 08:00	0.46 · high	12.00 · high	26.00 · good	fair
Sun 09:00	0.44 · high	12.30 · high	26.00 · good	fair
Sun 10:00	0.44 · high	12.60 · high	26.10 · good	fair
Sun 11:00	0.42 · high	12.80 · high	26.20 · good	fair
Sun 12:00	0.42 · high	13.20 · high	26.20 · good	fair
Sun 13:00	0.42 · high	13.00 · high	26.30 · good	fair