Location guide

Townsville snorkeling conditions and reef spots

Review modeled weather and marine conditions across the published Townsville reefs and Magnetic Island Fringing Reefs. Strongest-hour ordering is shown only with complete comparable coverage for every spot.

Published snorkeling spots

85 excellent
Best at 10 AM
13.3 kn 0.5 m

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79 good
Best at 2 PM
15 kn 0.9 m

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Lodestone Reef

outer reef

75 good
Best at 6 AM
11.2 kn 0.5 m

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Davies Reef

outer reef

71 good
Best at 6 AM
12.5 kn 0.6 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.