What is the best time of day to snorkel in Bahia Honda?

Snorkel in daylight, if possible in the morning before the wind picks up. Currents are often weaker near high slack tide. SnorkelForecast scores each daylight hour for Bahia Honda.

What is the best tide for snorkeling?

High slack tide, within about an hour of the high-tide peak, often has weaker currents. Strong low tides and tidal flow near channels or headlands reduce the score.

Bahia Honda Snorkel Report Today

USA · Updated Mon 12:54 (EDT) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

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Bahia Honda has a usable snorkeling window around Mon 19:00. The main thing to watch is sea temperature.

Right now (forecast)

Fair · 4.8/10

Mon 15:00 (EDT)

Later today

Good · 6.3/10

Mon 19:00 (EDT)

Next three days

Excellent · 7.4/10

Thu 08:00 (EDT)

Model estimates using Open-Meteo; not observations or safety guarantees. Check official advisories and conditions at the beach.

Score: 6.3/10

Best time: Mon 19:00

Main risk: Sea Temperature

No useful morning window is showing yet.

Best afternoon signal: Mon 19:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 6.6 m/s.

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Also see the best places to snorkel in Florida, ranked on our stored historical scores.

Sunrise

07:13

Sunset

19:22

Water

30.9°C

Max air

28.7°C

Sky

Cloudy

100% cloud

Good model window in the next 72 hours

Next good model window: Mon 19:00 (15% of the next 72h meets the model threshold)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Monday

✅ Good conditions

Main blocker: Sea temperature

Tuesday

✅ Good conditions

Main blocker: Sea temperature

Wednesday

✅ Good conditions

Main blocker: Sea temperature

Best available hours

The next good model window starts at Mon 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Sea temperature (63 hours)
Tide/current (45 hours)
Darkness (36 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.

Upcoming high tides

Next early morning high tide: Tue 06:00

Mon 19:00, Tue 06:00, Tue 19:00, Wed 20:00, Thu 07:00

Nearby alternatives in USA

Looe Key

18 km away

✅ Good

Key Largo

97 km away

✅ Good

Dry Tortugas

161 km away

✅ Good

Crystal River

490 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Fri 15:00 – Mon 15:00 (EDT)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.59 around Sat 10:00; 12 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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16/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.26m to 0.42m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 9/24 sampled hours (range 3.8 to 7.32m/s).

Tides range from -0.43m to 0.1m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Fri 15:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 16:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 17:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 18:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 19:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

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 Poor ❌ Limited

Sat 05:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sat 06:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sat 07:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sat 08:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 09:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 10:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 11:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 12:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 13:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 14:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 15:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 16:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 17:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 18:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 19:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sat 20:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sat 21:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sat 22:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sat 23:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 00:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 01:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 02:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 04:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 05:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 06:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 07:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 08:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 09:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 10:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 11:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 12:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 13:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 14:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Sun 15:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sun 16:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sun 17:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sun 18:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sun 19:00 Good 🌟 Good

Sun 20:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 21:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 22:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Sun 23:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 00:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 01:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 02:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 03:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 04:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 05:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 06:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 07:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Mon 08:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 09:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 10:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Mon 11:00 Good 🌟 Good

Mon 12:00 Good 🌟 Good

Mon 13:00 Good 🌟 Good

Mon 14:00 Good 🌟 Good

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 is better in daylight, so night hours score lower.

Detailed hourly data table

Time	Wave (m)	Wind (m/s)	Sea temp (°C)	Status
Fri 15:00	0.30 · good	4.37 · good	31.80 · out of range	Fair
Fri 16:00	0.30 · good	3.80 · good	31.80 · out of range	Fair
Fri 17:00	0.30 · good	4.41 · good	31.80 · out of range	Fair
Fri 18:00	0.28 · good	4.90 · good	31.70 · out of range	Fair
Fri 19:00	0.28 · good	5.71 · high	31.70 · out of range	Fair
Fri 20:00	0.26 · good	5.93 · high	31.70 · out of range	Poor
Fri 21:00	0.26 · good	6.81 · high	31.60 · out of range	Poor
Fri 22:00	0.26 · good	6.82 · high	31.60 · out of range	Poor
Fri 23:00	0.26 · good	7.20 · high	31.60 · out of range	Poor
Sat 00:00	0.28 · good	7.16 · high	31.50 · out of range	Poor
Sat 01:00	0.28 · good	7.32 · high	31.50 · out of range	Poor
Sat 02:00	0.30 · good	7.32 · high	31.50 · out of range	Poor
Sat 03:00	0.30 · good	7.16 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Sat 04:00	0.30 · good	6.80 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Sat 05:00	0.30 · good	6.41 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Sat 06:00	0.32 · good	6.17 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Sat 07:00	0.42 · high	6.53 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Sat 08:00	0.42 · high	6.17 · high	31.40 · out of range	Good
Sat 09:00	0.42 · high	5.59 · high	31.40 · out of range	Good
Sat 10:00	0.42 · high	4.62 · good	31.50 · out of range	Good
Sat 11:00	0.42 · high	4.32 · good	31.60 · out of range	Good
Sat 12:00	0.42 · high	5.19 · good	31.70 · out of range	Fair
Sat 13:00	0.42 · high	4.21 · good	31.80 · out of range	Fair
Sat 14:00	0.42 · high	4.30 · good	31.80 · out of range	Fair
Sat 15:00	0.34 · good	5.79 · high	31.90 · out of range	Good
Sat 16:00	0.32 · good	5.38 · good	31.90 · out of range	Good
Sat 17:00	0.32 · good	5.16 · good	31.90 · out of range	Fair
Sat 18:00	0.32 · good	5.72 · high	31.90 · out of range	Good
Sat 19:00	0.30 · good	6.30 · high	31.80 · out of range	Good
Sat 20:00	0.30 · good	6.73 · high	31.80 · out of range	Poor
Sat 21:00	0.32 · good	7.52 · high	31.80 · out of range	Poor
Sat 22:00	0.36 · good	8.42 · high	31.70 · out of range	Poor
Sat 23:00	0.38 · high	8.23 · high	31.70 · out of range	Poor
Sun 00:00	0.40 · high	7.40 · high	31.60 · out of range	Poor
Sun 01:00	0.42 · high	7.71 · high	31.60 · out of range	Poor
Sun 02:00	0.44 · high	7.79 · high	31.50 · out of range	Poor
Sun 03:00	0.44 · high	7.62 · high	31.50 · out of range	Poor
Sun 04:00	0.46 · high	7.56 · high	31.50 · out of range	Poor
Sun 05:00	0.46 · high	7.47 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Sun 06:00	0.46 · high	6.89 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Sun 07:00	0.54 · high	8.15 · high	31.30 · out of range	Poor
Sun 08:00	0.52 · high	8.06 · high	31.30 · out of range	Fair
Sun 09:00	0.50 · high	7.43 · high	31.30 · out of range	Fair
Sun 10:00	0.48 · high	6.96 · high	31.40 · out of range	Fair
Sun 11:00	0.46 · high	6.80 · high	31.40 · out of range	Fair
Sun 12:00	0.46 · high	6.22 · high	31.40 · out of range	Fair
Sun 13:00	0.44 · high	5.03 · good	31.40 · out of range	Fair
Sun 14:00	0.44 · high	4.70 · good	31.50 · out of range	Fair
Sun 15:00	0.42 · high	4.49 · good	31.50 · out of range	Good
Sun 16:00	0.42 · high	5.02 · good	31.50 · out of range	Good
Sun 17:00	0.40 · high	4.90 · good	31.50 · out of range	Good
Sun 18:00	0.38 · high	4.70 · good	31.60 · out of range	Good
Sun 19:00	0.38 · high	4.90 · good	31.60 · out of range	Good
Sun 20:00	0.36 · good	6.14 · high	31.60 · out of range	Poor
Sun 21:00	0.38 · high	7.41 · high	31.60 · out of range	Poor
Sun 22:00	0.40 · high	7.82 · high	31.50 · out of range	Poor
Sun 23:00	0.42 · high	8.01 · high	31.50 · out of range	Poor
Mon 00:00	0.46 · high	8.08 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Mon 01:00	0.48 · high	7.22 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Mon 02:00	0.52 · high	7.03 · high	31.40 · out of range	Poor
Mon 03:00	0.52 · high	7.00 · high	31.30 · out of range	Poor
Mon 04:00	0.50 · high	6.67 · high	31.30 · out of range	Poor
Mon 05:00	0.50 · high	6.48 · high	31.30 · out of range	Poor
Mon 06:00	0.48 · high	6.48 · high	31.20 · out of range	Poor
Mon 07:00	0.48 · high	5.68 · high	31.20 · out of range	Poor
Mon 08:00	0.38 · high	5.59 · high	31.20 · out of range	Fair
Mon 09:00	0.38 · high	5.54 · high	31.20 · out of range	Fair
Mon 10:00	0.36 · good	5.18 · good	31.30 · out of range	Fair
Mon 11:00	0.36 · good	4.80 · good	31.40 · out of range	Good
Mon 12:00	0.34 · good	4.92 · good	31.60 · out of range	Good
Mon 13:00	0.34 · good	4.12 · good	31.70 · out of range	Good
Mon 14:00	0.32 · good	3.70 · good	31.70 · out of range	Good