What is the best time of day to snorkel in Two Step Honaunau?

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 Two Step Honaunau.

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.

Where are the best snorkeling conditions near Two Step Honaunau today?

The nearby spots with the best forecasts later today are Anaehoomalu Bay. Check each spot page for hourly wind, wave, tide and water temperature detail.

MARINE REPORT / 72 HOURS

Two Step Honaunau Snorkel Report Today

USA · Updated Sat 00:08 (HST) · Source: Snapshot

The skinny

Go in the best window Data updated Sat 00:08 (HST)

Two Step Honaunau has a usable snorkeling window around Sat 07:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Right now (forecast)

Poor · 0.0/10

Sat 00:00 (HST)

Later today

Good · 5.9/10

Sat 09:00 (HST)

Next three days

Good · 6.0/10

Mon 07:00 (HST)

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

Score: 5.9/10

Best time: Sat 07:00

Main risk: Waves

Best morning signal: Sat 09:00 (Good).

Best afternoon signal: Sat 12:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 1.0 m/s.

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Best nearby spots later today

Anaehoomalu Bay 6.0/10 Good · Sat 08:00

Read the Hawaii snorkeling guide for coast, access and best-month guidance.

Sunrise

06:18

Sunset

17:58

Water

28.2°C

Max air

28.9°C

Sky

Cloudy

100% cloud

Good model window in the next 72 hours

Next good model window: Sat 07:00–12:00 (13% of the next 72h meets the model threshold)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Saturday

✅ Good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Sunday

⚠️ Fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Monday

✅ Good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

The next good model window starts at Sat 07:00 and lasts until 12:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Waves (71 hours)
Tide/current (57 hours)
Darkness (50 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

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

Low · 31/100

Low peak drift risk around Sat 04:00.

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: Sat 08:00

Sat 08:00, Mon 00:00, Mon 11:00

Nearby snorkel spot map

Compare nearby spot forecasts for later today before choosing a beach.

Anaehoomalu Bay Good · Sat 08:00 6.0/10 Kealakekua Bay Fair · Sat 13:00 5.0/10 Kahaluu Beach Park Fair · Sat 09:00 4.8/10

Forecast spot map

Use the map to see where the compared spots sit. Open a card for the hourly forecast.

This is a location diagram, not a marine chart. Check the shore and local signs in person.

Nearby alternatives in USA

Kealakekua Bay

7 km away

❌ Poor

Kahaluu Beach Park

19 km away

❌ Poor

Big Island

29 km away

❌ Poor

Anaehoomalu Bay

55 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Wed 00:00 – Sat 00:00 (HST)

Previous day Yesterday Next day Live

Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.59 around Wed 08:00; 7 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 0.98m to 1.14m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 24/24 sampled hours (range 0.1 to 1.43m/s).

Tides range from 0.34m to 0.98m; 0 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Wed 00:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 01:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 02:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 03:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 04:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 05:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 06:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 07:00 Good 🌟 Good

Wed 08:00 Good 🌟 Good

Wed 09:00 Good 🌟 Good

Wed 10:00 Good 🌟 Good

Wed 11:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 12:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 13:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Wed 14:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 15:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 16:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 17:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 18:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 19:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 20:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 21:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 22:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Wed 23:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 00:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 01:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 02:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 03:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 04:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 05:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 06:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 07:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 08:00 Good 🌟 Good

Thu 09:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 10:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 11:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 12:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 13:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 14:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 15:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 16:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 17:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 18:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 19:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 20:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 21:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 22:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Thu 23:00 Poor ❌ Limited

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 Good 🌟 Good

Fri 08:00 Good 🌟 Good

Fri 09:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 10:00 Good 🌟 Good

Fri 11:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 12:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 13:00 Fair ⚠️ Fair

Fri 14:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 15:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 16:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 17:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 18:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 19:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 20:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 21:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 22:00 Poor ❌ Limited

Fri 23:00 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 is better in daylight, so night hours score lower.

Detailed hourly data table

Time	Wave (m)	Wind (m/s)	Sea temp (°C)	Status
Wed 00:00	0.98 · high	0.39 · good	28.00 · good	Poor
Wed 01:00	0.98 · high	0.50 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Wed 02:00	0.98 · high	0.52 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Wed 03:00	0.98 · high	0.55 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Wed 04:00	1.00 · high	0.56 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Wed 05:00	1.00 · high	0.11 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Wed 06:00	1.04 · high	0.10 · good	27.80 · good	Poor
Wed 07:00	1.06 · high	0.16 · good	27.80 · good	Good
Wed 08:00	1.06 · high	0.63 · good	27.90 · good	Good
Wed 09:00	1.06 · high	0.87 · good	27.90 · good	Good
Wed 10:00	1.06 · high	1.14 · good	28.00 · good	Good
Wed 11:00	1.06 · high	1.22 · good	28.20 · good	Fair
Wed 12:00	1.08 · high	1.43 · good	28.30 · good	Fair
Wed 13:00	1.08 · high	1.10 · good	28.40 · good	Fair
Wed 14:00	1.10 · high	1.28 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Wed 15:00	1.10 · high	1.07 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Wed 16:00	1.12 · high	0.55 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Wed 17:00	1.12 · high	0.25 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Wed 18:00	1.12 · high	0.25 · good	28.30 · good	Poor
Wed 19:00	1.14 · high	0.55 · good	28.30 · good	Poor
Wed 20:00	1.14 · high	0.96 · good	28.20 · good	Poor
Wed 21:00	1.14 · high	0.73 · good	28.20 · good	Poor
Wed 22:00	1.14 · high	0.51 · good	28.10 · good	Poor
Wed 23:00	1.14 · high	0.60 · good	28.10 · good	Poor
Thu 00:00	1.14 · high	0.50 · good	28.00 · good	Poor
Thu 01:00	1.14 · high	0.75 · good	28.00 · good	Poor
Thu 02:00	1.14 · high	0.27 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Thu 03:00	1.14 · high	1.28 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Thu 04:00	1.14 · high	1.27 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Thu 05:00	1.20 · high	1.62 · good	27.80 · good	Poor
Thu 06:00	1.20 · high	1.46 · good	27.80 · good	Poor
Thu 07:00	1.20 · high	1.47 · good	27.80 · good	Fair
Thu 08:00	1.20 · high	1.29 · good	27.90 · good	Good
Thu 09:00	1.20 · high	0.74 · good	28.00 · good	Fair
Thu 10:00	1.22 · high	0.82 · good	28.10 · good	Fair
Thu 11:00	1.22 · high	1.48 · good	28.30 · good	Fair
Thu 12:00	1.24 · high	1.75 · good	28.40 · good	Fair
Thu 13:00	1.26 · high	1.52 · good	28.50 · good	Fair
Thu 14:00	1.28 · high	1.20 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Thu 15:00	1.28 · high	0.96 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Thu 16:00	1.28 · high	0.15 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Thu 17:00	1.28 · high	1.17 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Thu 18:00	1.26 · high	1.82 · good	28.50 · good	Poor
Thu 19:00	1.26 · high	1.33 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Thu 20:00	1.24 · high	0.65 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Thu 21:00	1.22 · high	0.69 · good	28.30 · good	Poor
Thu 22:00	1.20 · high	1.11 · good	28.30 · good	Poor
Thu 23:00	1.18 · high	0.97 · good	28.20 · good	Poor
Fri 00:00	1.18 · high	1.79 · good	28.20 · good	Poor
Fri 01:00	1.26 · high	1.96 · good	28.10 · good	Poor
Fri 02:00	1.24 · high	1.86 · good	28.00 · good	Poor
Fri 03:00	1.22 · high	1.12 · good	28.00 · good	Poor
Fri 04:00	1.22 · high	0.67 · good	28.00 · good	Poor
Fri 05:00	1.20 · high	0.67 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Fri 06:00	1.20 · high	0.47 · good	27.90 · good	Poor
Fri 07:00	1.22 · high	0.27 · good	27.90 · good	Good
Fri 08:00	1.20 · high	0.53 · good	28.00 · good	Good
Fri 09:00	1.20 · high	0.83 · good	28.10 · good	Fair
Fri 10:00	1.18 · high	1.08 · good	28.20 · good	Good
Fri 11:00	1.18 · high	1.39 · good	28.40 · good	Fair
Fri 12:00	1.18 · high	1.26 · good	28.50 · good	Fair
Fri 13:00	1.18 · high	1.23 · good	28.70 · good	Fair
Fri 14:00	1.18 · high	1.14 · good	28.70 · good	Poor
Fri 15:00	1.18 · high	0.45 · good	28.70 · good	Poor
Fri 16:00	1.18 · high	0.85 · good	28.70 · good	Poor
Fri 17:00	1.18 · high	0.57 · good	28.60 · good	Poor
Fri 18:00	1.18 · high	0.98 · good	28.50 · good	Poor
Fri 19:00	1.16 · high	1.03 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Fri 20:00	1.16 · high	0.92 · good	28.40 · good	Poor
Fri 21:00	1.16 · high	1.20 · good	28.30 · good	Poor
Fri 22:00	1.16 · high	1.28 · good	28.30 · good	Poor
Fri 23:00	1.16 · high	0.78 · good	28.20 · good	Poor