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Buck Island Snorkel Report Today

US Virgin Islands · Updated Tue 04:14 (AST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Marginal Report Wed 11:53

Buck Island looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Wed 13:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

Score: 4.0/10

Best time: Wed 13:00

Main risk: Waves

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Wed 13:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 6.4 m/s.

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Sunrise

05:53

Sunset

18:55

Water

28.9°C

Max air

28.4°C

Sky

Clear

18% 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

Wednesday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

  • Wed 17:00 — Fair (0.40) · still limited by waves, wind
  • Wed 16:00 — Fair (0.40) · still limited by waves, tide/current
  • Wed 20:00 — Fair (0.40) · still limited by waves, wind

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Waves (36 hours)
  • Tide/current (36 hours)
  • Wind (32 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 34/100

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 US Virgin Islands

Trunk Bay

65 km away

⚠️ Fair

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 15:00 – Sun 15:00 (AST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.35 around Thu 14:00; 1 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 1.16m to 1.36m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 0/24 sampled hours (range 22.0 to 30.5m/s).

Tides range from 0.12m to 0.38m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

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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 1.26 · high 27.90 · high 28.60 · good poor
Thu 16:00 1.24 · high 25.80 · high 28.70 · good poor
Thu 17:00 1.20 · high 25.10 · high 28.70 · good poor
Thu 18:00 1.18 · high 23.80 · high 28.70 · good fair
Thu 19:00 1.18 · high 22.70 · high 28.70 · good poor
Thu 20:00 1.16 · high 22.00 · high 28.70 · good poor
Thu 21:00 1.16 · high 22.50 · high 28.70 · good poor
Thu 22:00 1.16 · high 25.10 · high 28.70 · good poor
Thu 23:00 1.18 · high 25.00 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 00:00 1.18 · high 26.90 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 01:00 1.20 · high 26.20 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 02:00 1.24 · high 27.50 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 03:00 1.26 · high 28.60 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 04:00 1.26 · high 28.80 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 05:00 1.28 · high 27.40 · high 28.60 · good poor
Fri 06:00 1.28 · high 27.00 · high 28.60 · good poor
Fri 07:00 1.30 · high 28.50 · high 28.60 · good poor
Fri 08:00 1.30 · high 30.40 · high 28.60 · good poor
Fri 09:00 1.32 · high 30.50 · high 28.60 · good poor
Fri 10:00 1.34 · high 29.70 · high 28.60 · good poor
Fri 11:00 1.28 · high 26.40 · high 28.50 · good poor
Fri 12:00 1.30 · high 28.20 · high 28.50 · good poor
Fri 13:00 1.32 · high 29.10 · high 28.50 · good poor
Fri 14:00 1.36 · high 29.70 · high 28.60 · good poor
Fri 15:00 1.38 · high 30.10 · high 28.60 · good poor
Fri 16:00 1.36 · high 31.80 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 17:00 1.36 · high 32.70 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 18:00 1.34 · high 19.90 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 19:00 1.32 · high 23.40 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 20:00 1.32 · high 20.00 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 21:00 1.30 · high 18.20 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 22:00 1.34 · high 22.90 · high 28.70 · good poor
Fri 23:00 1.36 · high 26.20 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 00:00 1.40 · high 27.00 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 01:00 1.34 · high 26.10 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 02:00 1.30 · high 31.00 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 03:00 1.24 · high 32.30 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 04:00 1.22 · high 32.10 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 05:00 1.20 · high 32.60 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 06:00 1.18 · high 32.20 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 07:00 1.22 · high 29.80 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 08:00 1.28 · high 31.20 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 09:00 1.32 · high 31.20 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 10:00 1.38 · high 31.80 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 11:00 1.44 · high 31.00 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 12:00 1.50 · high 30.60 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 13:00 1.50 · high 30.70 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 14:00 1.48 · high 30.90 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 15:00 1.48 · high 30.20 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sat 16:00 1.46 · high 29.60 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 17:00 1.46 · high 28.00 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 18:00 1.44 · high 27.90 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 19:00 1.42 · high 27.80 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 20:00 1.40 · high 26.90 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 21:00 1.38 · high 27.40 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 22:00 1.38 · high 27.90 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sat 23:00 1.38 · high 28.70 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sun 00:00 1.38 · high 31.50 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sun 01:00 1.40 · high 32.10 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sun 02:00 1.44 · high 32.30 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sun 03:00 1.46 · high 32.80 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sun 04:00 1.48 · high 35.40 · high 28.70 · good poor
Sun 05:00 1.52 · high 35.10 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 06:00 1.54 · high 32.00 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 07:00 1.54 · high 32.40 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 08:00 1.54 · high 30.40 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 09:00 1.54 · high 30.20 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 10:00 1.54 · high 31.50 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 11:00 1.54 · high 31.90 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 12:00 1.54 · high 32.90 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 13:00 1.54 · high 30.80 · high 28.60 · good poor
Sun 14:00 1.54 · high 31.50 · high 28.60 · good poor