# Trunk Bay snorkeling forecast

Trunk Bay has no good model window later today. Check the three-day outlook and official beach advisories.

- Location: Trunk Bay, US Virgin Islands
- Timezone: America/St_Thomas
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-16T22:35:39.103630-04:00
- Verdict: Poor
- Score: 0.0/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 13%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-16T20:28:32.826161-04:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/us-virgin-islands/trunk-bay/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/us-virgin-islands/trunk-bay/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/us-virgin-islands/trunk-bay/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/us-virgin-islands/trunk-bay/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/us-virgin-islands/trunk-bay/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/us-virgin-islands/trunk-bay/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 29.6 °C (85.3 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 30.0 °C (86.0 °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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-16T23:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.8 | 6.87 | 29.6 |
| 2026-10-17T00:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.82 | 7.97 | 29.6 |
| 2026-10-17T01:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.84 | 6.88 | 29.5 |
| 2026-10-17T02:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.86 | 7.27 | 29.5 |
| 2026-10-17T03:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.86 | 7.22 | 29.5 |
| 2026-10-17T04:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.86 | 6.62 | 29.5 |
| 2026-10-17T05:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.86 | 6.3 | 29.5 |
| 2026-10-17T06:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.84 | 5.76 | 29.5 |
| 2026-10-17T07:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.36445740740740745 | no | 0.8 | 5.35 | 29.5 |
| 2026-10-17T08:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.3804296296296296 | no | 0.78 | 4.66 | 29.5 |
| 2026-10-17T09:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.40341851851851845 | no | 0.76 | 4.6 | 29.6 |
| 2026-10-17T10:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.40956481481481477 | no | 0.72 | 4.49 | 29.6 |
| 2026-10-17T11:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.4254333333333333 | no | 0.7 | 4.38 | 29.7 |
| 2026-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.4309648148148147 | no | 0.68 | 4.25 | 29.8 |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.45700555555555544 | no | 0.68 | 4.11 | 29.8 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.4654 | no | 0.66 | 3.96 | 29.9 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.47931296296296294 | no | 0.66 | 3.67 | 29.9 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.48583703703703696 | no | 0.64 | 3.86 | 29.8 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 | fair | 0.4757555555555555 | no | 0.64 | 4.14 | 29.8 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 4.5 | 29.8 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 5.05 | 29.7 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 5.15 | 29.7 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 5.26 | 29.7 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00-04:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 5.47 | 29.6 |

## Nearby spots

- [Buck Island](https://snorkelforecast.com/us-virgin-islands/buck-island/index.md)