Location guide

Southern Reef snorkeling conditions for island spots

Check today’s modeled inputs for Heron Island, Lady Elliot Island, and Lady Musgrave Island. The comparison keeps catalogue order unless all three forecasts are complete and comparable.

Published snorkeling spots

Heron Island

inner island

29 poor
Best at 4 PM
20.2 kn 1.2 m

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Lady Elliot Island

outer island

14 poor
Best at 11 AM
21.6 kn 1.8 m

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4 poor
Best at 2 PM
21.4 kn 1.9 m

Open-Meteo forecast integration (Forecast model) · Open-Meteo marine integration (Forecast model) · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026, 2:04 pm Australia/Brisbane · Fresh forecast

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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.