Daily forecast
as
Last update: 10:44 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Wednesday, Sep 24
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
10 kts
max 11 kts
9° C
1007 hpa
0.5 m
11 s
00:06
0.4
m
03h
8 kts
max 11 kts
9° C
1006 hpa
0.5 m
10 s
1.2
m
06h
7 kts
max 10 kts
8° C
1005 hpa
0.5 m
10 s
06:18
1.9
m
09h
6 kts
max 9 kts
10° C
1002 hpa
0.5 m
11 s
1.3
m
12h
4 kts
max 7 kts
11° C
999 hpa
0.5 m
11 s
12:26
0.4
m
15h
3 kts
max 5 kts
14° C
996 hpa
0.5 m
11 s
1.0
m
18h
2 kts
max 2 kts
13° C
995 hpa
0.5 m
10 s
18:35
1.9
m
21h
4 kts
max 5 kts
10° C
993 hpa
0.5 m
10 s
1.4
m
Thursday, Sep 25
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
4 kts
max 5 kts
9° C
991 hpa
0.5 m
10 s
00:45
0.5
m
03h
5 kts
max 8 kts
8° C
988 hpa
0.5 m
10 s
0.9
m
06h
9 kts
max 16 kts
8° C
986 hpa
0.6 m
8 s
07:01
1.9
m
09h
4 kts
max 7 kts
11° C
988 hpa
0.6 m
10 s
1.6
m
12h
10 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
988 hpa
0.4 m
10 s
13:06
0.5
m
15h
12 kts
max 15 kts
1.39 mm
9° C
990 hpa
0.5 m
9 s
0.8
m
18h
7 kts
max 9 kts
4.44 mm
7° C
995 hpa
0.5 m
9 s
19:18
1.8
m
21h
3 kts
max 5 kts
5° C
996 hpa
0.4 m
9 s
1.6
m
Friday, Sep 26
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
6 kts
max 9 kts
6° C
996 hpa
0.4 m
11 s
01:23
0.5
m
03h
11 kts
max 17 kts
6° C
994 hpa
0.5 m
11 s
0.8
m
06h
14 kts
max 23 kts
9° C
994 hpa
0.7 m
8 s
1.7
m
09h
11 kts
max 25 kts
12° C
993 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
07:43
1.9
m
12h
12 kts
max 16 kts
9° C
996 hpa
0.6 m
12 s
0.8
m
15h
8 kts
max 17 kts
13° C
996 hpa
0.5 m
13 s
13:48
0.6
m
18h
6 kts
max 13 kts
10° C
998 hpa
0.5 m
12 s
1.6
m
21h
8 kts
max 17 kts
8° C
1002 hpa
0.6 m
13 s
20:02
1.8
m
Saturday, Sep 27
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
1 kts
max 2 kts
6° C
1005 hpa
0.5 m
13 s
0.9
m
03h
2 kts
max 5 kts
7° C
1005 hpa
0.5 m
12 s
02:03
0.6
m
06h
4 kts
max 10 kts
6° C
1005 hpa
0.5 m
12 s
1.5
m
09h
10 kts
max 18 kts
10° C
1004 hpa
0.6 m
12 s
08:24
2.0
m
12h
10 kts
max 16 kts
12° C
1001 hpa
0.7 m
11 s
1.1
m
15h
11 kts
max 20 kts
16° C
998 hpa
0.7 m
8 s
14:33
0.6
m
18h
10 kts
max 24 kts
14° C
998 hpa
0.6 m
9 s
1.4
m
21h
8 kts
max 19 kts
12° C
1000 hpa
0.6 m
10 s
20:47
1.8
m
Sunday, Sep 28
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
7 kts
max 15 kts
11° C
1002 hpa
0.6 m
9 s
1.2
m
04h
5 kts
max 6 kts
9° C
1004 hpa
0.5 m
8 s
03:46
0.7
m
07h
5 kts
max 6 kts
8° C
1006 hpa
0.5 m
8 s
1.3
m
10h
3 kts
max 4 kts
12° C
1007 hpa
0.4 m
8 s
10:06
2.0
m
13h
3 kts
max 7 kts
13° C
1005 hpa
0.5 m
6 s
1.4
m
16h
13 kts
max 17 kts
17° C
1002 hpa
0.6 m
5 s
16:21
0.7
m
19h
10 kts
max 16 kts
14° C
1001 hpa
0.6 m
4 s
1.2
m
22h
9 kts
max 14 kts
13° C
999 hpa
0.6 m
5 s
22:33
1.8
m
Monday, Sep 29
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
6 kts
max 7 kts
12° C
998 hpa
0.6 m
5 s
1.4
m
04h
1 kts
max 2 kts
12° C
996 hpa
0.5 m
6 s
04:33
0.7
m
07h
6 kts
max 8 kts
11° C
997 hpa
0.5 m
7 s
1.1
m
10h
7 kts
max 11 kts
11° C
999 hpa
0.4 m
7 s
10:50
2.0
m
13h
6 kts
max 11 kts
14° C
1000 hpa
0.5 m
5 s
1.6
m
16h
7 kts
max 13 kts
1.28 mm
14° C
1000 hpa
0.5 m
5 s
17:10
0.7
m
19h
2 kts
max 3 kts
0.47 mm
11° C
1003 hpa
0.4 m
4 s
1.0
m
22h
6 kts
max 9 kts
0.62 mm
9° C
1007 hpa
0.4 m
7 s
23:19
1.8
m
Tuesday, Sep 30
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
6 kts
max 8 kts
7° C
1009 hpa
0.4 m
8 s
1.6
m
04h
1 kts
max 2 kts
6° C
1010 hpa
0.4 m
9 s
05:21
0.7
m
07h
2 kts
max 3 kts
5° C
1010 hpa
0.4 m
10 s
0.9
m
10h
5 kts
max 8 kts
7° C
1010 hpa
0.3 m
10 s
1.8
m
13h
3 kts
max 7 kts
10° C
1008 hpa
0.3 m
10 s
11:36
2.0
m
16h
11 kts
max 17 kts
14° C
1005 hpa
0.4 m
6 s
1.0
m
19h
12 kts
max 22 kts
12° C
1004 hpa
0.4 m
5 s
17:59
0.7
m
22h
6 kts
max 12 kts
9° C
1005 hpa
0.4 m
5 s
1.5
m
Wednesday, Oct 01
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
7 kts
max 10 kts
8° C
1005 hpa
0.4 m
5 s
00:06
1.9
m
04h
8 kts
max 11 kts
6° C
1008 hpa
0.4 m
8 s
1.1
m
07h
6 kts
max 11 kts
2.54 mm
4° C
1011 hpa
0.3 m
10 s
06:08
0.7
m
10h
7 kts
max 11 kts
1.7 mm
5° C
1013 hpa
0.3 m
13 s
1.6
m
13h
8 kts
max 11 kts
0.69 mm
5° C
1014 hpa
0.4 m
13 s
12:26
2.0
m
16h
7 kts
max 10 kts
0.41 mm
7° C
1014 hpa
0.4 m
12 s
1.3
m
19h
3 kts
max 4 kts
7° C
1014 hpa
0.5 m
12 s
18:47
0.7
m
22h
1 kts
max 2 kts
6° C
1015 hpa
0.4 m
12 s
1.3
m
Thursday, Oct 02
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
4 kts
max 7 kts
7° C
1014 hpa
0.4 m
12 s
00:54
1.9
m
04h
8 kts
max 12 kts
6° C
1012 hpa
0.4 m
12 s
1.3
m
07h
9 kts
max 15 kts
6° C
1010 hpa
0.4 m
12 s
06:55
0.7
m
10h
9 kts
max 13 kts
8° C
1008 hpa
0.4 m
10 s
1.3
m
13h
7 kts
max 7 kts
10° C
1005 hpa
0.4 m
10 s
13:16
2.0
m
16h
3 kts
max 3 kts
12° C
1002 hpa
0.5 m
10 s
1.5
m
19h
2 kts
max 2 kts
11° C
1002 hpa
0.5 m
9 s
19:35
0.6
m
22h
5 kts
max 7 kts
10° C
1003 hpa
0.5 m
9 s
1.0
m
Friday, Oct 03
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
3 kts
max 4 kts
9° C
1003 hpa
0.5 m
9 s
01:42
1.9
m
04h
0 kts
max 2 kts
10° C
1000 hpa
0.4 m
10 s
1.5
m
07h
9 kts
max 20 kts
10° C
998 hpa
0.4 m
9 s
07:42
0.6
m
10h
12 kts
max 19 kts
13° C
997 hpa
0.4 m
8 s
1.0
m
13h
15 kts
max 22 kts
16° C
995 hpa
0.4 m
8 s
14:05
2.0
m
16h
16 kts
max 22 kts
16° C
995 hpa
0.5 m
8 s
1.7
m
19h
5 kts
max 6 kts
13° C
996 hpa
0.5 m
9 s
20:22
0.5
m
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