Location guide

Cairns snorkeling conditions and reef spots

Compare today’s modeled weather and marine conditions across Snorkel Guru’s published Cairns reef spots. When every spot has complete comparable forecast data, the strongest hourly scores appear first; incomplete inputs remain unavailable.

Published snorkeling spots

Moore Reef

outer reef

44 poor
Best at 2 PM
17 kn 1.1 m

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Flynn Reef

outer reef

42 poor
Best at 2 PM
17.5 kn 1.6 m

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Fitzroy Island

inner island

40 poor
Best at 9 AM
19 kn 1.0 m

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Arlington Reef

inner reef

38 poor
Best at 6 AM
16.2 kn 1.2 m

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Green Island

inner island

36 poor
Best at 9 AM
20.1 kn 1.1 m

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31 poor
Best at 2 PM
18.7 kn 1.3 m

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Hastings Reef

outer reef

30 poor
Best at 2 PM
18.3 kn 1.2 m

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Saxon Reef

outer reef

28 poor
Best at 2 PM
19.4 kn 1.3 m

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Norman Reef

outer reef

27 poor
Best at 2 PM
19.5 kn 1.3 m

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21 poor
Best at 2 PM
18.2 kn 1.8 m

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20 poor
Best at 2 PM
18.8 kn 1.7 m

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Scores use complete weather and marine forecasts for today. Spots with incomplete inputs remain unavailable and do not change the published catalogue order.