# La Palma snorkeling forecast

La Palma looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sun 18:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: La Palma, Spain
- Timezone: Atlantic/Canary
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-18T14:29:24.676797+01:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 5.0/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-18T13:04:06.480268+01:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/la-palma/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/la-palma/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/la-palma/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/la-palma/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/la-palma/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/spain/la-palma/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 24.5 °C (76.1 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: -0.2 °C (-0.4 °F), cooler 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-18T15:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.43310370370370366 | no | 0.86 | 4.16 | 24.5 |
| 2026-10-18T16:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.43451111111111107 | no | 0.86 | 3.84 | 24.6 |
| 2026-10-18T17:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.4485703703703704 | no | 0.86 | 3.44 | 24.6 |
| 2026-10-18T18:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.4964092592592593 | no | 0.84 | 3.11 | 24.7 |
| 2026-10-18T19:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.4865722222222222 | no | 0.84 | 2.55 | 24.7 |
| 2026-10-18T20:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.84 | 2.24 | 24.7 |
| 2026-10-18T21:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.82 | 2.12 | 24.7 |
| 2026-10-18T22:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.82 | 2.51 | 24.6 |
| 2026-10-18T23:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.82 | 2.64 | 24.6 |
| 2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.8 | 2.87 | 24.6 |
| 2026-10-19T01:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.8 | 3.14 | 24.5 |
| 2026-10-19T02:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.8 | 2.84 | 24.5 |
| 2026-10-19T03:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.78 | 2.27 | 24.5 |
| 2026-10-19T04:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.78 | 2.26 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T05:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.78 | 2.05 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T06:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.78 | 1.89 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T07:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.78 | 2.02 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T08:00:00+01:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.8 | 1.97 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T09:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.4639129629629629 | no | 0.8 | 1.87 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T10:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.42341481481481474 | no | 0.82 | 2.33 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T11:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.41994259259259253 | no | 0.84 | 2.48 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T12:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.4207222222222222 | no | 0.84 | 2.55 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T13:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.4150388888888889 | no | 0.86 | 2.64 | 24.4 |
| 2026-10-19T14:00:00+01:00 | fair | 0.41707962962962963 | no | 0.88 | 2.5 | 24.4 |

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