Can you snorkel in Marmaris today?

Conditions look marginal right now — no clearly safe snorkeling window is forecast in Marmaris over the next 72 hours. Check the hourly table for the calmest period.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Marmaris?

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 Marmaris 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.

Marmaris Snorkel Report Today

Turkey · Updated Sat 04:01 (+03) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Poor Report Tue 00:53

Marmaris does not show a clearly safe snorkeling window in the next 72 hours. Darkness is the main forecast limiter.

Score: 0.0/10

Best time: -

Main risk: Darkness

No useful morning window is showing yet.

No useful afternoon window is showing yet.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:03

Sunset

20:23

Water

29.0°C

Max air

26.7°C

Sky

Clear

0% cloud

No safe window in the next 72 hours

Use the best-available section for the least-bad times.

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Tuesday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Darkness

Best available hours

No daylight-safe hour is available in the next 72 hours. Check the hourly table for details.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Darkness (6 hours)
Tide/current (4 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.

Nearby alternatives in Turkey

Fethiye

80 km away

❌ Poor

Ölüdeniz

82 km away

✅ Good

Kalkan

121 km away

✅ Good

Kas

142 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Wed 21:00 – Sat 21:00 (+03)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.86 around Thu 20:00; 15 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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24/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.1m to 0.16m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 24/24 sampled hours (range 0.14 to 4.87m/s).

Tides range from -0.39m to -0.17m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Wed 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 03:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 04:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 10:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 13:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Thu 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 10:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 13:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 05:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 06:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 07:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 08:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 09:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 10:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 11:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 12:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 13:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Sat 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 20:00 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
Wed 21:00	0.16 · good	1.43 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Wed 22:00	0.16 · good	1.50 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Wed 23:00	0.14 · good	1.60 · good	27.50 · good	poor
Thu 00:00	0.14 · good	1.60 · good	27.40 · good	poor
Thu 01:00	0.14 · good	1.71 · good	27.30 · good	poor
Thu 02:00	0.12 · good	1.70 · good	27.30 · good	poor
Thu 03:00	0.12 · good	1.80 · good	27.20 · good	excellent
Thu 04:00	0.12 · good	1.80 · good	27.20 · good	excellent
Thu 05:00	0.10 · good	1.65 · good	27.20 · good	excellent
Thu 06:00	0.10 · good	1.84 · good	27.20 · good	excellent
Thu 07:00	0.10 · good	1.97 · good	27.40 · good	excellent
Thu 08:00	0.10 · good	2.48 · good	27.60 · good	excellent
Thu 09:00	0.10 · good	2.91 · good	27.80 · good	excellent
Thu 10:00	0.12 · good	3.71 · good	28.10 · good	excellent
Thu 11:00	0.12 · good	4.11 · good	28.30 · good	excellent
Thu 12:00	0.14 · good	4.44 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Thu 13:00	0.14 · good	4.87 · good	28.60 · good	excellent
Thu 14:00	0.14 · good	4.55 · good	28.60 · good	excellent
Thu 15:00	0.14 · good	3.52 · good	28.60 · good	excellent
Thu 16:00	0.14 · good	2.16 · good	28.60 · good	excellent
Thu 17:00	0.14 · good	0.94 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Thu 18:00	0.14 · good	0.45 · good	28.50 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	0.14 · good	0.14 · good	28.40 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	0.14 · good	0.76 · good	28.30 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	0.14 · good	1.26 · good	28.10 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.14 · good	1.50 · good	28.00 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.14 · good	1.70 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.14 · good	1.71 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.14 · good	1.84 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.12 · good	1.84 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.12 · good	1.92 · good	27.50 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	0.12 · good	1.84 · good	27.40 · good	excellent
Fri 05:00	0.12 · good	1.30 · good	27.40 · good	excellent
Fri 06:00	0.12 · good	1.43 · good	27.50 · good	excellent
Fri 07:00	0.12 · good	1.84 · good	27.60 · good	excellent
Fri 08:00	0.12 · good	2.50 · good	27.80 · good	excellent
Fri 09:00	0.12 · good	2.59 · good	28.10 · good	excellent
Fri 10:00	0.12 · good	3.31 · good	28.30 · good	excellent
Fri 11:00	0.12 · good	3.67 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Fri 12:00	0.12 · good	4.49 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Fri 13:00	0.12 · good	4.74 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Fri 14:00	0.12 · good	5.47 · high	28.80 · good	excellent
Fri 15:00	0.12 · good	4.44 · good	28.80 · good	excellent
Fri 16:00	0.12 · good	2.11 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Fri 17:00	0.12 · good	0.80 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Fri 18:00	0.12 · good	1.17 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	0.12 · good	1.44 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	0.12 · good	0.89 · good	28.50 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.12 · good	0.73 · good	28.40 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.12 · good	0.92 · good	28.30 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.12 · good	1.46 · good	28.20 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.12 · good	1.77 · good	28.10 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.12 · good	1.96 · good	28.00 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.12 · good	1.87 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.12 · good	1.87 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.12 · good	1.58 · good	27.80 · good	excellent
Sat 05:00	0.10 · good	1.40 · good	27.60 · good	excellent
Sat 06:00	0.10 · good	1.58 · good	27.60 · good	excellent
Sat 07:00	0.10 · good	1.36 · good	27.80 · good	excellent
Sat 08:00	0.10 · good	1.84 · good	28.00 · good	excellent
Sat 09:00	0.10 · good	2.65 · good	28.20 · good	excellent
Sat 10:00	0.10 · good	3.09 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Sat 11:00	0.10 · good	3.58 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Sat 12:00	0.10 · good	4.28 · good	28.90 · good	excellent
Sat 13:00	0.10 · good	4.20 · good	28.90 · good	excellent
Sat 14:00	0.10 · good	3.38 · good	28.90 · good	excellent
Sat 15:00	0.10 · good	3.30 · good	28.90 · good	excellent
Sat 16:00	0.10 · good	2.01 · good	28.80 · good	excellent
Sat 17:00	0.10 · good	1.20 · good	28.80 · good	excellent
Sat 18:00	0.10 · good	0.76 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Sat 19:00	0.10 · good	0.85 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Sat 20:00	0.10 · good	0.57 · good	28.60 · good	poor