Can you snorkel in Carboneras today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Carboneras starts Fri 15:00 and lasts until 19:00. Around 33% 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 16:38

Carboneras has a usable snorkeling window around Fri 17:00. The main thing to watch is darkness.

Score: 7.0/10

Best time: Fri 17:00

Main risk: Darkness

No useful morning window is showing yet.

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

26.0°C

Max air

40.5°C

Sky

Partly cloudy

32% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Fri 15:00–19:00 (33% 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 15:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Darkness (10 hours)
Tide/current (9 hours)
Waves (3 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

Thu 14:00 – Sun 14:00 (CEST)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.28 around Fri 09:00; 0 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 0.5m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 12/24 sampled hours (range 3.0 to 16.2m/s).

Tides range from -0.56m to -0.4m; 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 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 good 🌟 Good

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

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	0.42 · high	12.10 · high	24.10 · good	poor
Thu 15:00	0.42 · high	12.60 · high	24.10 · good	poor
Thu 16:00	0.44 · high	16.20 · high	24.10 · good	poor
Thu 17:00	0.48 · high	15.40 · high	24.00 · good	poor
Thu 18:00	0.50 · high	12.70 · high	24.00 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	0.50 · high	9.40 · high	23.90 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	0.48 · high	3.20 · good	23.90 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	0.48 · high	3.00 · good	23.80 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.46 · high	3.30 · good	23.70 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.46 · high	4.00 · good	23.70 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.44 · high	3.60 · good	23.60 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.44 · high	4.10 · good	23.60 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.46 · high	4.60 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.46 · high	4.20 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	0.46 · high	3.50 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 05:00	0.44 · high	4.20 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 06:00	0.44 · high	3.40 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 07:00	0.44 · high	3.00 · good	23.60 · good	poor
Fri 08:00	0.42 · high	6.70 · high	23.70 · good	poor
Fri 09:00	0.42 · high	8.70 · high	23.90 · good	poor
Fri 10:00	0.42 · high	7.40 · high	24.00 · good	poor
Fri 11:00	0.42 · high	10.40 · high	24.20 · good	poor
Fri 12:00	0.42 · high	12.10 · high	24.30 · good	poor
Fri 13:00	0.42 · high	11.80 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 14:00	0.42 · high	12.90 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 15:00	0.42 · high	14.10 · high	24.50 · good	poor
Fri 16:00	0.42 · high	15.50 · high	24.60 · good	poor
Fri 17:00	0.42 · high	15.50 · high	24.60 · good	poor
Fri 18:00	0.42 · high	10.40 · high	24.60 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	0.40 · high	5.40 · good	24.60 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	0.38 · high	2.20 · good	24.50 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.36 · good	4.10 · good	24.50 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.34 · good	4.60 · good	24.40 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.32 · good	1.50 · good	24.30 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.30 · good	3.30 · good	24.20 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.28 · good	5.40 · good	24.20 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.24 · good	9.40 · high	24.10 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.22 · good	3.30 · good	24.00 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.22 · good	4.80 · good	24.00 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.20 · good	3.20 · good	23.90 · good	fair
Sat 06:00	0.20 · good	4.90 · good	23.90 · good	poor
Sat 07:00	0.20 · good	9.90 · high	24.00 · good	poor
Sat 08:00	0.18 · good	12.90 · high	24.00 · good	poor
Sat 09:00	0.18 · good	14.70 · high	24.10 · good	poor
Sat 10:00	0.18 · good	14.60 · high	24.20 · good	poor
Sat 11:00	0.16 · good	13.40 · high	24.30 · good	poor
Sat 12:00	0.16 · good	12.60 · high	24.40 · good	poor
Sat 13:00	0.22 · good	12.40 · high	24.80 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.20 · good	11.60 · high	24.90 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.20 · good	10.80 · high	25.00 · good	fair
Sat 16:00	0.18 · good	9.90 · high	25.10 · good	fair
Sat 17:00	0.18 · good	8.70 · high	25.10 · good	fair
Sat 18:00	0.16 · good	8.30 · high	25.10 · good	good
Sat 19:00	0.16 · good	7.60 · high	25.10 · good	fair
Sat 20:00	0.14 · good	3.90 · good	25.10 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.14 · good	0.80 · good	25.00 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.14 · good	0.80 · good	24.90 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.12 · good	3.40 · good	24.80 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.12 · good	4.00 · good	24.80 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.12 · good	3.20 · good	24.70 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.12 · good	6.40 · high	24.70 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.12 · good	4.70 · good	24.60 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.12 · good	1.50 · good	24.50 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.10 · good	4.00 · good	24.50 · good	fair
Sun 06:00	0.10 · good	3.20 · good	24.50 · good	fair
Sun 07:00	0.10 · good	3.60 · good	24.60 · good	fair
Sun 08:00	0.10 · good	4.50 · good	24.70 · good	poor
Sun 09:00	0.10 · good	7.70 · high	24.80 · good	fair
Sun 10:00	0.10 · good	10.10 · high	24.90 · good	poor
Sun 11:00	0.10 · good	9.40 · high	25.00 · good	fair
Sun 12:00	0.10 · good	9.80 · high	25.10 · good	fair
Sun 13:00	0.10 · good	11.20 · high	25.20 · good	fair