Can you snorkel in Medes Islands today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Medes Islands starts Wed 18:00 and lasts until 19:00. 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 17:19

Medes Islands has a usable snorkeling window around Wed 20:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 8.4/10

Best time: Wed 20:00

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

25.4°C

Max air

27.8°C

Sky

Cloudy

100% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Wed 18:00–19:00 (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 18:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (33 hours)
Darkness (17 hours)
Waves (4 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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Mallorca

280 km away

✅ Good

Cabo de Palos

594 km away

✅ Good

Carboneras

713 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 15:00 – Sun 15:00 (CEST)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.35 around Thu 19:00; 3 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 1.0m to 1.26m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 28.2 to 36.9m/s).

Tides range from -0.64m to -0.45m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 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

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 15:00	1.18 · high	34.20 · high	22.10 · good	poor
Thu 16:00	1.18 · high	34.80 · high	22.10 · good	poor
Thu 17:00	1.18 · high	33.40 · high	22.10 · good	fair
Thu 18:00	1.18 · high	34.00 · high	22.10 · good	fair
Thu 19:00	1.14 · high	35.30 · high	22.10 · good	fair
Thu 20:00	1.08 · high	32.00 · high	22.10 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	1.04 · high	30.00 · high	22.10 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	1.02 · high	28.20 · high	22.00 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	1.02 · high	30.60 · high	22.00 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	1.00 · high	31.60 · high	22.00 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	1.04 · high	30.90 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	1.10 · high	33.30 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	1.14 · high	33.60 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	1.18 · high	33.70 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Fri 05:00	1.22 · high	33.80 · high	21.80 · good	poor
Fri 06:00	1.26 · high	34.50 · high	21.80 · good	poor
Fri 07:00	1.24 · high	34.40 · high	21.80 · good	poor
Fri 08:00	1.20 · high	35.20 · high	21.80 · good	poor
Fri 09:00	1.18 · high	35.70 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Fri 10:00	1.10 · high	36.90 · high	21.90 · good	poor
Fri 11:00	1.20 · high	32.40 · high	23.20 · good	poor
Fri 12:00	1.16 · high	32.10 · high	23.20 · good	poor
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