# Mafia Island snorkeling forecast

Mafia Island looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sat 14:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Mafia Island, Tanzania
- Timezone: Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T05:35:48.625035+03:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 4.0/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 0%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T03:30:12.448995+03:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/tanzania/mafia-island/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/tanzania/mafia-island/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/tanzania/mafia-island/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/tanzania/mafia-island/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/tanzania/mafia-island/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/tanzania/mafia-island/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 26.7 °C (80.1 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 27.1 °C (80.8 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: -0.4 °C (-0.7 °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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T06:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.3901148148148148 | no | 1.3 | 4.76 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-17T07:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.39259999999999995 | no | 1.32 | 4.86 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-17T08:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.33406111111111114 | no | 1.32 | 5.73 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-17T09:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.3725888888888889 | no | 1.34 | 5.88 | 26.7 |
| 2026-10-17T10:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.3638962962962963 | no | 1.34 | 6.1 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-17T11:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.3851981481481481 | no | 1.32 | 5.75 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-17T12:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.38807962962962966 | no | 1.32 | 5.47 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.3876592592592592 | no | 1.32 | 5.54 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.40100555555555556 | no | 1.3 | 5.43 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.37589629629629623 | no | 1.3 | 6.1 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.3792037037037037 | no | 1.3 | 6.32 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.37989814814814815 | no | 1.3 | 6.29 | 27.0 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.38444259259259256 | no | 1.3 | 5.99 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.32 | 5.98 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.36 | 6.25 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.38 | 6.1 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.4 | 6.44 | 26.9 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.44 | 6.09 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.46 | 5.5 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.46 | 4.88 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.44 | 4.57 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-18T03:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.44 | 4.25 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-18T04:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.44 | 4.21 | 26.8 |
| 2026-10-18T05:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.42 | 4.05 | 26.8 |

## Nearby spots

- [Mnemba Atoll](https://snorkelforecast.com/tanzania/mnemba-atoll/index.md)