Blue Lagoon - Opal Reef

Port Douglas · outer reef

-16.2200, 145.8700

excellent

97

Calculated score for Thursday 29 October

Wind
8.8 kn average
Waves
0.6 m average
UV index
5
Water temperature
27.7 °C
Current
0.2 kn

Hourly conditions

Blue Lagoon - Opal Reef · 6 AM–6 PM · Australia/Brisbane

6 AM

8.7 kn 0.6 m 0.27 kn
good
82

7 AM

9.4 kn 0.6 m 0.38 kn
good
80

8 AM

9.9 kn 0.6 m 0.38 kn
good
83

9 AM

10 kn 0.6 m 0.27 kn
excellent
97

Preferred daylight · 10 AM–2 PM

10 AM

9.6 kn 0.6 m 0.22 kn
Best forecast
excellent
100

11 AM

8.3 kn 0.6 m 0.00 kn
excellent
100

12 PM

7.9 kn 0.6 m 0.11 kn
excellent
100

1 PM

8 kn 0.6 m 0.22 kn
excellent
100

2 PM

7 kn 0.6 m 0.11 kn
excellent
98

3 PM

8.2 kn 0.6 m 0.11 kn
excellent
100

4 PM

8.6 kn 0.6 m 0.00 kn
excellent
99

5 PM

8.8 kn 0.6 m 0.00 kn
excellent
90

6 PM

9.5 kn 0.6 m 0.11 kn
good
82

16.22°S, 145.87°E · Cached forecast snapshot

Open-Meteo forecast integration (Forecast model) · Open-Meteo marine integration (Forecast model) · Internal deterministic scoring (Calculated) · Retrieved 29 Oct 2026, 3:13 pm Australia/Brisbane

Record transparency

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