Can you snorkel in Bahia Honda today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Bahia Honda starts Mon 13:00 and lasts until 16:00. Around 18% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

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

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 Bahia Honda 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.

Bahia Honda Snorkel Report Today

USA · Updated Sat 05:04 (EDT) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Sun 10:57

Bahia Honda has a usable snorkeling window around Mon 09:00. The main thing to watch is sea temperature.

Score: 6.0/10

Best time: Mon 09:00

Main risk: Sea Temperature

Best morning signal: Sun 11:00 (Poor).

Best afternoon signal: Sun 18:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 7.5 m/s.

Email me when it is good

Sunrise

06:47

Sunset

20:15

Water

31.1°C

Max air

29.5°C

Sky

Clear

6% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Mon 13:00–16:00 (18% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Sunday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Monday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Sea temperature

Tuesday

❌ poor conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Mon 13:00 until 16:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Sea temperature (38 hours)
Waves (36 hours)
Darkness (16 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: Mon 06:00

Sun 18:00, Mon 06:00

Nearby alternatives in USA

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Key Largo

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Dry Tortugas

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Crystal River

490 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 14:00 – Sun 14:00 (EDT)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.57 around Fri 07:00; 13 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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3/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.36m to 0.46m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 24/24 sampled hours (range 1.99 to 4.37m/s).

Tides range from -0.49m to 0.21m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 20:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 22:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 23:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 05:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 06:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 07:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 08:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 19:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 23:00 good 🌟 Good

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 15:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 16:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 17:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 18:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 20:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 21:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 22:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Sat 23:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

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 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 09:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 10:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 11:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 12:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 13:00 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
Thu 14:00	0.46 · high	2.79 · good	30.60 · out of range	good
Thu 15:00	0.46 · high	2.82 · good	30.70 · out of range	good
Thu 16:00	0.46 · high	3.00 · good	30.70 · out of range	fair
Thu 17:00	0.46 · high	2.62 · good	30.80 · out of range	fair
Thu 18:00	0.46 · high	2.61 · good	30.80 · out of range	fair
Thu 19:00	0.44 · high	2.91 · good	30.80 · out of range	fair
Thu 20:00	0.44 · high	2.50 · good	30.90 · out of range	good
Thu 21:00	0.42 · high	2.36 · good	30.90 · out of range	fair
Thu 22:00	0.42 · high	1.99 · good	30.90 · out of range	good
Thu 23:00	0.40 · high	2.80 · good	30.90 · out of range	good
Fri 00:00	0.40 · high	2.90 · good	30.90 · out of range	poor
Fri 01:00	0.40 · high	3.28 · good	30.90 · out of range	poor
Fri 02:00	0.38 · high	3.20 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Fri 03:00	0.38 · high	2.95 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Fri 04:00	0.38 · high	3.57 · good	30.80 · out of range	poor
Fri 05:00	0.36 · good	4.37 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Fri 06:00	0.36 · good	4.18 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Fri 07:00	0.36 · good	3.48 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Fri 08:00	0.38 · high	3.13 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Fri 09:00	0.38 · high	2.69 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Fri 10:00	0.38 · high	2.41 · good	30.70 · out of range	poor
Fri 11:00	0.40 · high	2.60 · good	30.70 · out of range	good
Fri 12:00	0.40 · high	2.60 · good	30.70 · out of range	good
Fri 13:00	0.40 · high	3.00 · good	30.70 · out of range	good
Fri 14:00	0.40 · high	3.00 · good	30.80 · out of range	good
Fri 15:00	0.40 · high	2.53 · good	30.90 · out of range	good
Fri 16:00	0.40 · high	2.60 · good	31.00 · out of range	good
Fri 17:00	0.40 · high	2.75 · good	31.10 · out of range	good
Fri 18:00	0.40 · high	2.44 · good	31.10 · out of range	good
Fri 19:00	0.40 · high	2.21 · good	31.20 · out of range	good
Fri 20:00	0.38 · high	3.13 · good	31.20 · out of range	fair
Fri 21:00	0.38 · high	3.09 · good	31.20 · out of range	fair
Fri 22:00	0.38 · high	2.69 · good	31.30 · out of range	fair
Fri 23:00	0.36 · good	2.56 · good	31.30 · out of range	good
Sat 00:00	0.36 · good	3.04 · good	31.30 · out of range	poor
Sat 01:00	0.36 · good	3.47 · good	31.20 · out of range	poor
Sat 02:00	0.34 · good	3.38 · good	31.20 · out of range	poor
Sat 03:00	0.34 · good	3.28 · good	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sat 04:00	0.34 · good	3.62 · good	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sat 05:00	0.32 · good	3.68 · good	31.00 · out of range	poor
Sat 06:00	0.26 · good	3.00 · good	31.30 · out of range	poor
Sat 07:00	0.28 · good	3.96 · good	31.20 · out of range	poor
Sat 08:00	0.32 · good	5.66 · high	31.20 · out of range	poor
Sat 09:00	0.34 · good	6.36 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sat 10:00	0.38 · high	5.09 · good	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sat 11:00	0.44 · high	6.02 · high	31.10 · out of range	good
Sat 12:00	0.48 · high	7.04 · high	31.10 · out of range	fair
Sat 13:00	0.50 · high	6.04 · high	31.10 · out of range	good
Sat 14:00	0.50 · high	6.86 · high	31.20 · out of range	fair
Sat 15:00	0.52 · high	6.19 · high	31.30 · out of range	fair
Sat 16:00	0.52 · high	6.60 · high	31.40 · out of range	fair
Sat 17:00	0.50 · high	6.80 · high	31.60 · out of range	fair
Sat 18:00	0.50 · high	5.82 · high	31.60 · out of range	fair
Sat 19:00	0.50 · high	5.78 · high	31.70 · out of range	fair
Sat 20:00	0.50 · high	5.47 · high	31.70 · out of range	fair
Sat 21:00	0.50 · high	5.83 · high	31.70 · out of range	fair
Sat 22:00	0.50 · high	4.53 · good	31.70 · out of range	fair
Sat 23:00	0.48 · high	4.31 · good	31.70 · out of range	fair
Sun 00:00	0.48 · high	5.27 · good	31.70 · out of range	poor
Sun 01:00	0.50 · high	4.98 · good	31.70 · out of range	poor
Sun 02:00	0.52 · high	5.14 · good	31.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 03:00	0.54 · high	4.70 · good	31.60 · out of range	poor
Sun 04:00	0.58 · high	5.20 · good	31.50 · out of range	poor
Sun 05:00	0.60 · high	6.17 · high	31.40 · out of range	poor
Sun 06:00	0.64 · high	5.95 · high	31.30 · out of range	poor
Sun 07:00	0.68 · high	6.41 · high	31.30 · out of range	poor
Sun 08:00	0.72 · high	6.48 · high	31.20 · out of range	poor
Sun 09:00	0.76 · high	5.78 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sun 10:00	0.78 · high	6.49 · high	31.10 · out of range	poor
Sun 11:00	0.80 · high	6.62 · high	31.00 · out of range	poor
Sun 12:00	0.82 · high	7.98 · high	31.00 · out of range	poor
Sun 13:00	0.80 · high	8.51 · high	31.00 · out of range	poor