# Cabo de Palos snorkeling forecast

Cabo de Palos has a usable snorkeling window around Sat 09:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

- Location: Cabo de Palos, Spain
- Timezone: Europe/Madrid
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T04:34:53.940402+02:00
- Verdict: Go in the best window
- Score: 7.0/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 32%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T02:27:41.585171+02:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/cabo-de-palos/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/cabo-de-palos/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/cabo-de-palos/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/cabo-de-palos/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/cabo-de-palos/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/cabo-de-palos/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 25.4 °C (77.7 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 22.5 °C (72.5 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: +2.9 °C (+5.2 °F), warmer than the stored baseline
- Scoring thresholds: waves <= 0.36 m, wind <= 5.4 m/s, current <= 0.36 m/s, water 20.6-30.4 °C. Forecast thresholds, not official safety limits.

## Next 24 hours

| time | rating | score | ok | waves_m | wind_mps | sst_c |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T05:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.3 | 0.94 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T06:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.28 | 0.94 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T07:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.28 | 0.92 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T08:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.26 | 0.98 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T09:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.6225925925925926 | yes | 0.24 | 1.22 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T10:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.6017592592592592 | yes | 0.24 | 2.12 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T11:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.5968981481481481 | yes | 0.22 | 2.75 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T12:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.5934259259259259 | yes | 0.22 | 2.9 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.61125 | yes | 0.2 | 2.55 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.6059259259259259 | yes | 0.2 | 2.78 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.6135648148148147 | yes | 0.2 | 2.45 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.6963425925925926 | yes | 0.18 | 2.21 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.6350925925925925 | yes | 0.18 | 1.94 | 25.4 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.6552314814814815 | yes | 0.16 | 1.49 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00+02:00 | good | 0.6549999999999999 | yes | 0.16 | 1.5 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.14 | 1.78 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.14 | 1.53 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.14 | 1.68 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.14 | 2.2 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.14 | 1.8 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.12 | 1.75 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.12 | 1.75 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-18T03:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.12 | 1.64 | 25.3 |
| 2026-10-18T04:00:00+02:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.12 | 2.02 | 25.2 |

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