Can you snorkel in Ölüdeniz today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Ölüdeniz starts Tue 15:00 and lasts until 17:00. Around 39% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Ölüdeniz 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.

Ölüdeniz Snorkel Report Today

Turkey · Updated Tue 04:15 (+03) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Tue 17:41

Ölüdeniz has a usable snorkeling window around Tue 18:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 7.2/10

Best time: Tue 18:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Tue 20:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 2.3 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:01

Sunset

20:18

Water

29.9°C

Max air

34.0°C

Sky

Clear

2% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Tue 15:00–17:00 (39% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Tuesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Wednesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Tue 15:00 until 17:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (58 hours)
Tide/current (40 hours)
Darkness (30 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 31/100

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 03:00

Wed 14:00, Thu 03:00

Nearby alternatives in Turkey

Fethiye

8 km away

✅ Good

Kalkan

41 km away

✅ Good

Kas

61 km away

✅ Good

Marmaris

82 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Wed 14:00 – Sat 14:00 (+03)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.81 around Thu 10:00; 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 0.22m to 0.3m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 24/24 sampled hours (range 0.64 to 3.4m/s).

Tides range from -0.41m to -0.15m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Wed 14:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 15:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 16:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 17:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Wed 18:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 19:00 poor ❌ Limited

Wed 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

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 excellent ✅ Excellent

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 good 🌟 Good

Fri 13:00 good 🌟 Good

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 good 🌟 Good

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

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 14:00	0.30 · good	1.97 · good	29.40 · good	excellent
Wed 15:00	0.30 · good	1.52 · good	29.30 · good	excellent
Wed 16:00	0.28 · good	1.04 · good	29.20 · good	excellent
Wed 17:00	0.28 · good	1.02 · good	29.20 · good	excellent
Wed 18:00	0.26 · good	0.98 · good	29.10 · good	poor
Wed 19:00	0.26 · good	0.64 · good	29.00 · good	poor
Wed 20:00	0.26 · good	1.04 · good	28.90 · good	poor
Wed 21:00	0.26 · good	1.36 · good	28.80 · good	poor
Wed 22:00	0.28 · good	1.94 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Wed 23:00	0.28 · good	2.25 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Thu 00:00	0.30 · good	2.51 · good	28.50 · good	poor
Thu 01:00	0.30 · good	2.78 · good	28.50 · good	poor
Thu 02:00	0.28 · good	2.91 · good	28.40 · good	poor
Thu 03:00	0.28 · good	2.39 · good	28.40 · good	excellent
Thu 04:00	0.28 · good	1.40 · good	28.30 · good	excellent
Thu 05:00	0.26 · good	0.85 · good	28.30 · good	excellent
Thu 06:00	0.26 · good	1.00 · good	28.40 · good	excellent
Thu 07:00	0.24 · good	1.14 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Thu 08:00	0.24 · good	1.80 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Thu 09:00	0.22 · good	2.39 · good	28.90 · good	excellent
Thu 10:00	0.22 · good	2.75 · good	29.10 · good	excellent
Thu 11:00	0.22 · good	3.22 · good	29.30 · good	excellent
Thu 12:00	0.22 · good	3.40 · good	29.40 · good	excellent
Thu 13:00	0.22 · good	2.46 · good	29.50 · good	excellent
Thu 14:00	0.24 · good	2.42 · good	29.50 · good	excellent
Thu 15:00	0.24 · good	1.70 · good	29.50 · good	excellent
Thu 16:00	0.24 · good	1.36 · good	29.50 · good	excellent
Thu 17:00	0.24 · good	0.50 · good	29.50 · good	excellent
Thu 18:00	0.24 · good	0.32 · good	29.40 · good	poor
Thu 19:00	0.24 · good	0.57 · good	29.30 · good	poor
Thu 20:00	0.24 · good	0.63 · good	29.20 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	0.24 · good	1.21 · good	29.10 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.24 · good	1.75 · good	29.00 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.26 · good	2.28 · good	28.90 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.26 · good	2.33 · good	28.80 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.26 · good	2.16 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.28 · good	1.26 · good	28.60 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.28 · good	0.91 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Fri 04:00	0.28 · good	0.51 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Fri 05:00	0.30 · good	0.28 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Fri 06:00	0.30 · good	0.89 · good	28.50 · good	excellent
Fri 07:00	0.30 · good	1.13 · good	28.60 · good	excellent
Fri 08:00	0.30 · good	1.72 · good	28.80 · good	excellent
Fri 09:00	0.30 · good	2.44 · good	29.10 · good	excellent
Fri 10:00	0.30 · good	2.68 · good	29.30 · good	excellent
Fri 11:00	0.28 · good	2.73 · good	29.50 · good	excellent
Fri 12:00	0.28 · good	2.26 · good	29.60 · good	good
Fri 13:00	0.28 · good	2.50 · good	29.70 · good	good
Fri 14:00	0.26 · good	2.38 · good	29.70 · good	excellent
Fri 15:00	0.26 · good	2.18 · good	29.70 · good	excellent
Fri 16:00	0.26 · good	1.92 · good	29.70 · good	excellent
Fri 17:00	0.24 · good	0.81 · good	29.60 · good	excellent
Fri 18:00	0.24 · good	0.41 · good	29.60 · good	poor
Fri 19:00	0.24 · good	1.06 · good	29.50 · good	poor
Fri 20:00	0.24 · good	1.22 · good	29.40 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.24 · good	1.66 · good	29.20 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.24 · good	1.97 · good	29.10 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.26 · good	2.24 · good	29.00 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.26 · good	2.42 · good	28.90 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.26 · good	1.56 · good	28.80 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.26 · good	0.86 · good	28.70 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.26 · good	0.86 · good	28.60 · good	good
Sat 04:00	0.26 · good	1.02 · good	28.60 · good	excellent
Sat 05:00	0.28 · good	0.76 · good	28.60 · good	excellent
Sat 06:00	0.26 · good	1.12 · good	28.70 · good	excellent
Sat 07:00	0.26 · good	1.66 · good	28.80 · good	excellent
Sat 08:00	0.26 · good	2.39 · good	29.00 · good	excellent
Sat 09:00	0.26 · good	2.80 · good	29.20 · good	excellent
Sat 10:00	0.26 · good	3.18 · good	29.50 · good	excellent
Sat 11:00	0.26 · good	2.58 · good	29.70 · good	excellent
Sat 12:00	0.26 · good	2.91 · good	29.80 · good	excellent
Sat 13:00	0.26 · good	2.56 · good	29.80 · good	excellent