Can you snorkel in Gran Canaria today?

Conditions look marginal right now — no clearly safe snorkeling window is forecast in Gran Canaria over the next 72 hours. Check the hourly table for the calmest period.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Gran Canaria?

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 Gran Canaria 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.

Gran Canaria Snorkel Report Today

Spain · Updated Fri 03:26 (WEST) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Marginal Report Fri 13:07

Gran Canaria looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Fri 17:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 5.3/10

Best time: Fri 17:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Fri 17:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.9 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

07:20

Sunset

20:56

Water

23.6°C

Max air

35.8°C

Sky

Clear

5% cloud

No safe window in the next 72 hours

Use the best-available section for the least-bad times.

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Friday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Saturday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Sunday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Fri 16:00 — Fair (0.53) · still limited by waves, tide/current
Sun 08:00 — Fair (0.53) · still limited by waves, tide/current
Sat 18:00 — Fair (0.52) · still limited by waves, tide/current

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (62 hours)
Tide/current (57 hours)
Darkness (29 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 26/100

Low drift risk now.

water is warm enough for occasional jellyfish; 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

Next early morning high tide: Sat 23:00

Fri 22:00, Sat 10:00, Sat 23:00, Sun 11:00, Sun 23:00

Nearby alternatives in Spain

Tenerife

121 km away

⚠️ Fair

Fuerteventura

153 km away

⚠️ Fair

La Gomera

161 km away

❌ Poor

Lanzarote

228 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 12:00 – Sun 12:00 (WEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.5 around Fri 08:00; 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 0.5m to 0.64m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 12/24 sampled hours (range 4.0 to 12.7m/s).

Tides range from -0.88m to 0.71m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 good 🌟 Good

Sat 20:00 good 🌟 Good

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 11:00 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 12:00	0.64 · high	5.70 · high	23.00 · good	fair
Thu 13:00	0.64 · high	6.70 · high	23.10 · good	fair
Thu 14:00	0.64 · high	7.30 · high	23.20 · good	fair
Thu 15:00	0.64 · high	6.90 · high	23.20 · good	fair
Thu 16:00	0.64 · high	6.10 · high	23.30 · good	fair
Thu 17:00	0.62 · high	5.30 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Thu 18:00	0.62 · high	5.90 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Thu 19:00	0.62 · high	5.10 · good	23.40 · good	fair
Thu 20:00	0.62 · high	4.20 · good	23.30 · good	fair
Thu 21:00	0.62 · high	4.70 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.60 · high	5.40 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.60 · high	5.90 · high	23.10 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.58 · high	5.90 · high	23.00 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.58 · high	4.80 · good	23.00 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.58 · high	4.00 · good	22.90 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.58 · high	4.40 · good	22.90 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	0.58 · high	4.80 · good	22.80 · good	poor
Fri 05:00	0.56 · high	5.00 · good	22.80 · good	poor
Fri 06:00	0.56 · high	4.90 · good	22.80 · good	poor
Fri 07:00	0.56 · high	4.70 · good	22.80 · good	fair
Fri 08:00	0.54 · high	6.00 · high	22.90 · good	fair
Fri 09:00	0.54 · high	8.70 · high	22.90 · good	fair
Fri 10:00	0.54 · high	11.60 · high	23.00 · good	fair
Fri 11:00	0.50 · high	12.70 · high	23.30 · good	fair
Fri 12:00	0.50 · high	13.50 · high	23.30 · good	fair
Fri 13:00	0.50 · high	14.30 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Fri 14:00	0.48 · high	14.00 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Fri 15:00	0.48 · high	13.20 · high	23.50 · good	fair
Fri 16:00	0.48 · high	12.50 · high	23.60 · good	fair
Fri 17:00	0.48 · high	12.20 · high	23.60 · good	fair
Fri 18:00	0.48 · high	9.80 · high	23.60 · good	fair
Fri 19:00	0.48 · high	8.50 · high	23.60 · good	fair
Fri 20:00	0.46 · high	5.50 · high	23.60 · good	fair
Fri 21:00	0.46 · high	2.80 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.46 · high	2.30 · good	23.40 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.44 · high	2.30 · good	23.40 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.44 · high	3.00 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.44 · high	2.40 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.42 · high	2.30 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.42 · high	0.70 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.42 · high	0.40 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.42 · high	0.50 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Sat 06:00	0.42 · high	1.30 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Sat 07:00	0.42 · high	1.50 · good	23.20 · good	good
Sat 08:00	0.42 · high	3.40 · good	23.20 · good	good
Sat 09:00	0.42 · high	7.10 · high	23.30 · good	fair
Sat 10:00	0.42 · high	10.60 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sat 11:00	0.42 · high	10.80 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sat 12:00	0.42 · high	12.80 · high	23.50 · good	fair
Sat 13:00	0.42 · high	12.40 · high	23.50 · good	fair
Sat 14:00	0.42 · high	12.50 · high	23.60 · good	fair
Sat 15:00	0.42 · high	13.40 · high	23.70 · good	fair
Sat 16:00	0.42 · high	11.50 · high	23.70 · good	fair
Sat 17:00	0.40 · high	11.10 · high	23.80 · good	fair
Sat 18:00	0.40 · high	8.10 · high	23.80 · good	fair
Sat 19:00	0.40 · high	5.60 · high	23.70 · good	good
Sat 20:00	0.40 · high	4.00 · good	23.70 · good	good
Sat 21:00	0.40 · high	2.70 · good	23.60 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.40 · high	1.50 · good	23.50 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.42 · high	1.80 · good	23.40 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.42 · high	0.70 · good	23.40 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.42 · high	1.30 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.44 · high	2.30 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.44 · high	2.60 · good	23.30 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.44 · high	2.00 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.44 · high	1.70 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Sun 06:00	0.44 · high	1.90 · good	23.20 · good	poor
Sun 07:00	0.46 · high	3.30 · good	23.20 · good	good
Sun 08:00	0.46 · high	4.30 · good	23.30 · good	good
Sun 09:00	0.48 · high	6.00 · high	23.30 · good	fair
Sun 10:00	0.48 · high	8.10 · high	23.40 · good	fair
Sun 11:00	0.50 · high	9.60 · high	23.50 · good	fair