Can you snorkel in Medes Islands today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Medes Islands starts Wed 15:00. Around 47% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Medes Islands?

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 Medes Islands 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.

Medes Islands Snorkel Report Today

Spain · Updated Tue 04:16 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 15:41

Medes Islands has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 17:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 8.4/10

Best time: Wed 17:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 21:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 3.4 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:31

Sunset

21:16

Water

25.3°C

Max air

27.9°C

Sky

Partly cloudy

43% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 15:00 (47% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Thursday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Friday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Wed 15:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (35 hours)
Darkness (17 hours)
Waves (6 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

Low peak drift risk around Thu 10:00.

warm water supports seasonal jellyfish activity; 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.

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✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Fri 13:00 – Mon 13:00 (CEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.4 around Sat 10:00; 4 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 0.82m to 1.14m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 9.9 to 30.9m/s).

Tides range from -0.6m to -0.43m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 09:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 good 🌟 Good

Sun 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Sun 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 11:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 13:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Mon 12:00 good 🌟 Good

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
Fri 13:00	1.14 · high	30.90 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 14:00	1.10 · high	29.90 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 15:00	1.08 · high	27.10 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 16:00	1.04 · high	24.10 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 17:00	1.00 · high	22.50 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 18:00	0.96 · high	24.10 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	1.00 · high	25.00 · high	23.10 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	1.06 · high	27.40 · high	23.10 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	1.10 · high	26.40 · high	23.10 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	1.04 · high	23.20 · high	23.00 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.98 · high	20.50 · high	23.00 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.92 · high	16.30 · high	23.00 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.90 · high	12.10 · high	22.90 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.88 · high	9.90 · high	22.90 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.86 · high	11.10 · high	22.90 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.84 · high	14.10 · high	22.90 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.84 · high	16.10 · high	22.80 · good	poor
Sat 06:00	0.82 · high	15.00 · high	22.80 · good	poor
Sat 07:00	0.82 · high	15.90 · high	22.80 · good	fair
Sat 08:00	0.84 · high	18.90 · high	22.80 · good	fair
Sat 09:00	0.84 · high	21.80 · high	22.80 · good	fair
Sat 10:00	0.84 · high	22.00 · high	22.80 · good	fair
Sat 11:00	0.82 · high	19.80 · high	22.80 · good	poor
Sat 12:00	0.82 · high	16.60 · high	22.80 · good	poor
Sat 13:00	0.76 · high	15.10 · high	22.80 · good	poor
Sat 14:00	0.72 · high	9.70 · high	22.80 · good	poor
Sat 15:00	0.66 · high	6.80 · high	22.80 · good	fair
Sat 16:00	0.64 · high	6.50 · high	22.80 · good	fair
Sat 17:00	0.60 · high	4.70 · good	22.80 · good	fair
Sat 18:00	0.58 · high	7.30 · high	22.70 · good	fair
Sat 19:00	0.52 · high	5.90 · high	22.70 · good	fair
Sat 20:00	0.48 · high	4.30 · good	22.60 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.42 · high	3.80 · good	22.60 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.40 · high	4.00 · good	22.60 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.38 · high	2.90 · good	22.50 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.36 · good	2.20 · good	22.50 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.36 · good	3.30 · good	22.40 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.36 · good	3.20 · good	22.40 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.36 · good	4.00 · good	22.40 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.38 · high	5.00 · good	22.40 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.40 · high	4.70 · good	22.30 · good	good
Sun 06:00	0.42 · high	3.60 · good	22.30 · good	good
Sun 07:00	0.42 · high	3.40 · good	22.30 · good	good
Sun 08:00	0.42 · high	2.30 · good	22.30 · good	good
Sun 09:00	0.42 · high	4.20 · good	22.30 · good	good
Sun 10:00	0.44 · high	6.20 · high	22.30 · good	fair
Sun 11:00	0.46 · high	6.70 · high	22.40 · good	fair
Sun 12:00	0.48 · high	9.00 · high	22.40 · good	fair
Sun 13:00	0.46 · high	9.60 · high	22.40 · good	fair
Sun 14:00	0.44 · high	8.90 · high	22.50 · good	fair
Sun 15:00	0.42 · high	10.20 · high	22.50 · good	fair
Sun 16:00	0.42 · high	13.00 · high	22.50 · good	fair
Sun 17:00	0.42 · high	14.90 · high	22.60 · good	fair
Sun 18:00	0.42 · high	13.80 · high	22.60 · good	fair
Sun 19:00	0.40 · high	8.80 · high	22.50 · good	fair
Sun 20:00	0.38 · high	7.30 · high	22.50 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.36 · good	5.90 · high	22.40 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.32 · good	5.80 · high	22.30 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.30 · good	5.40 · good	22.20 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.26 · good	4.00 · good	22.20 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.24 · good	4.00 · good	22.10 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.24 · good	4.40 · good	22.10 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.22 · good	4.30 · good	22.00 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.20 · good	4.70 · good	22.00 · good	poor
Mon 05:00	0.20 · good	5.40 · good	22.00 · good	good
Mon 06:00	0.18 · good	5.00 · good	22.00 · good	good
Mon 07:00	0.18 · good	5.40 · good	22.10 · good	good
Mon 08:00	0.20 · good	4.40 · good	22.30 · good	good
Mon 09:00	0.20 · good	5.50 · high	22.50 · good	good
Mon 10:00	0.40 · high	1.00 · good	22.50 · good	good
Mon 11:00	0.40 · high	3.30 · good	22.60 · good	good
Mon 12:00	0.40 · high	4.11 · good	22.70 · good	good