# Molokini Crater snorkeling forecast

Molokini Crater looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Sat 08:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Molokini Crater, USA
- Timezone: Pacific/Honolulu
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-10-17T02:44:53.048097-10:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 5.4/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 1%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-10-17T00:07:27.216564-10:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/usa/molokini-crater/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/usa/molokini-crater/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/usa/molokini-crater/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/usa/molokini-crater/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/usa/molokini-crater/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/usa/molokini-crater/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 27.6 °C (81.7 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 10: 27.1 °C (80.8 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 10 normal: +0.5 °C (+0.9 °F), warmer 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-17T03:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.4 | 2.5 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T04:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.4 | 1.6 | 27.5 |
| 2026-10-17T05:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.38 | 1.69 | 27.5 |
| 2026-10-17T06:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.36 | 2.26 | 27.5 |
| 2026-10-17T07:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.5354833333333333 | no | 1.36 | 2.07 | 27.5 |
| 2026-10-17T08:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.5441574074074074 | no | 1.34 | 2.11 | 27.5 |
| 2026-10-17T09:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.5371777777777779 | no | 1.34 | 1.77 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T10:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.5313296296296296 | no | 1.34 | 2.23 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T11:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.5205111111111111 | no | 1.34 | 2.49 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T12:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.5165148148148148 | no | 1.32 | 2.87 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T13:00:00-10:00 | fair | 0.4960166666666666 | no | 1.32 | 3.6 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T14:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.3 | 4.69 | 27.9 |
| 2026-10-17T15:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.28 | 5.56 | 27.9 |
| 2026-10-17T16:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.28 | 5.53 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T17:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.26 | 5.01 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T18:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.24 | 3.89 | 27.8 |
| 2026-10-17T19:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.2 | 2.57 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T20:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.18 | 3.13 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T21:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.18 | 3.84 | 27.7 |
| 2026-10-17T22:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.16 | 3.44 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-17T23:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.16 | 3.59 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-18T00:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.18 | 3.83 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-18T01:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.2 | 3.91 | 27.6 |
| 2026-10-18T02:00:00-10:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 1.22 | 4.0 | 27.6 |

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