Can you snorkel in Carboneras today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Carboneras starts Fri 09:00 and lasts until 19:00. Around 52% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Carboneras?

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 Carboneras 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.

Carboneras Snorkel Report Today

Spain · Updated Wed 06:20 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Fri 10:21

Carboneras has a usable snorkeling window around Fri 11:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.0/10

Best time: Fri 11:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

Best morning signal: Fri 11:00 (Good).

Best afternoon signal: Fri 21:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 4.1 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

07:01

Sunset

21:26

Water

25.6°C

Max air

40.5°C

Sky

Cloudy

98% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Fri 09:00–19:00 (52% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Friday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Saturday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Fri 09:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (15 hours)
Darkness (10 hours)
Waves (9 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Moderate · 45/100

Moderate peak drift risk around Fri 19:00.

warm water supports seasonal jellyfish activity; wind has an onshore component; surface drift/current is noticeable.

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: Sat 04:00

Sat 04:00

Nearby alternatives in Spain

Agua Amarga

7 km away

✅ Good

Cala de Enmedio

8 km away

✅ Good

Cala de San Pedro

13 km away

✅ Good

Las Negras

16 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Wed 08:00 – Sat 08:00 (CEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.67 around Wed 19:00; 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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21/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.2m to 0.52m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 3/24 sampled hours (range 3.3 to 15.8m/s).

Tides range from -0.65m to -0.4m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 07:00 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
Wed 08:00	0.28 · good	5.60 · high	25.10 · good	good
Wed 09:00	0.26 · good	10.00 · high	25.20 · good	good
Wed 10:00	0.26 · good	11.40 · high	25.30 · good	good
Wed 11:00	0.26 · good	11.50 · high	25.30 · good	good
Wed 12:00	0.26 · good	12.30 · high	25.40 · good	good
Wed 13:00	0.26 · good	11.80 · high	25.40 · good	good
Wed 14:00	0.24 · good	11.00 · high	25.50 · good	good
Wed 15:00	0.24 · good	11.80 · high	25.60 · good	good
Wed 16:00	0.24 · good	8.30 · high	25.60 · good	good
Wed 17:00	0.22 · good	7.40 · high	25.70 · good	good
Wed 18:00	0.22 · good	8.20 · high	25.70 · good	good
Wed 19:00	0.22 · good	6.50 · high	25.70 · good	good
Wed 20:00	0.22 · good	3.60 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Wed 21:00	0.22 · good	3.30 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Wed 22:00	0.22 · good	5.10 · good	25.60 · good	poor
Wed 23:00	0.20 · good	6.50 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Thu 00:00	0.20 · good	8.30 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Thu 01:00	0.24 · good	8.20 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 02:00	0.26 · good	8.60 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 03:00	0.30 · good	9.60 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 04:00	0.36 · good	9.20 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Thu 05:00	0.40 · high	9.80 · high	25.30 · good	fair
Thu 06:00	0.46 · high	11.80 · high	25.30 · good	fair
Thu 07:00	0.52 · high	15.80 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Thu 08:00	0.60 · high	17.80 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Thu 09:00	0.66 · high	19.00 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Thu 10:00	0.70 · high	19.30 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Thu 11:00	0.76 · high	20.40 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 12:00	0.80 · high	22.40 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 13:00	0.82 · high	23.80 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 14:00	0.84 · high	24.10 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 15:00	0.86 · high	23.40 · high	25.40 · good	fair
Thu 16:00	0.90 · high	21.60 · high	25.50 · good	fair
Thu 17:00	0.94 · high	19.00 · high	25.50 · good	fair
Thu 18:00	0.98 · high	18.20 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	1.04 · high	16.60 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	1.08 · high	14.70 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	1.14 · high	13.10 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	1.14 · high	11.80 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	1.16 · high	12.10 · high	25.40 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	1.16 · high	11.40 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	1.16 · high	10.20 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	1.18 · high	10.00 · high	25.30 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	1.18 · high	10.80 · high	25.20 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	1.18 · high	10.60 · high	25.20 · good	poor
Fri 05:00	1.18 · high	10.40 · high	25.20 · good	fair
Fri 06:00	1.18 · high	10.20 · high	25.20 · good	fair
Fri 07:00	1.16 · high	13.10 · high	25.20 · good	poor
Fri 08:00	1.16 · high	14.80 · high	25.20 · good	poor
Fri 09:00	1.14 · high	14.50 · high	25.20 · good	poor
Fri 10:00	1.10 · high	15.50 · high	25.20 · good	poor
Fri 11:00	0.78 · high	17.30 · high	25.60 · good	fair
Fri 12:00	0.76 · high	17.10 · high	25.60 · good	fair
Fri 13:00	0.74 · high	17.70 · high	25.70 · good	fair
Fri 14:00	0.70 · high	17.60 · high	25.70 · good	fair
Fri 15:00	0.68 · high	17.70 · high	25.70 · good	fair
Fri 16:00	0.66 · high	17.10 · high	25.80 · good	fair
Fri 17:00	0.64 · high	15.70 · high	25.80 · good	fair
Fri 18:00	0.62 · high	13.90 · high	25.80 · good	fair
Fri 19:00	0.60 · high	11.70 · high	25.80 · good	fair
Fri 20:00	0.60 · high	8.70 · high	25.80 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.58 · high	6.60 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.58 · high	6.60 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.58 · high	6.80 · high	25.70 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.58 · high	7.10 · high	25.60 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.56 · high	7.20 · high	25.60 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.56 · high	7.40 · high	25.60 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.54 · high	6.80 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.54 · high	7.10 · high	25.50 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.56 · high	7.10 · high	25.50 · good	fair
Sat 06:00	0.56 · high	7.10 · high	25.50 · good	fair
Sat 07:00	0.58 · high	6.50 · high	25.50 · good	fair