Can you snorkel in Pigeon Island today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Pigeon Island starts Thu 06:00 and lasts until 12:00. Around 19% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Pigeon Island?

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 Pigeon Island 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.

Pigeon Island Snorkel Report Today

Sri Lanka · Updated Tue 04:14 (+0530) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 19:44

Pigeon Island has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 11:30. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 6.3/10

Best time: Thu 11:30

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

05:55

Sunset

18:28

Water

29.5°C

Max air

26.6°C

Sky

Clear

13% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 06:00–12:00 (19% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Friday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 06:00 until 12:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (37 hours)
Darkness (22 hours)
Wind (6 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 29/100

Low drift risk now.

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.

Upcoming high tides

Next early morning high tide: Thu 23:00

Thu 09:00, Thu 23:00

Nearby alternatives in Sri Lanka

Hikkaduwa

312 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Fri 13:30 – Mon 13:30 (+0530)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.3 around Sat 07:30; 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 0.68m to 0.8m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 23.4 to 34.6m/s).

Tides range from 0.26m to 0.75m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

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 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 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 14:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 15:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 16:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 17:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 06:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 07:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 08:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 10:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Mon 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 13:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 14:00	0.70 · high	25.80 · high	29.60 · good	poor
Fri 15:00	0.70 · high	26.50 · high	29.60 · good	poor
Fri 16:00	0.70 · high	25.60 · high	29.60 · good	poor
Fri 17:00	0.72 · high	26.90 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Fri 18:00	0.72 · high	27.10 · high	29.50 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	0.72 · high	27.00 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	0.74 · high	26.00 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.74 · high	26.50 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.72 · high	26.10 · high	29.30 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.72 · high	26.20 · high	29.30 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.70 · high	25.70 · high	29.30 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.70 · high	24.80 · high	29.30 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.68 · high	23.40 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.68 · high	32.70 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.70 · high	30.80 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.74 · high	33.50 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 06:00	0.76 · high	33.30 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 07:00	0.78 · high	33.80 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 08:00	0.78 · high	34.60 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 09:00	0.80 · high	32.70 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 10:00	0.80 · high	34.60 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 11:00	0.80 · high	30.20 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 12:00	0.80 · high	29.30 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 13:00	0.78 · high	30.00 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 14:00	0.78 · high	29.30 · high	29.20 · good	poor
Sat 15:00	0.76 · high	27.40 · high	29.10 · good	poor
Sat 16:00	0.72 · high	27.00 · high	29.10 · good	poor
Sat 17:00	0.70 · high	26.00 · high	29.10 · good	poor
Sat 18:00	0.66 · high	28.10 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	0.64 · high	27.90 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	0.60 · high	26.60 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.58 · high	25.80 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.58 · high	24.50 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.58 · high	26.90 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.58 · high	25.70 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.62 · high	22.20 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.66 · high	23.20 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.70 · high	28.50 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.70 · high	30.70 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.68 · high	28.10 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 06:00	0.68 · high	29.20 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 07:00	0.68 · high	31.10 · high	28.90 · good	fair
Sun 08:00	0.68 · high	31.40 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sun 09:00	0.68 · high	30.30 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sun 10:00	0.68 · high	29.50 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sun 11:00	0.66 · high	28.30 · high	29.10 · good	poor
Sun 12:00	0.66 · high	26.70 · high	29.10 · good	poor
Sun 13:00	0.64 · high	24.50 · high	29.10 · good	poor
Sun 14:00	0.64 · high	24.20 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sun 15:00	0.62 · high	25.00 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sun 16:00	0.62 · high	24.60 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Sun 17:00	0.62 · high	24.80 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 18:00	0.62 · high	24.00 · high	28.90 · good	poor
Sun 19:00	0.62 · high	23.90 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Sun 20:00	0.62 · high	23.40 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Sun 21:00	0.62 · high	22.40 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Sun 22:00	0.60 · high	22.40 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Sun 23:00	0.60 · high	22.80 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Mon 00:00	0.58 · high	22.70 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Mon 01:00	0.60 · high	23.10 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Mon 02:00	0.62 · high	23.50 · high	28.70 · good	poor
Mon 03:00	0.64 · high	29.30 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Mon 04:00	0.64 · high	29.50 · high	28.80 · good	poor
Mon 05:00	0.62 · high	28.80 · high	28.80 · good	fair
Mon 06:00	0.62 · high	27.90 · high	28.80 · good	fair
Mon 07:00	0.62 · high	27.90 · high	28.90 · good	fair
Mon 08:00	0.62 · high	28.40 · high	28.90 · good	fair
Mon 09:00	0.62 · high	28.10 · high	29.00 · good	poor
Mon 10:00	0.62 · high	7.38 · high	29.30 · good	fair
Mon 11:00	0.62 · high	7.50 · high	29.40 · good	poor
Mon 12:00	0.62 · high	7.44 · high	29.40 · good	fair
Mon 13:00	0.62 · high	6.79 · high	29.40 · good	poor